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.
Which AWS service is used for scalable DNS management?
AAmazon Route 53
BAWS CloudTrail
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
Amazon Route 53 provides scalable DNS management, while others serve different purposes.
Q152
A company needs to send real-time telemetry data. Which AWS service should they use?
AAmazon S3
BAmazon Kinesis
CAWS Glue
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time data processing, whereas the others are not suitable for that use case.
Q153
You are configuring VPC Peering. What happens if CIDR blocks overlap?
APeering succeeds with warnings
BPeering fails with an error
CAll traffic is routed successfully
DSubnets cannot be created
Explanation
VPC Peering fails if the CIDR blocks overlap to maintain IP address uniqueness.
Q154
Which AWS service provides event-driven serverless computing?
AAWS Lambda
BEC2
CECS
DRDS
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning servers, while EC2 and others require server management.
Q155
A company needs to control permissions based on user attributes. Which IAM feature should they use?
AIAM Policies
BIAM Roles
CIAM Identity-Based Policies
DIAM Attributes Groups
Explanation
IAM Identity-Based Policies allow permissions based on user attributes, unlike roles and policies which may not consider attributes.
Q156
You are configuring an Auto Scaling group for your application. What happens when the desired capacity is less than the minimum size?
AInstances are terminated immediately.
BDesired capacity is set to minimum.
CAuto Scaling group scales up.
DScaling is disabled.
Explanation
The desired capacity is adjusted to the minimum size to maintain operational requirements.
Q157
Which service provides a graphical user interface for monitoring and visualizing AWS resources?
AAWS Management Console
BAWS CLI
CAmazon CodeDeploy
DAWS CloudFormation
Explanation
The AWS Management Console provides a GUI for managing and visualizing resources, while the others are not primarily designed for this purpose.
Q158
A company needs to securely store sensitive data and manage permissions. What AWS service should they use?
AAWS S3 with public access
BAWS RDS encryption
CAWS Secrets Manager
DAWS Lambda functions
Explanation
AWS Secrets Manager is specifically designed for securely storing sensitive data, while others do not focus on secure storage and permission management.
Q159
What happens when you increase an Amazon EC2 instance size?
AYour instance is automatically backed up.
BYou must restart your instance.
CPerformance degrades temporarily.
DBilling changes to a lower tier.
Explanation
Increasing the instance size requires a reboot to apply changes, while other options are inaccurate outcomes.
Q160
Which service automates resource provisioning and management?
AAWS CloudFormation
BAWS IAM
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
AWS CloudFormation automates resource provisioning; IAM manages permissions.