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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.
Questions 341–350 of 486
A company needs to store large amounts of unstructured data. Which storage option should they consider?
A
Amazon RDS
B
Amazon S3
C
Amazon EFS
D
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3 is ideal for unstructured data storage, whereas the others serve different data types or management roles.
What happens when you disable MFA on an IAM user account?
A
User access is terminated immediately.
B
User access remains, but less secure.
C
All permissions are revoked.
D
The user cannot log in anymore.
Disabling MFA lowers security but does not affect user access status.
Which service is best for managing container orchestration?
A
Amazon ECS
B
AWS Backup
C
Amazon RDS
D
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS efficiently manages containers, while the others serve different purposes.
A company needs to automate backup processes for multiple AWS accounts. What AWS service should they use?
A
AWS Data Pipeline
B
AWS Backup
C
Amazon S3
D
AWS IAM
AWS Backup automates and centralizes backup processes across accounts, unlike the others.
What happens when you terminate an EC2 instance with an EBS-backed root volume?
A
Volume is deleted only if set.
B
Instance restarts automatically.
C
Volume is saved temporarily.
D
All data is permanently lost.
The root volume deletion behavior depends on the termination settings; others incorrectly assert data loss or continuity.
Which service is best for managing microservices?
A
Amazon ECS
B
Amazon RDS
C
Amazon S3
D
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon ECS is designed for container management, while the others focus on storage, databases, and monitoring.
A company needs to enforce a minimum password length of 12 characters in IAM. What should they do?
A
Modify MFA settings
B
Edit password policy
C
Change EC2 key pairs
D
Adjust VPC configuration
Editing the password policy in IAM directly sets password requirements.
What happens when you delete a security group in an EC2 instance's VPC?
A
Access is immediately lost
B
EC2 instance stops functioning
C
Rules are still preserved
D
Instance retains previous security rules
Deleting a security group removes its rules, resulting in access loss immediately.
Which service provides a managed environment for deploying containerized applications?
A
Amazon ECS
B
AWS CodeDeploy
C
AWS Lambda
D
Amazon RDS
Amazon ECS is specifically designed for container orchestration, whereas the others focus on deployment or database management.
A company needs to automatically scale its EC2 instances based on CPU usage. Which service should they use?
A
AWS Auto Scaling
B
Amazon CloudWatch
C
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
D
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Auto Scaling manages scaling dynamically, while the others serve different purposes.