Question 1

What will help a company perform a cost benefit analysis of migrating to the AWS Cloud?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost Explorer 
B)  AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator 
C)  AWS Simple Monthly Calculator 
D)  AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 2

What is the benefit of elasticity in the AWS Cloud?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ensure web traffic is automatically spread across multiple AWS Regions. 
B)  Minimize storage costs by automatically archiving log data. 
C)  Enable AWS to automatically select the most cost-effective services. 
D)  Automatically adjust the required compute capacity to maintain consistent performance.

Question 3

Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?

Accepted Answer

A)  AWS CodePipeline 
B)  AWS CodeDeploy 
C)  AWS Direct Connect 
D)  AWS CloudFormation

Question 4

Which AWS service allows customers to purchase unused Amazon EC2 capacity at an often discounted rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reserved Instances 
B)  On-Demand Instances 
C)  Dedicated Instances 
D)  Spot Instances

Question 5

Which architectural principle is used when deploying an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) instance in Multiple Availability Zone mode?

Accepted Answer

A)  Implement loose coupling. 
B)  Design for failure. 
C)  Automate everything that can be automated. 
D)  Use services, not servers.

Question 6

A solution that is able to support growth in users, traffic, or data size with no drop in performance aligns with which cloud architecture principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Think parallel 
B)  Implement elasticity 
C)  Decouple your components 
D)  Design for failure

Question 7

Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on the ability to run workloads effectively, gain insight into operations, and continuously improve supporting processes and procedures?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cost optimization 
B)  Reliability 
C)  Operational excellence 
D)  Performance efficiency

Question 8

How can a user protect against AWS service disruptions if a natural disaster affects an entire geographic area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deploy applications across multiple Availability Zones within an AWS Region. 
B)  Use a hybrid cloud computing deployment model within the geographic area. 
C)  Deploy applications across multiple AWS Regions. 
D)  Store application artifacts using AWS Artifact and replicate them across multiple AWS Regions.

Question 9

A company is designing an application hosted in a single AWS Region serving end-users spread across the world. The company wants to provide the end-users low latency access to the application data. Which of the following services will help fulfill this requirement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amazon CloudFront 
B)  AWS Direct Connect 
C)  Amazon Route 53 global DNS 
D)  Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) transfer acceleration

Question 10

Which AWS Cloud benefit eliminates the need for users to try estimating future infrastructure usage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Easy and fast deployment of applications in multiple Regions around the world 
B)  Security of the AWS Cloud 
C)  Elasticity of the AWS Cloud 
D)  Lower variable costs due to massive economies of scale

Question 11

When performing a cost analysis that supports physical isolation of a customer workload, which compute hosting model should be accounted for in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dedicated Hosts 
B)  Reserved Instances 
C)  On-Demand Instances 
D)  No Upfront Reserved Instances

Question 12

A company plans to store sensitive data in an Amazon S3 bucket. Which task is the responsibility of AWS?

Accepted Answer

A)  Activate encryption at rest for the data. 
B)  Provide security for the physical infrastructure. 
C)  Train the company's employees about cloud security. 
D)  Remove personally identifiable information (PII) from the data.

Question 13

Which AWS service or feature allows a user to easily scale connectivity among thousands of VPCs?

Accepted Answer

A)  VPC peering 
B)  AWS Transit Gateway 
C)  AWS Direct Connect 
D)  AWS Global Accelerator

Question 14

Each department within a company has its own independent AWS account and its own payment method. New company leadership wants to centralize departmental governance and consolidate payments. How can this be achieved using AWS services or features?

Accepted Answer

A)  Forward monthly invoices for each account. Then create IAM roles to allow cross-account access. 
B)  Create a new AWS account. Then configure AWS Organizations and invite all existing accounts to join. 
C)  Configure AWS Organizations in each of the existing accounts. Then link all accounts together. 
D)  Use Cost Explorer to combine costs from all accounts. Then replicate IAM policies across accounts.

Question 15

A company's security team requires that all Amazon EC2 workloads use approved Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). Which AWS service should the company use to verify that the EC2 instances are using approved AMIs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amazon CloudWatch 
B)  Amazon Inspector 
C)  AWS Config 
D)  AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 16

A web application is hosted on AWS using an Elastic Load Balancer, multiple Amazon EC2 instances, and Amazon RDS. Which security measures fall under the responsibility of AWS? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Running a virus scan on EC2 instances 
B)  Protecting against IP spoofing and packet sniffing 
C)  Installing the latest security patches on the RDS instance 
D)  Encrypting communication between the EC2 instances and the Elastic Load Balancer 
E)  Configuring a security group and a network access control list (NACL) for EC2

Question 17

Which AWS Cost Management tool allows you to view the most granular data about your AWS bill?

Accepted Answer

A)  AWS Cost Explorer 
B)  AWS Budgets 
C)  AWS Cost and Usage report 
D)  AWS Billing dashboard

Question 18

Which AWS service will provide a way to generate encryption keys that can be used to encrypt data? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Amazon Macie 
B)  AWS Certificate Manager 
C)  AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) 
D)  AWS Secrets Manager 
E)  AWS CloudHSM

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of how moving to the AWS Cloud reduces upfront cost?

Accepted Answer

A)  By replacing large variable costs with lower capital investments 
B)  By replacing large capital investments with lower variable costs 
C)  By allowing the provisioning of compute and storage at a fixed level to meet peak demand 
D)  By replacing the repeated scaling of virtual servers with a simpler fixed-scale model

Question 20

Which of the following features can be configured through the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Dashboard? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Amazon CloudFront distributions 
B)  Amazon Route 53 
C)  Security Groups 
D)  Subnets 
E)  Elastic Load Balancing

Exam 3: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)