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AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate (SOA-C03) Exam Dumps & Questions 2026

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Q21

You are configuring AWS Lambda with a VPC. What happens if you forget to add the necessary security group and network configurations?

A Lambda will run fine
B Lambda cannot access resources
C Lambda incurs additional costs
D Lambda cannot log to CloudWatch

Explanation Without proper VPC configuration, Lambda cannot interact with resources in that VPC, while the other options are incorrect interpretations of these limitations.

Q22

Which service provides a fully managed Kubernetes environment?

A Amazon EKS
B AWS Lambda
C Amazon EC2
D AWS CloudFormation

Explanation Amazon EKS is specifically designed for Kubernetes, while the others serve different purposes.

Q23

A company needs to monitor the performance of its applications in real-time. Which service should they use?

A AWS CloudTrail
B Amazon CloudWatch
C AWS Config
D Amazon SNS

Explanation Amazon CloudWatch is designed for real-time monitoring, whereas the others are for various logging and notification purposes.

Q24

You are configuring an IAM policy with least privilege access. What must you ensure?

A Users have maximum permissions
B Only necessary permissions granted
C All users have admin rights
D Implicit permissions via resource policies

Explanation Least privilege access means granting only necessary permissions, while the others increase risk of over-privilege.

Q25

Which service provides event-driven computing in AWS?

A AWS Lambda
B EC2
C S3
D CloudFormation

Explanation AWS Lambda allows for serverless, event-driven execution, while others are not designed for event triggers.

Q26

A company needs to restrict S3 bucket access to specific IP addresses. How can this be achieved?

A IAM Policies
B Bucket Policy
C Security Token Service
D VPC Endpoint

Explanation A Bucket Policy can enforce access based on IP addresses, unlike IAM Policies which apply to users, not resources directly.

Q27

What happens if a CloudFormation stack fails during creation?

A Stack is partially created
B CloudFormation rolls back by default
C Stack stays in creating state
D All resources are left intact

Explanation CloudFormation automatically rolls back to maintain resource integrity, unlike the other options which misrepresent stack behavior.

Q28

A company needs a DNS service for its application. Which service should they choose?

A Amazon Route 53
B AWS Lambda
C AWS CloudFormation
D Amazon CloudFront

Explanation Amazon Route 53 is the managed DNS service, while others serve different purposes like compute or resource provisioning.

Q29

What happens when you delete an S3 bucket with versioning enabled?

A All versions are deleted immediately
B Bucket remains but versions deleted
C You can restore versions after deletion
D Deletion fails with an error message

Explanation Deleting a versioned bucket fails unless versioning is suspended, as the bucket must be empty of objects, versions included.

Q30

You are configuring an IAM policy to allow EC2 instance start only from a specific VPC. What should you check?

A VPC ID in the policy condition
B Instance type in the policy
C Region availability in the policy
D Public IP allocation in VPC settings

Explanation You need to use the VPC ID in the policy conditions to effectively restrict EC2 actions based on VPC.