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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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Q21

What happens when a CloudFormation stack is deleted with a 'Retain' policy?

  • A All resources are deleted.
  • B Some resources are retained.
  • C Stack configuration is permanently lost.
  • D Stack becomes suspended.
Explanation The 'Retain' policy ensures specified resources survive, while others are deleted; options A, C, and D are incorrect interpretations.
Q22

Which service provides database migration capabilities for relational databases?

  • A AWS Database Migration Service
  • B AWS Snowball
  • C AWS Direct Connect
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS Database Migration Service allows for seamless migration of databases while the other options serve different connectivity or data transfer purposes.
Q23

A company needs to manage permissions across multiple AWS accounts. Which service should they use?

  • A AWS Organizations
  • B AWS IAM
  • C AWS Config
  • D Amazon CloudWatch
Explanation AWS Organizations enables centralized management of permissions across multiple accounts, unlike IAM which is account-specific.
Q24

What happens when an EC2 instance reaches its maximum allocated CPU credits?

  • A Instance is terminated
  • B Performance is throttled
  • C Instance auto-scales
  • D Instance receives more credits
Explanation Once CPU credits are exhausted, the instance performance is throttled rather than terminated or receiving more credits.
Q25

Which service automatically scales your applications?

  • A AWS Auto Scaling
  • B AWS Lambda
  • C Amazon RDS
  • D Amazon S3
Explanation AWS Auto Scaling dynamically adjusts capacity based on demand; the others don’t scale automatically.
Q26

A company needs to implement identity federation for their applications. Which AWS service should they use?

  • A AWS IAM
  • B AWS SSO
  • C Amazon Cognito
  • D AWS CloudTrail
Explanation AWS SSO allows easy identity federation; the others serve different purposes.
Q27

What happens when you enable versioning on an S3 bucket?

  • A Previous versions are deleted.
  • B Objects cannot be deleted.
  • C All object modifications are stored.
  • D The bucket becomes read-only.
Explanation Enabling versioning keeps all object modifications; the others incorrectly describe impacts.
Q28

Which service is ideal for serverless application deployment?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C Amazon RDS
  • D AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation AWS Lambda allows serverless execution without provisioning servers, while EC2 and RDS require managing underlying infrastructure.
Q29

A company needs enhanced security for its S3 buckets. What should it enable?

  • A Public access
  • B Object versioning
  • C Bucket policies
  • D Permissions inheritance
Explanation Bucket policies enhance security by controlling access, while public access and permissions inheritance are not secure options.
Q30

You are configuring an auto-scaling group. What happens when the maximum size is reached?

  • A New instances are launched
  • B No scaling occurs
  • C Old instances are terminated
  • D Scaling is paused
Explanation When the maximum size is reached, no new instances will launch, even if demand increases, thus preventing over-scaling.