Who should take this exam?
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner is intended for anyone who has basic knowledge of the AWS platform. Before taking this exam, we recommend you have:
- Six months of exposure to the AWS Cloud
- Basic understanding of IT services and their uses in the AWS Cloud platform
- Knowledge of core AWS services and use cases, billing and pricing models, security concepts, and how cloud impacts your business
Exam overview
Level: Foundational
Length: 90 minutes to complete the exam
Cost: 100 USD (Practice exam: 20 USD)
Format: 65 questions; either multiple choice or multiple responses
Delivery method: Pearson VUE and PSI; testing center or online proctored exam
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Q1 Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate data center. What term would describe this model?
A. Cloud-native
B. Partner network
C. Hybrid architecture
D. Infrastructure as a service
Q2 What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)?
A. They require the customer to monitor and replace failing instances.
B. They have better performance than customer-managed services.
C. They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs.
D. They do not require the customer to optimize instance type or size selections.
C. They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs.
Q3 Which service provides a virtually unlimited amount of online highly durable object storage?
A. Amazon Redshift
B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
C. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
D. Amazon S3
C. Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
Q4 Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)?
A. IAM group
B. IAM user
C. IAM role
D. IAM policy
Q5 Which of the following security-related services does AWS offer? (Choose two.)
A. Multi-factor authentication physical tokens
B. AWS Trusted Advisor security checks
C. Data encryption
D. Automated penetration testing
E. Amazon S3 copyrighted content detection
C. Data encryption & B. AWS Trusted Advisor security checks
Q6 Which AWS managed service is used to host databases?
A. AWS Batch
B. AWS Artifact
C. AWS Data Pipeline
D. Amazon RDS
Q7 Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable shared file storage solution for use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers?
A. Amazon S3
B. Amazon Glacier
C. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
D. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
D. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Q8 When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design principle?
A. Use the largest instance possible
B. Provision capacity for peak load
C. Use the Scrum development process
D. Implement elasticity
Q9 Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups?
A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Glacier
C. AWS Snowball
D. AWS EBS
Q10 Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a shared control between a customer and AWS?
A. Physical controls
B. Patch management
C. Zone security
D. Data center auditing
Q11 Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center?
A. AWS VPN
B. Amazon Redshift
C. API Gateway
D. Amazon Connect
Q12 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?
A. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
B. AWS Lambda
C. Amazon DynamoDB
D. AWS CodeCommit
Q13 Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a companyג€™s AWS resources?
A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard
B. AWS Service Health Dashboard
C. AWS Trusted Advisor
D. AWS Infrastructure Event Management
A. AWS Personal Health Dashboard
Q14 Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)
A. Fault Tolerance
B. Instance Usage
C. Infrastructure
D. Performance
E. Storage Capacity
Q15 Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security and compliance?
A. Granting access to individuals and services
B. Encrypting data in transit
C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware
D. Updating operating systems
C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware
Q16. Which AWS offering enables customers to find, buy, and immediately start using software solutions in their AWS environment?
A. AWS Config
B. AWS OpsWorks
C. AWS SDK
D. AWS Marketplace
Q17. Which AWS service would simplify migration of a database to AWS?
A. AWS Storage Gateway
B. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
C. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)
D. Amazon AppStream 2.0
B. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
Q18. Why is AWS more economical than traditional data centers for applications with varying compute workloads?
A. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) costs are billed on a monthly basis.
B. Customers retain full administrative access to their Amazon EC2 instances.
C. Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed.
D. Customers can permanently run enough instances to handle peak workloads.
C. Amazon EC2 instances can be launched on-demand when needed.
Q19. Which service can identify the user that made the API call when an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance is terminated?
A. Amazon CloudWatch
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. AWS X-Ray
D. AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM)
Q20. Which component of AWS global infrastructure does Amazon CloudFront use to ensure low-latency delivery?
A. AWS Regions
B. AWS edge locations
C. AWS Availability Zones
D. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC.
Q21. How would a system administrator add an additional layer of login security to a user's AWS Management Console?
A. Use AWS Cloud Directory
B. Audit AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles
C. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication
D. Enable AWS CloudTrail
C. Enable Multi-Factor Authentication
Q22. Which of the following is AWS's responsibility under the AWS shared responsibility model?
A. Maintaining physical hardware
B. Configuring third-party applications
C. Securing application access and data
D. Managing custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
A. Maintaining physical hardware
Q23. Which service would you use to send alerts based on Amazon CloudWatch alarms?
A. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
B. AWS CloudTrail
C. AWS Trusted Advisor
D. Amazon Route 53
A. Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)
Q24. Where can a customer find information about prohibited actions on AWS infrastructure?
A. AWS Trusted Advisor
B. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
C. AWS Billing Console
D. AWS Acceptable Use Policy
D. AWS Acceptable Use Policy
Q25. Which AWS networking service enables a company to create a virtual network within AWS?
A. AWS Config
B. Amazon Route 53
C. AWS Direct Connect
D. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
D. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
Q26 Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer responsible for?
A. Ensuring that disk drives are wiped after use.
B. Ensuring that firmware is updated on hardware devices.
C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.
D. Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher.
C. Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.
Q27 The use of what AWS feature or service allows companies to track and categorize spending on a detailed level?
A. Cost allocation tags
B. Consolidated billing
C. AWS Budgets
D. AWS Marketplace
Q28 Which service stores objects, provides real-time access to those objects, and offers versioning and lifecycle capabilities?
A. Amazon Glacier
B. AWS Storage Gateway
C. Amazon S3
D. Amazon EBS
Q29 What AWS team assists customers with accelerating cloud adoption through paid engagements in any of several specialty practice areas?
A. AWS Enterprise Support
B. AWS Solutions Architects
C. AWS Professional Services
D. AWS Account Managers
C. AWS Professional Services
Q30 A customer would like to design and build a new workload on AWS Cloud but does not have the AWS-related software technical expertise in-house. Which of the following AWS programs can a customer take advantage of to achieve that outcome?
A. AWS Partner Network Technology Partners
B. AWS Marketplace
C. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners
D. AWS Service Catalog
C. AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners
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