The AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C01) exam validates your skills in designing and implementing AWS networking solutions. It is suitable for networking professionals looking to specialize in AWS.
Which AWS service allows for serverless database queries?
AAmazon Athena
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon DynamoDB
DAmazon Aurora
Explanation
Amazon Athena enables serverless SQL queries on S3 data, whereas RDS and Aurora are traditional databases, and DynamoDB is a NoSQL database.
Q212
A company needs low latency for a globally distributed application. Which AWS service should they use?
AAmazon CloudFront
BAWS Lambda
CAmazon VPC
DAWS Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network that reduces latency by caching at edge locations, unlike the other options.
Q213
What happens when two IAM roles have conflicting policies attached?
AThe most permissive policy is applied
BDeny policies take precedence
CLogs are generated for conflicts
DIAM ignores conflicting policies
Explanation
In IAM, explicit deny policies always take precedence over allow policies, while other options are incorrect interpretations of IAM behavior.
Q214
Which service allows for real-time video streaming in AWS?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAmazon S3
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time data streaming; the others do not specialize in video streaming.
Q215
A company needs to restrict access to specific AWS resources based on user roles. Which AWS feature should they use?
AAWS Config
BAWS IAM Policies
CAmazon CloudWatch
DAWS Trusted Advisor
Explanation
AWS IAM Policies effectively manage access based on roles; the others do not primarily handle access control.
Q216
What happens when an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) receives a request that cannot be routed to any healthy targets?
ARequest is queued until healthy
BHTTP 503 Service Unavailable returned
CRequest is forwarded to any target
DRequest is automatically retried
Explanation
The ELB returns a 503 error when no healthy targets are available; other options do not accurately describe the ELB's behavior.
Q217
Which service provides an application load balancer that can route traffic based on HTTP headers?
AAWS Elastic Load Balancing
BAWS Global Accelerator
CAWS Direct Connect
DAWS CloudFront
Explanation
AWS Elastic Load Balancing supports routing traffic based on HTTP headers, unlike the other services listed.
Q218
A company needs to connect its on-premises data center to AWS securely. What is the most efficient solution?
AAWS VPN Gateway
BAWS Direct Connect
CAWS VPC Peering
DAWS Transit Gateway
Explanation
AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated connection, offering better efficiency than a VPN for large data transfers.
Q219
What happens when you assign multiple security groups to an EC2 instance?
AOnly the first applied security group matters
BAll rules from assigned groups apply
COnly inbound rules are applicable
DSecurity groups are ignored
Explanation
All rules from all assigned security groups are evaluated for both inbound and outbound traffic.
Q220
Which service helps track and visualize AWS resource costs?
AAWS Cost Explorer
BAWS CloudTrail
CAWS Config
DAWS CloudFormation
Explanation
AWS Cost Explorer allows cost visualization, while others serve different purposes.