# (66-130) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
###### tags: `AWS` `Exam Topic` `Cloud Practitioner`

66. Which AWS managed service is used to host databases?
**D. Amazon RDS**

67. Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers?
**D. Amazon EFS**
68. When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design principle?
**D. Implement elasticity**
69. Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups?
**B. Amazon Glacier**
70. :x:Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a shared control between a customer and AWS?
~~C. Zone security~~
**B. Patch management**
> :::info
> https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/
> Patch Management – AWS is responsible for patching and fixing flaws within the infrastructure, but customers are responsible for patching their guest OS and applications.
71. :x:Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center?
~~A. AWS VPN~~
**D. Amazon Direct Connect**

72. A company wants to reduce the physical compute footprint that developers use to run code. Which service would meet that need by enabling serverless architectures?
**B. AWS Lambda**
73. :x:Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company's AWS resources?
~~B. AWS Service Health Dashboard~~
**A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard**
> https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/technology/personal-health-dashboard/
> :::info
> While the Service Health Dashboard displays the general status of AWS services, Personal Health Dashboard gives you a personalized view into the performance and availability of the AWS services underlying your AWS resources.
> :::
74. Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)
**A. Fault Tolerance
D. Performance**

75. Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security and compliance?
**C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware**
76. Where should a company go to search software listings from independent software vendors to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on AWS?
**A. AWS Marketplace**
77. Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud?
**B. Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities.**
78. 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)?
**A. Dedicated Hosts**
79. Which AWS service provides the ability to manage infrastructure as code?
**D. AWS CloudFormation**
80. If a customer needs to audit the change management of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use?
**A. AWS Config**
81. What is Amazon CloudWatch?
**B. A metrics repository with customizable notification thresholds and channels.**
82. Which service allows a company with multiple AWS accounts to combine its usage to obtain volume discounts?
**B. AWS Organizations**
83. :x:Which of the following services could be used to deploy an application to servers running on-premises? (Choose two.)
**B. AWS OpsWorks
C. AWS CodeDeploy**
84. :x:Which Amazon EC2 pricing model adjusts based on supply and demand of EC2 instances?
**C. Spot Instances**
85. Which design principles for cloud architecture are recommended when re-architecting a large monolithic application? (Choose two.)
**C. Implement loose coupling.
E. Design for scalability. **
86. :x:Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that allows for one-hour target response time for support cases?
**B. Business**
> https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/plans/
87. Where can AWS compliance and certification reports be downloaded?
**A. AWS Artifact**
88. :x:Which AWS service provides a customized view of the health of specific AWS services that power a customer's workloads running on AWS?
**C. AWS Personal Health Dashboard**
89. Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS?
**A. Volume pricing qualification**
90. 🔺 Which of the following steps should be taken by a customer when conducting penetration testing on AWS?
**B. Request and wait for approval from the customer's internal security team, and then conduct testing.**
or
**C. Notify AWS support, and then conduct testing immediately.**
>:::info
>AWS customers are welcome to carry out security assessments or penetration tests against their AWS infrastructure without prior approval for 8 services.
> Reference:
>https://aws.amazon.com/security/penetration-testing/
>:::
91. Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance?
**B. Amazon Machine Image**
92. How would an AWS customer easily apply common access controls to a large set of users?
**A. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group.**
93. What technology enables compute capacity to adjust as loads change?
**D. Auto Scaling**
94. Which AWS services are defined as global instead of regional? (Choose two.)
**A. Amazon Route 53
D. Amazon CloudFront**
95. Which AWS service would you use to obtain compliance reports and certificates?
**A. AWS Artifact**
96. Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following tasks are the responsibility of the AWS customer? (Choose two.)
**A. Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest
C. Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services**
97. Which AWS service can be used to manually launch instances based on resource requirements?
**C. Amazon EC2**
98. A company is migrating an application that is running non-interruptible workloads for a three-year time frame. Which pricing construct would provide the MOST cost-effective solution?
**D. Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances**
99. The financial benefits of using AWS are: (Choose two.)
**A. reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
C. reduced operational expenditure (opex).**
100. :x:Which AWS Cost Management tool allows you to view the most granular data about your AWS bill?
**C. AWS Cost and Usage report**
101. Which of the following can an AWS customer use to launch a new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) cluster? (Choose two.)
**B. AWS CloudFormation
E. AWS Management Console**
102. Which of the following is an AWS Cloud architecture design principle?
**B. Implement loose coupling.**
103. Which of the following security measures protect access to an AWS account? (Choose two.)
**B. Grant least privilege access to IAM users.
E. Activate multi-factor authentication (MFA) for privileged users.**
104. Which service provides a hybrid storage service that enables on-premises applications to seamlessly use cloud storage?
**C. AWS Storage Gateway**
105. Which of the following services falls under the responsibility of the customer to maintain operating system configuration, security patching, and networking?
**B. Amazon EC2**
106. Which of the following is an important architectural design principle when designing cloud applications?
**A. Use multiple Availability Zones.**
107. Which AWS support plan includes a dedicated Technical Account Manager?
**B. Enterprise**
108. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) offers which of the following benefits over traditional database management?
**B. AWS manages the maintenance of the operating system.**
109. Which service is best for storing common database query results, which helps to alleviate database access load?
**C. Amazon ElastiCache**
110. Which of the following is a component of the shared responsibility model managed entirely by AWS?
**D. Auditing physical data center assets**
111. :x:Which options does AWS make available for customers who want to learn about security in the cloud in an instructor-led setting? (Choose two.)
**B. AWS Online Tech Talks
E. AWS Classroom Training**
112. Which of the following features can be configured through the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) Dashboard? (Choose two.)
**C. Security Groups
D. Subnets**
113. If each department within a company has its own AWS account, what is one way to enable consolidated billing?
**C. Create an AWS Organization from the payer account and invite the other accounts to join.**
114. How do customers benefit from Amazon's massive economies of scale?
**A. Periodic price reductions as the result of Amazon's operational efficiencies**
115. Which AWS services can be used to gather information about AWS account activity? (Choose two.)
**C. AWS CloudTrail
E. Amazon CloudWatch**
116. :small_red_triangle: Which of the following common IT tasks can AWS cover to free up company IT resources? (Choose two.)
**A. Patching databases software
:small_red_triangle: C. Backing up databases**
:small_red_triangle: *E. Running penetration tests*

117. In which scenario should Amazon EC2 Spot Instances be used?
**D. A company has a number of infrequent, interruptible jobs that are currently using On-Demand Instances.**
118. Which AWS feature should a customer leverage to achieve high availability of an application?
**B. Availability Zones**
119. :x: Which is the minimum AWS Support plan that includes Infrastructure Event Management without additional costs?
**A. Enterprise**
120. Which AWS service can serve a static website?
**A. Amazon S3**
121. How does AWS shorten the time to provision IT resources?
**C. It provides the ability to programmatically provision existing resources.**
122. What can AWS edge locations be used for? (Choose two.)
**B. Delivering content closer to users
D. Reducing traffic on the server by caching responses**
123. Which of the following can limit Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket access to specific users?
**C. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies**
124. :x: 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?
**B. Implement elasticity**
125. :x: A company will be moving from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud. What would be one financial difference after the move?
**C. Moving from upfront capital expense (capex) to variable operational expense (opex).**
126. 🔺How should a customer forecast the future costs for running a new web application?
**C. AWS Simple Monthly Calculator**
127. Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that provides technical support through phone calls?
**B. Business**
128. Which of the following tasks is the responsibility of AWS?
**C. Securing the Amazon EC2 hypervisor**
129. One benefit of On-Demand Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) pricing is:
**C. paying only for time used.**
130. An administrator needs to rapidly deploy a popular IT solution and start using it immediately. Where can the administrator find assistance?
**D. AWS Quick Start reference deployments**