Exam Simulator: Cloud Concepts - Part A - CompTIA PBQs & Labs, Linux Commands and Coding

Question 1 of 20

1. Question

Which of the following statements describes the difference between an Availability Zone and a Local Zone?

An Availability Zone is an isolated location within an AWS region while a Local Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic proximity to your users
An Availability Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic proximity to your users while a Local Zone is an isolated location within an AWS region
An Availability Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic proximity to your users while a Local Zone enables developers to build applications that deliver ultra-low latencies to mobile devices and end-users
An Availability Zone is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to customer premises while a Local Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic proximity to your users

Question 2 of 20

2. Question

You need to explore all the available AWS services via an intuitive web-based user interface. Which of the following options will you choose in order to explore all the AWS services and get helpful tips for each one?

AWS Command Line Interface
AWS Software Development Kit
AWS Web-Based Interface
AWS Management Console

Question 3 of 20

3. Question

Which of the following services enables customers to build and run applications on-premises using the same programming interfaces as in AWS Regions?

AWS Lambda
AWS Batch
AWS Outposts
Amazon EC2

Question 4 of 20

4. Question

Given the following Cloud Architecture Principles, which one is followed if you automate the deployment process and streamline the configuration to ensure that the system can scale without any human intervention?

Design for failure
Decouple your components
Implement elasticity
Think parallel

Question 5 of 20

5. Question

According to Amazon Inc., there are six advantages of cloud computing. Which of the following is not considered an advantage?

Increase speed and agility
Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
Go global in minutes
Increase infrastructure capacity needs

Question 6 of 20

6. Question

Given the following advantages of Cloud Computing, which one solves the following problem?
“When you make a capacity decision prior to deploying an application, you often end up either sitting on expensive idle resources or dealing with limited capacity.”

Increase speed and agility
Stop guessing capacity
Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
Go global in minutes

Question 7 of 20

7. Question

Which of the following statements is correct regarding Availability Zones?

Availability Zones provide you the ability to place resources, such as compute and storage, in multiple locations closer to your end-users
Availability Zones are multiple, isolated locations within each Region
Availability Zones brings native AWS services, infrastructure, and operating models to virtually any data center, co-location space, or on-premises facility
Availability Zones allow developers to build applications that deliver ultra-low latencies to 5G devices and end-users

Question 8 of 20

8. Question

The AWS Cloud infrastructure is built around AWS Regions and Availability Zones.

TRUE
FALSE

Question 9 of 20

9. Question

Which of the following services is an extremely low-cost storage service that provides secure, durable, and flexible storage for data backup and archival?

Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon Redshift

Question 10 of 20

10. Question

Which AWS service should you use if you need to set up and operate a highly scalable MongoDB database?

Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Redshift
Amazon DocumentDB

Question 11 of 20

11. Question

Which AWS service should you use if you need to set up and operate a highly scalable MySQL database?

Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Redshift
Amazon DocumentDB

Question 12 of 20

12. Question

Amazon _______________ enables you to launch AWS resources into a virtual network that you’ve defined.

CloudFront
EC2
VPC
S3

Question 13 of 20

13. Question

You are thinking to migrate the entire on-premise infrastructure to AWS. Which of the following is a benefit of using AWS over traditional data centers or virtualized data centers?

The benefit of using AWS is a lower variable cost and lower upfront cost
The benefit of using AWS is a lower variable cost and higher upfront cost
The benefit of using AWS is a higher variable cost and lower upfront cost
The benefit of using AWS is a higher variable cost and higher upfront cost

Question 14 of 20

14. Question

Which of the following design patterns and architectural options takes place through an increase in the specifications of an individual resource, such as upgrading a server with a larger hard drive or a faster CPU?

Disposable resources
Automation
Loose Coupling
Scalability

Question 15 of 20

15. Question

You have been tasked to implement a NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability for your new APP. Which of the following database services will you implement in order to meet the requirement?

Amazon Redshift
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Neptune

Question 16 of 20

16. Question

Which of the following resources can be used specifically to Availability Zone in which they reside? (Choose all that apply)

Elastic IP addresses
EBS volumes
Amazon EC2 resource identifiers
Instances
Key pairs

Question 17 of 20

17. Question

You are working on a global scale application that recently met underperformance issues. You have been tasked to implement a solution to speed up the distribution of your static and dynamic web content. Which of the following AWS service will you implement to fix the issue?

Amazon VPC
Amazon Route 53
Amazon CloudFront
Amazon API Gateway

Question 18 of 20

18. Question

Which of the following services are defined as global services in AWS? (Choose all that apply)

AWS STS
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon CloudFront
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Amazon VPC

Question 19 of 20

19. Question

Which of the following is considered a benefit of migrating your on-premises infrastructure data centers to AWS Cloud? (Choose all that apply.)

You spend more money on the AWS Cloud but you have a more scalable infrastructure
Deploying your application on AWS is not as easy as it is on your infrastructure, but the application on AWS is highly available
On AWS you can pay only when you consume computing resources
Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs
AWS lets you focus on your own customers, rather than on the heavy lifting of racking, stacking, and powering servers

Question 20 of 20

20. Question

Moving to the cloud lets you respond to market needs and opportunities immediately.

TRUE
FALSE

Exam Simulator: Cloud Concepts – Part A

Anastasia-Instructor September 1, 2022

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