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 service helps you manage infrastructure as code?
AAWS CloudFormation
BAWS Console
CAWS S3
DAWS RDS
Explanation
AWS CloudFormation allows you to define infrastructure as code, while the others do not serve this purpose.
Q362
A company needs to prevent employees from accessing certain S3 buckets. What should they implement?
AS3 Versioning
BIAM Policies
CCloudTrail
DS3 Lifecycle Rules
Explanation
IAM Policies enable fine-grained access control, while the other options do not restrict access effectively.
Q363
What happens when you increase an EC2 instance size?
AIncreases instance uptime
BIncreases allocated CPU and RAM
CDecreases networking capacity
DDecreases storage capacity
Explanation
Increasing the instance size directly increases CPU and RAM, while other options are incorrect regarding EC2 behavior.
Q364
Which AWS service is used for managing container orchestration?
AAmazon ECS
BAmazon RDS
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon S3
Explanation
Amazon ECS is specifically designed for container orchestration, while RDS is for databases, Lambda is for serverless computing, and S3 is for object storage.
Q365
A company needs to isolate its AWS resources by department. What feature should they use?
AAWS Regions
BAWS Accounts
CIAM Roles
DTags
Explanation
Creating separate AWS accounts is the best method for isolating resources by department, while Regions, IAM Roles, and Tags do not provide the same level of isolation.
Q366
What happens when an EC2 instance is stopped?
AData is lost from the instance
BInstance retains its public IP
CInstance is terminated and cannot restart
DInstance data is preserved on EBS
Explanation
Stopping an EC2 instance retains data on EBS, while stopped instances lose public IPs and are not terminated.
Q367
Which service allows you to automate code deployments?
AAWS CodeDeploy
BAWS CodeCommit
CAWS CodeBuild
DAWS CodePipeline
Explanation
AWS CodeDeploy automates software deployments across various services; CodeCommit is for source code, not deployment.
Q368
A company needs to ensure its EC2 instances are automatically scaled based on demand. What should they implement?
ALoad Balancer
BSNS Notifications
CEC2 Auto Scaling
DElastic IPs
Explanation
EC2 Auto Scaling adjusts the number of instances based on demand; Load Balancers distribute traffic but do not scale instances.
Q369
What happens when an S3 bucket policy denies `s3:GetObject` permission?
AAccess is granted to all users
BAccess is denied for all objects
COnly admins can access objects
DPublic access is reversed
Explanation
A denied `s3:GetObject` permission blocks access to all objects in the bucket regardless of other settings.
Q370
Which AWS service can automatically scale EC2 instances based on demand?
AAWS Auto Scaling
BAWS CloudFormation
CAWS CloudWatch
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
AWS Auto Scaling adjusts EC2 instances automatically, while the others serve different purposes.