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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 451–460 of 486

Q451

Which AWS service lets you automate infrastructure deployment using code?

  • A AWS CloudFormation
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C AWS Lambda
  • D Amazon S3
Explanation AWS CloudFormation allows you to define and deploy infrastructure as code, while others serve different purposes.
Q452

A company needs to expose its application through an API while ensuring secure access control. Which AWS service should it use?

  • A Amazon S3
  • B AWS API Gateway
  • C AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • D Amazon CloudFront
Explanation AWS API Gateway provides secure API exposure options, unlike S3 and others that serve different roles.
Q453

What happens when an AWS Lambda function exceeds its timeout limit during execution?

  • A It sends an error notification.
  • B It automatically retries the function.
  • C It stops execution and returns an error.
  • D It scales up to handle requests.
Explanation When the Lambda timeout is exceeded, execution stops and an error is returned; no retries or notifications occur.
Q454

Which AWS service is best for real-time data streaming?

  • A Amazon Kinesis
  • B Amazon S3
  • C AWS Lambda
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation Amazon Kinesis is designed specifically for real-time data streaming, while the others serve different purposes.
Q455

A company needs to enable automatic scaling based on CPU usage. What should they use?

  • A ASG with CPU Metrics
  • B AWS Lambda
  • C Amazon S3
  • D DynamoDB Streams
Explanation Auto Scaling Groups can automatically scale EC2 instances based on CPU metrics, unlike the other options.
Q456

You are configuring a VPC peering connection. What is a requirement?

  • A Both VPCs must be in same region
  • B Both VPCs must use IPv6
  • C VPCs can’t have overlapping CIDR
  • D Connection types must match
Explanation VPCs must have non-overlapping CIDR blocks for successful peering, while the other options are not required.
Q457

Which service is best for real-time data streaming?

  • A Amazon Kinesis
  • B Amazon S3
  • C AWS Lambda
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation Amazon Kinesis specializes in real-time data streaming; S3 is for storage, Lambda is for serverless functions, and RDS is for relational databases.
Q458

A company needs to manage access to AWS resources. What should they use?

  • A AWS CloudFormation
  • B AWS IAM
  • C AWS Cost Explorer
  • D Amazon CloudWatch
Explanation AWS IAM is specifically designed for managing access to AWS resources; the other services serve different purposes.
Q459

What happens when an EC2 instance exceeds its allocated EBS volume size?

  • A Instance crashes immediately
  • B Data on EBS becomes inaccessible
  • C Instance can still write data temporarily
  • D EC2 scales up automatically
Explanation When an EC2 instance exceeds its EBS volume size, further writes are blocked and data becomes inaccessible; no automatic scaling occurs and the instance won't crash immediately.
Q460

Which Amazon service helps monitor application performance in real-time?

  • A Amazon CloudWatch
  • B AWS Lambda
  • C Amazon S3
  • D AWS CodeDeploy
Explanation Amazon CloudWatch provides comprehensive monitoring for applications, while the others serve different functions.