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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

SOA-C03

The AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate (SOA-C03) exam tests your skills in operating and managing AWS environments. It is ideal for those looking to enhance their operational expertise on AWS.

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Q1

Which service allows monitoring of AWS resource usage and application performance?

  • A AWS CloudTrail
  • B Amazon CloudWatch
  • C AWS Config
  • D AWS IAM
Explanation AWS CloudWatch is designed for monitoring resources and performance, while the others serve different purposes.
Q2

A company needs to maintain high availability for its application. What should it use to distribute traffic?

  • A AWS CloudFormation
  • B Amazon Route 53
  • C Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
  • D Amazon S3
Explanation Amazon Route 53 helps distribute traffic and improve availability, while others focus on deployment or instance management.
Q3

What happens when you delete an Amazon S3 bucket that contains objects?

  • A Objects are deleted automatically
  • B Bucket is archived temporarily
  • C Objects are retained in buckets
  • D Deletion fails, bucket remains
Explanation Deleting the bucket removes all contained objects as well, while other options suggest incorrect retainment or failure.
Q4

Which service allows you to run code without provisioning servers?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS Lambda runs code in response to events without server management; EC2 requires server provisioning, Elastic Beanstalk automates deployment, and RDS is for database management.
Q5

A company needs to restrict access to S3 buckets by IP address. What should they implement?

  • A IAM User Policies
  • B S3 Bucket Policies
  • C AWS Organizations
  • D CloudFormation Templates
Explanation S3 Bucket Policies directly allow access restrictions, while IAM User Policies manage user permissions, Organizations control accounts, and CloudFormation is for resource management.
Q6

What happens when an EC2 instance's CPU credits run out in a T2 instance?

  • A It receives no CPU credits.
  • B Performance reverts to baseline.
  • C It automatically terminates.
  • D Performance becomes unlimited.
Explanation When CPU credits are depleted, T2 instances function at baseline performance; options A, C, and D are incorrect behaviors.
Q7

Which service offers managed Kubernetes on AWS?

  • A Amazon EKS
  • B AWS S3
  • C AWS Lambda
  • D Amazon ECS
Explanation Amazon EKS is specifically designed for managed Kubernetes, while ECS is for container orchestration without Kubernetes.
Q8

A company needs to control access to API Gateway methods. What is the best approach?

  • A IAM roles for users
  • B Lambda authorizer
  • C CORS configuration
  • D API keys
Explanation A Lambda authorizer can validate requests by executing custom logic, while IAM roles apply at the service level, not per method.
Q9

You are configuring an Autoscaling group. What happens if the minimum size is set to zero?

  • A Instances will always be running
  • B No instances will be launched
  • C It will scale to zero instances
  • D It causes an error
Explanation Setting the minimum size to zero allows the group to scale down to zero instances, whereas the other options misrepresent how scaling works.
Q10

Which service provides a fully managed database?

  • A Amazon RDS
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C Amazon S3
  • D AWS Lambda
Explanation Amazon RDS is for managed databases; EC2 is for compute, S3 for storage, and Lambda for serverless functions.