AWS Intermediate Quiz
AWS Quiz : This Amazon Web Services Intermediate Quiz contains set of 60 AWS Quiz which will help to clear any any exam which is designed for Intermediate.
1) Which of these services allow you to centrally manage users and credentials and control access to resources in AWS.
- Route 53
- RDS
- VPC
- IAM
2) How is data organized in Amazon Glacier
- Using Tables
- Using Archives
- Using simple key based object store
- It is unorganized
3) Content Delivery Network service in AWS is provide through
- Cloud Formation
- Cloud Front
- Simple Storage Service
- All of the above
4) AWS service which accelerates the transferring of large amounts of data into and out of AWS is called
- SES
- S3
- PIOPS SSD
- AWS Import/Export
5) ______ if a fully managed noSQL database service from AWS
- DynamoDB
- Amazon Glacier
- Relaional Database Service
- All of the above
6) A physical datacentre can connect to an AWS datacentre using
- Hardware VPN
- AWS Direct Connect
- Both of the above
- None of the above
7) The services offered by AWS Route 53 include
- Domain Registration
- Domain Name System service
- Health Checking
- All of the above
8) Elastic Load Balancers provide
- Network Load Balancing
- Cluster Services
- Fault Tolerance
- All of the above
9) Can a VPC of anysize be created?
- There is no size limit.
- Amazon VPC supports VPCs from /16 to /28 (CIDR)
- Amazon VPC supports VPCs smaller than /16 (CIDR)
- Amazon VPC supports VPCs greater than /28 (CIDR)
10) Amazon Dynamo DB runs exclusively on
- Solid state drives
- S3 storage
- In memory storage
- Magnetic EBS volumes
11) Which of the following is true for spot instance?
- A low upfront payment
- If Spot price is lower than your bid, you are charged for your bid price.
- You are charged on-demand price when your bid price is lower than the spot price.
- A spot is reserved and guaranteed when the Spot Price is equal to your bid price.
12) Which AWS service allows you to process and analyze big data?
- EMR
- RDS
- S3
- VPC
13) In which Cloud Computing model do you acquire all technology needs – storage hardware and data, network, application software, operating system – in the Cloud?
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- All of the above
14) Which of the one of the following can be monitored using CloudWatch for EC2?
- CPU Utilization
- Disk Space Utilization
- Memory Utilization
- All of the above
15) Which of the following is an Instance Purchasing Option on AWS EC2?
- Spot Instances
- Reserved Instances
- On-Demand Instances
- All of the above
16) Which of the following attributes of an EC2 Instance cannot be modified after launch?
- Instance Type
- User Data
- Block Device Mapping
- Subnet
17) Which of these techniques is vital for creating cloud-computing centers?
- Virtualization
- Transubstantiation
- Cannibalization
- Insubordination
18) A company is considering a cloud environment to improve the operating efficiency for their data and applications. The company is part of an industry where strict security and data privacy issues are of the highest importance. Which type of cloud would be
- hybrid cloud
- public cloud
- private cloud
- governed cloud
19) What is a common trait of cloud architectures?
- It dictates monolithic application designs.
- It must use publicly accessible computing resources.
- A fixed set of computing resources is preallocated to each application.
- While in operation the application automatically scales up or down based on resource needs.
20) _______ is a complete operating environment with applications, management, and the user interface.
- IaaS
- SaaS
- PaaS
- All of the mentioned
21) PaaS (Platform as a Service) provides flexibility and management control over IT resources
- True
- False
22) AWS resources provisioned within ………… are accessible to users from Global network.
- VPC
- b Public Subnet
- c Private Subnet
- Gateway
23) Which of the following statements is not true about an ELB?
- Is an Elastic Load Balancer
- Is used as a content delivery network
- automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple Amazon Ec2 instances
- detects unhealthly instances within a pool and automatically reroutes the traffic
24) What type of Database is DynamoDB on AWS?
- MySQL
- MSSQL
- ORACLE
- NoSQL
25) From the list provided below, which one is not a valid AWS region?
- Ireland
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Virginia
26) Which of the following statement is “True”?
- Availablity zones form a collection of Regions
- Each region has only one availability zone
- Clients can load balance between multiple AWS regions
- Regions are global & Availability zones are local within each region
27) Which statement is not true about “EBS”?
- Very, very fast
- data stored on this storage is persistant
- data stored on this storage is temporary
- cannot be accessed directly from net
28) Which AWS Storage service assists S3 with transferring data?
- CloudFront
- AWS Import/Export
- DynamoDB
- ElastiCache
29) Which of the following statement is not correct about Hyper-V cloud?
- a It’s a composition of two or more clouds (public, private or community)
- b There must be one private and one public / community cloud in it
- c It exposes mission critical applications and data to third-party vulnerability
- provides scalability & cost effectiveness
30) Purchasing a software & providing it to a third-party that installs & manages that software is an example of which of the following?
- a Virtualization
- Application Service Provider
- Platform as a Service
- Private Cloud
31) From a business perspective, Cloud Computing is a form of Outsouring.
- a True
- b False
32) Which of the following cloud computing charactristics ensure services & data are always reachable?
- a Confidentiality
- b Integrity
- c Availability
- d Scalability
33) Which of the following cloud computing feature ensure that business computing resources quickly grow as the business demands change?
- a Availability
- b Scalability
- c Elasticity
- d Load balancing
34) ______ protects data contents, while _____ ensures that data has not been tempered with, when deployed on cloud
- a Availability, Scalability
- b Integrity, Confidentiality
- c Scalability, Availability
- d Confidentiality, Integrity
35) What is the benefit of PaaS?
- a Rapid Application development
- b Replication
- c High Bandwidth
- d Low latency
36) Which of these Amazon’s tools is used for monitoring?
- a CloudWatch
- CloudFront
- c CloudSearch
- d PerfMon
37) The protocols supported by AWS ELB listeners include
- TCP
- HTTP and HTTPS
- SSL
- All of the above
38) The AWS end of a VPN connection in VPC is called
- VPN gateway
- Customer gateway
- Both A and B
- Neither A or B
39) An instance launched in EC2 Classic environment when stopped looses
- Private IP
- Public IP
- Elastic IP association
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- 1, 2 and 3
40) Who can perform operations in Amazon SQS
- Anyone
- Only by a person with AD credentials
- No one. Only applications can perform operations.
- AWS account owner or an AWS account that the account owner has delegated to
41) Which of the following is true for the steps involved in taking an EBS snapshot?
- Suspend Disk I/O
- Start and Complete Snapshot
- Resume Disk I/O
- Start Snapshot
- Suspend I/O
- Complete Snapshot
- Resume I/O
- Start Snapshot
- Complete Snapshot
- Suspend I/O
- Start Snapshot
- Resume I/O
- Complete Snapshot
42) Which of the following is a not a valid CloudWatch Metric for AWS Relational Database Service
- CPUUtilization
- RequestCount
- FreeStorageSpace
- DatabaseConnections
43) Which of the following is a not a valid CloudWatch Metric for AWS Elastic Load Balancer
- HealthyHostCount
- Latency
- CPUUtilization
- RequestCount
44) Which customer scenario is best suited to maximize the benefits gained from using a virtual private cloud?
- A small start up business focused primarily on short term projects and has minimal security policies
- An enterprise whose IT infrastructure is under utilized on average and the system load is fairly consistent.
- An enterprise that requires minimal security over their data and has a large existing infrastructure that is capable of handling future needs.
- An enterprise that does not want to sacrifice security or make changes to their management practices but needs additional resources for test and development of new solutions.
45) Which statement is true about the Platform as a Service cloud
Computing delivery model?
- It provides a virtual machine and storage so that Computing platforms can be created.
- It provides a runtime environment for applications and includes a set of basic services such as storage and It provides the entire infrastructure along with a completed
- Application that is accessible using a web based front
- It is required by the infrastructure as a service delivery model so That end user applications can be delivered on the cloud.
46) What is one benefit of a cloud computing environment?
- It improves server performance
- It minimizes network traffic to the virtual machines.
- It automatically transforms physical servers into virtual machines.
- It maximizes server utilization by implementing automated provisioning.
47) _________ is a cloud computing service model in which hardware is virtualized in the cloud.
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- None of the mentioned
48) ________ describes a cloud service that can only be accessed by a limited amount of people.
- Data center
- Private cloud
- Virtualization
- Public cloud
49) Software firewall in AWS is implemented using
- Security Group
- Route Table
- Network Access Control List
- All of the above
50) Copy of an EC2 instance is also known as
- Amazon Machine Image
- Snapshot
- Template
- Clone
51) Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an Object Storage mainly used for …..
- application data storage
- data backup or archiving
- Disaster Recovery
- d All of the above
52) It is possible to change the size of a Virtual Private Cloud after it’s creation
- Yes
- No
53) Which one of the following is not an application service on AWS?
- Simple Storage Service
- Cloud Front
- Simple Workflow
- Cloud Search
54) Amazon S3 offers encryption services for which type of data?
- data in flight
- data at rest
- Data in motion
- Both a & b
55) Amazon S3 objects are only accessible from the region they were created.
- True
- False
56) Amazon S3 offers which of the following benefits to the developers?
- High scalability and low latency data storage infrastructure at low costs
- Low scalability and high latency data storage infrastructure at high costs
- High scalability and low latency data storage infrastructure at high costs
- Low scalability and high latency data storage infrastructure at low costs
57) What feature does not belong in a private cloud?
- Metered billing
- b Self-service portal
- c Dial-home support
- Rapid elasticity
58) Which of the following give cloud customers a compititive adventage?
- a Integrity, Confidentiality
- b Availability, Integrity
- c Time to Market, collaboration
- d collaboration, confidentiality
59) Which of the following is not considered a cloud computing risk?
- a Loss of network connectivity
- Data stored in the cloud
- c Network latency
- d Host based firewalls
60) Which of the following component can be build by developers on the cloud
- a Federation identity providers
- b cloud load balancers
- c SaaS user mailbox
- d Web Services