Question 1

Which aspect of AWS infrastructure enables global deployment of compute and storage?

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Question 2

A company wants durable storage for static content and infinitely scalable data storage infrastructure at the lowest cost. Which AWS service should the company choose?

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Amazon S3 is designed for durable storage of static content and offers infinitely scalable data storage infrastructure at a low cost.

Question 3

Which task requires the use of AWS account root account user credentials?

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Closing an AWS account requires root account user credentials because it is a critical action that affects the entire account.

Question 4

How can consolidated billing within AWS Organizations help lower overall monthly expenses?

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By providing a consolidated view of monthly billing across multiple accounts, organizations can easily identify areas where they can save money.

Question 5

A company is required to store its data close to its primary users. Which benefit of the AWS Cloud supports this requirement?

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AWS's global footprint allows companies to store data in various geographic locations close to their primary users, ensuring low latency and compliance with local regulations.

Question 6

A user can increase operational efficiency in the AWS Cloud by:

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Leveraging AWS managed services can increase operational efficiency by reducing the need for manual resource management and maintenance.

Question 7

Which AWS service provides the ability to quickly run one-time queries on data in Amazon S3?

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Amazon Athena is a serverless query service that allows you to run SQL queries directly on data stored in Amazon S3 without needing to set up or manage any infrastructure.

Question 8

A company would like to host its MySQL databases on AWS and maintain full control over the operating system, database installation, and configuration. Which AWS service should the company use to host the databases?

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Amazon EC2 provides the most control over the operating system, database installation, and configuration.

Question 9

How can a user achieve high availability for a web application hosted on AWS?

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Using an Application Load Balancer across multiple Availability Zones in one AWS Region ensures high availability by distributing incoming traffic across multiple instances, providing redundancy and fault tolerance.

Question 10

When a user wants to utilize their existing per-socket, per-core, or per-virtual machine software licenses for a Microsoft Windows server running on AWS, which Amazon EC2 instance type is required?

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Dedicated Hosts are required because they provide physical servers with EC2 instance capacity fully dedicated to your use, allowing you to use your existing software licenses that are bound to physical cores or sockets.

Question 11

Which AWS services help to improve application performance by reducing latency while accessing content globally? (Choose two.)

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Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that helps to improve application performance by reducing latency while accessing content globally. AWS Global Accelerator is a service that helps to improve application performance by optimizing the routing of traffic to applications.

Question 12

According to security best practices, how should an Amazon EC2 instance be given access to an Amazon S3 bucket?

Accepted Answer

Using IAM roles for EC2 instances is a best practice as it provides temporary credentials, reducing the risk of credential exposure and ensuring secure access to AWS resources like S3.

Question 13

Which of the following are benefits of running a database on Amazon RDS compared to an on-premises database? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

RDS provides automated backups managed by AWS, and it allows for easy scaling of compute capacity, which are significant benefits over managing an on-premises database.

Question 14

A company is looking for a way to encrypt data stored on Amazon S3. Which AWS managed service can be used to help to accomplish this?

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AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) is used to create and manage cryptographic keys and control their use across a wide range of AWS services, including encrypting data stored on Amazon S3.

Question 15

A company previously lost data that was stored in an on-premises data center. To protect against future loss of data, the company wants to use AWS to automatically launch thousands of its machines in a fully provisioned state in minutes, in a format that supports data restoration. Which AWS service should the company use to meet these requirements?

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CloudEndure Disaster Recovery is designed to quickly launch machines in a fully provisioned state in AWS, supporting data restoration and minimizing downtime.

Question 16

Which AWS service enables users to monitor for specific phrases, values, or patterns and set up alarms based on metrics?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch Logs allows users to monitor, store, and access log files from various AWS services and set up alarms based on specific phrases, values, or patterns in the logs.

Question 17

A company needs 24/7 phone, email, and chat access, with a response time of less than 1 hour if a production system has a service interruption. Which AWS Support plan meets these requirements at the LOWEST cost?

Accepted Answer

The Business support plan provides 24/7 phone, email, and chat access with a response time of less than 1 hour for production system interruptions, at a lower cost than the Enterprise plan.

Question 18

Which AWS service does AWS Snowball Edge natively support?

Accepted Answer

AWS Snowball Edge natively supports Amazon EC2, allowing users to run compute instances on the device.

Question 19

Which of the following contribute to total cost of ownership of a workload running in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

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Question 20

The AWS global infrastructure consists of Regions, Availability Zones, and what else?

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