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

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Q321

You are configuring an EC2 instance. What happens when you select 'Stop' on the instance?

A Instance is terminated permanently
B Instance retains data on EBS volumes
C Instance resets its public IP address
D Instance will not be billed for usage

Explanation Stopping an instance retains data on EBS volumes, while termination deletes data and changing the public IP occurs on restart.

Q322

Which service can be used to automate AWS resource provisioning with infrastructure as code?

A AWS CloudFormation
B AWS IAM
C AWS Lambda
D Amazon S3

Explanation AWS CloudFormation allows automating resource provisioning with templates, while others serve different purposes.

Q323

A company needs to ensure that only specified IP ranges can access its EC2 instances in a specific region. What should they configure?

A VPC Security Groups
B AWS IAM Policies
C AWS CloudTrail
D Amazon Route 53

Explanation VPC Security Groups control inbound traffic, while the other options do not solely manage access to EC2 instances.

Q324

You are configuring an AWS Lambda function that accesses Amazon S3. What happens if the function does not have the necessary permissions defined in its role?

A Function fails silently
B Permission denied error
C Function returns empty data
D Function executes without issues

Explanation Without the necessary permissions, the Lambda function will receive a permission denied error when trying to access S3, while others imply incorrect outcomes.

Q325

Which AWS service allows infrastructure as code?

A AWS CloudFormation
B AWS CodeDeploy
C AWS Lambda
D AWS CloudTrail

Explanation AWS CloudFormation enables creating infrastructure as code, while others serve different purposes.

Q326

A company needs to scale their application automatically based on demand. Which service should they use?

A Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
B Amazon RDS
C AWS Lambda
D Amazon S3

Explanation Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling automatically scales resources, while others do not manage scaling automatically.

Q327

What happens when you delete an AWS IAM user with active access keys?

A Keys remain valid until manually deleted
B Access denied for all AWS resources
C Automatically rotates the access keys
D Access keys become invalid immediately

Explanation Deleting an IAM user invalidates all associated access keys immediately; they cannot be used.

Q328

Which service allows you to automate AWS infrastructure provisioning?

A AWS CloudFormation
B AWS Elastic Beanstalk
C AWS CodeDeploy
D AWS Lambda

Explanation AWS CloudFormation automates resource provisioning, while others focus on deployment or function execution.

Q329

A company needs to ensure high availability for critical web applications. What architecture best meets this need?

A Single EC2 instance in one region
B Multi-AZ deployments with Elastic Load Balancing
C Static IPs for EC2 instances
D CloudFront with a single origin

Explanation Multi-AZ deployments improve fault tolerance, unlike the other options.

Q330

What happens when you set an AWS IAM policy allowing 's3:ListBucket' but deny 's3:GetObject'?

A Users can list but not access objects
B Users cannot list or access objects
C Deny overrides any allow policies
D Users can access all S3 buckets

Explanation Users can list bucket contents but can't retrieve objects due to the deny rule.