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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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Questions 331–340 of 486

Q331

Which service provides serverless compute capacity for code execution?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C AWS Fargate
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS Lambda allows running code without provisioning servers, while others require server management.
Q332

A company needs to migrate a web application with zero downtime. Which AWS service should they use?

  • A AWS Direct Connect
  • B AWS DataSync
  • C Amazon Route 53
  • D AWS Application Migration Service
Explanation AWS Application Migration Service is designed for seamless migration with minimal downtime, unlike the other options.
Q333

What happens when you attach an IAM policy directly to a user?

  • A Policy applies only to the user
  • B No permissions are granted
  • C Policy is ignored by IAM
  • D Policy overrides group permissions
Explanation Attaching a policy to a user grants permissions only to that user, while other options misrepresent IAM behavior.
Q334

Which service is specifically designed for data warehousing?

  • A Amazon Redshift
  • B Amazon S3
  • C Amazon EC2
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation Amazon Redshift is a dedicated data warehousing service; S3 is for storage, EC2 for computing, and RDS for relational databases.
Q335

A company needs to ensure IAM policies are evaluating in a specific order. How can this be achieved?

  • A By creating managed policies
  • B By using policy versions
  • C By using policy evaluation logic
  • D By modifying access keys
Explanation Policy evaluation logic allows custom ordering of policy evaluation; managed policies and versions do not affect order.
Q336

What happens when a Lambda function times out?

  • A It writes logs to CloudTrail
  • B It automatically retries the function
  • C It discards all in-flight requests
  • D It terminates invocations silently
Explanation A timeout results in discarding invocations without error logging—only logs may show execution duration.
Q337

Which service allows you to run code without provisioning servers?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B EC2 Instances
  • C ECS Clusters
  • D RDS Databases
Explanation AWS Lambda lets you run code without server maintenance, while the others require server provisioning.
Q338

A company needs to temporarily suspend an EC2 instance. What can they do?

  • A Stop the instance
  • B Terminate the instance
  • C Reboot the instance
  • D Detach the instance
Explanation Stopping the instance suspends it temporarily, whereas terminating it would delete it permanently.
Q339

What happens when a security group rule is modified?

  • A Immediate effect on running instances
  • B Requires instance restart
  • C Waits for next hour to apply
  • D Only applies to new instances
Explanation Security group changes take effect immediately, affecting running instances without delay.
Q340

Which service is used for orchestrating complex AWS environments?

  • A AWS CloudFormation
  • B Amazon S3
  • C AWS Lambda
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS CloudFormation is designed for architecture orchestration, while the others have different primary functions.