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 best for caching data geographically closer to users?
AAmazon ElastiCache
BAWS CloudFront
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
AWS CloudFront accelerates delivery by caching content at edge locations, while ElastiCache is for in-memory caching and not location-based.
Q182
A company needs to run a batch processing job weekly. Which service should they use for ease and cost-effectiveness?
AAmazon EC2
BAWS Batch
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon ECS
Explanation
AWS Batch is specifically designed for batch processing, while EC2 and ECS require more management.
Q183
What happens when you change an S3 bucket policy that prohibits public access?
AAll objects become publicly accessible
BNo effect on existing policies
CBucket becomes private
DOnly new objects become private
Explanation
Changing the bucket policy to prohibit public access makes the entire bucket private immediately, affecting all objects.
Q184
Which service provides monitoring for AWS resources?
AAWS CloudTrail
BAmazon CloudWatch
CAWS Config
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
Amazon CloudWatch provides real-time monitoring, while others serve different purposes.
Q185
A company needs to grant temporary access to a consultant for S3. What should they use?
AIAM Policies
BIAM Roles
CS3 Bucket Policies
DInstance Profiles
Explanation
IAM Roles allow temporary access, while others do not provide this feature directly.
Q186
What happens when an EC2 instance is stopped and started again?
AData in EBS is lost
BInstance retains its public IP
CThe instance type can be changed
DStorage defaults to local disk
Explanation
Changing instance types is allowed upon restart, while the others are incorrect regarding EC2 behavior.
Q187
Which service provides serverless event-driven computing?
AAWS Lambda
BEC2
CS3
DCloudFormation
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning servers, while others require server management.
Q188
A company needs to enforce multi-factor authentication for all users. What should they configure?
AIAM Policies
BAWS Organizations
CMFA Device in IAM
DNetwork ACL
Explanation
Configuring MFA devices in IAM enforces multi-factor authentication, while others do not manage user authentication.
Q189
What happens when you attempt to terminate an instance that is in a stopped state?
AInstance is deleted immediately
BInstance powers on automatically
CInstance remains in stopped state
DError due to termination policy
Explanation
A stopped instance is deleted immediately upon termination, while others do not accurately describe the outcome.
Q190
Which AWS service provides a serverless compute engine?
AAWS Lambda
BEC2
CElastic Beanstalk
DECS
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning servers; EC2 requires server management.