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 AWS service allows you to deploy applications without managing servers?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon RDS
DAmazon VPC
Explanation
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service, while EC2 requires server management, RDS is for databases, and VPC is for networking.
Q62
A company needs to securely share data with external partners. Which service would allow controlled access to data?
AAWS Glue
BAmazon S3 Pre-signed URLs
CAWS IAM Roles
DAmazon DynamoDB
Explanation
Amazon S3 Pre-signed URLs allow time-limited access to objects, while Glue is for ETL, IAM roles manage permissions, and DynamoDB is a database service.
Q63
What happens when you enable versioning on an S3 bucket?
AS3 creates a replica of each object.
BPrevious versions are permanently deleted.
CAll objects become read-only.
DAll objects keep a history of versions.
Explanation
Enabling versioning keeps all versions of an object, while A is incorrect because it doesn't create replicas, B contradicts versioning, and C is not true.
Q64
Which service allows you to run code without provisioning servers?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAWS Elastic Beanstalk
DAmazon ECS
Explanation
AWS Lambda enables event-driven execution without server management, while the others require server provisioning or management.
Q65
A company needs to provide temporary security credentials to its mobile application users. Which service should they implement?
AAWS IAM
BAWS Cognito
CAWS Secrets Manager
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
AWS Cognito is designed for managing user identities and providing temporary credentials, unlike the other options.
Q66
What happens when an S3 bucket policy allows 's3:PutObject' permission without a 's3:ListBucket' permission?
AUsers can list objects
BUsers can upload objects only
CUsers can delete objects
DNo permission granted
Explanation
Without 's3:ListBucket', users cannot list objects but can upload due to 'PutObject' permission.
Q67
Which service provides a managed distributed database?
AAmazon DynamoDB
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon Aurora
DAmazon Redshift
Explanation
DynamoDB is fully managed and highly scalable, while others serve different database needs.
Q68
A company needs to securely authenticate API users without storing credentials. What should they use?
AAWS VPC Peering
BAWS IAM Roles
CAWS Cognito
DAWS RDS Security Group
Explanation
AWS Cognito offers user authentication without credentials storage, unlike IAM Roles, which serve different purposes.
Q69
What happens when you terminate an EC2 instance that has an attached EBS volume?
AEBS volume is deleted
BEBS volume remains, data intact
CEC2 instance checks for data loss
DEBS volume automatically backed up
Explanation
Terminating an EC2 instance keeps the attached EBS volume unless specified for deletion.
Q70
Which service is used to manage AWS resources programmatically?
AAWS SDK
BAmazon CloudWatch
CAWS CLI
DAWS CloudFormation
Explanation
AWS CLI allows command-line management of resources; others serve different purposes.