--- # System prepended metadata title: ' Quiz: Migrating to the AWS Cloud ' --- # 🚀 Quiz: Migrating to the AWS Cloud > **Study Note:** This section covers online/offline data migration, the 7 Rs migration strategies, and the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). --- ### 1. Online Data Migration (DataSync) **Question:** A company wants to automate and schedule the migration of sensitive data from on-premises to AWS during off-peak times. They need task reporting but do not have a dedicated private connection. Which service is **BEST**? * [**X**] **AWS DataSync** (Answer) * [ ] AWS Transfer Family * [ ] Virtual private gateway * [ ] AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized > **💡 Explanation:** **AWS DataSync** is an online data transfer service that simplifies, automates, and accelerates moving data between on-premises storage and AWS over the public internet or private links. --- ### 2. Managed File Transfers (Transfer Family) **Question:** An engineering company needs a fully managed service that supports secure file transfers using protocols like SFTP and FTPS to move design files to AWS. Which solution meets their needs? * [**X**] **AWS Transfer Family** (Answer) * [ ] AWS Direct Connect * [ ] AWS Snowball Edge Storage Optimized * [ ] AWS DataSync > **💡 Explanation:** **AWS Transfer Family** provides fully managed support for file transfers directly into and out of Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS via SFTP, FTPS, and FTP. --- ### 3. Modernizing During Migration **Question:** An environmental agency is migrating applications to AWS and wants to look for ways to modernize and reduce costs during the process. Which service is **BEST** for this? * [ ] Migration Evaluator * [ ] AWS Migration Hub * [ ] AWS Application Discovery Service * [**X**] **AWS Application Migration Service (AWS MGN)** (Answer) > **💡 Explanation:** **AWS MGN** is the primary service for lift-and-shift migrations. It allows for automated modernization (like OS conversion) and cost reduction by optimizing infrastructure during the migration. --- ### 4. AWS CAF: Change Management **Question:** The migration team wants to ensure the organization considers a company-wide change management strategy for cloud adoption. Which CAF perspective should they use? * [ ] Operations * [**X**] **People** (Answer) * [ ] Business * [ ] Security > **💡 Explanation:** The **People Perspective** of the AWS CAF focuses on building cloud-ready teams, organizational change management, and closing the skills gap. --- ### 5. The Seven Migration Strategies (7 Rs) **Question:** What are the seven migration strategies commonly used when migrating to the AWS Cloud? * [**X**] **Relocate, Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retain, and Retire.** (Answer) * [ ] Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate and Modernize. * [ ] Business, People, Governance, Platform, Security, Operations. * [ ] Relocate, Remediate, Retrofit, Refactor, Regrade, Retool, Remove. > **💡 Explanation:** These strategies (the 7 Rs) represent different ways to migrate applications, ranging from simple **Rehosting** (lift-and-shift) to complex **Refactoring** (re-architecting). --- ### 6. Managed Database Migration **Question:** A database administrator wants to move to an AWS managed database to offload administration and needs a tool to plan, assess, convert, and migrate. Which solution is **BEST**? * [**X**] **AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)** (Answer) * [ ] Migration Evaluator * [ ] AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT) * [ ] AWS Migration Hub > **💡 Explanation:** **AWS DMS** is the primary tool for migrating databases with minimal downtime. While SCT helps with conversion, DMS is the overarching "migration solution" for moving data into managed services like RDS. --- ### 7. Centralized Migration Tracking **Question:** A media company is in the "Migrate and Modernize" phase and wants a centralized location to view all migration tasks and progress. Which service meets this need? * [ ] Migration Evaluator * [ ] AWS Application Discovery Service * [**X**] **AWS Migration Hub** (Answer) * [ ] AWS Application Migration Service > **💡 Explanation:** **AWS Migration Hub** provides a single place to track the progress of application migrations across multiple AWS and partner solutions. --- ### 8. AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) Purpose **Question:** What is the primary function of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)? * [ ] It migrates on-premises databases to the cloud. * [ ] It is also known as the seven Rs. * [ ] It acts as a centralized hub to manage migration tasks. * [**X**] **It provides tools to accelerate the migration journey by aligning technology, people, and business processes.** (Answer) --- ### 9. Building a Business Case **Question:** A retail company needs help building a business case to secure funding from their CFO and stakeholders for a cloud migration. Which service is **BEST**? * [ ] AWS Application Migration Service * [**X**] **Migration Evaluator** (Answer) * [ ] AWS Migration Hub * [ ] AWS Application Discovery Service > **💡 Explanation:** **Migration Evaluator** helps you create a data-driven business case for AWS migration by providing visibility into your current inventory and estimating the total cost of ownership (TCO) in the cloud.