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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 71–80 of 486
A company needs to run automated deployments while ensuring that instances are correctly configured. What service should they use?
A
AWS CodeDeploy
B
Amazon SNS
C
AWS Lambda
D
AWS IAM
AWS CodeDeploy automates deployments; others do not directly manage deployments.
You are configuring an EC2 instance with a security group. What happens when you add an inbound rule allowing port 22 from any IP?
A
Increased instance availability
B
SSH access from anywhere
C
Access denied by default
D
Public IP required for access
This allows SSH access from any IP; others are incorrect interpretations of security behavior.
Which service is used for container orchestration?
A
Amazon ECS
B
AWS Lambda
C
Amazon S3
D
AWS CloudFormation
ECS is specifically designed for managing containers, while others serve different purposes.
A company needs to securely share files with external partners. Which AWS service is best suited for this?
A
Amazon S3
B
AWS Transfer Family
C
Amazon EFS
D
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Transfer Family allows secure file transfer to external partners, unlike the others which focus on different functionalities.
What happens when you set an S3 bucket's versioning to 'Suspended'?
A
All versions are deleted
B
New versions aren't created
C
Existing versions can no longer be accessed
D
Bucket becomes immutable
Suspended versioning prevents new versions but retains existing ones, unlike the other incorrect options.
Which service is best for tracking AWS resource usage cost?
A
AWS Cost Explorer
B
AWS Lambda
C
AWS SNS
D
AWS SQS
AWS Cost Explorer allows cost tracking, while Lambda, SNS, and SQS have different functionalities.
A company needs to securely store sensitive keys for applications. Which service should they use?
A
AWS Secrets Manager
B
AWS S3
C
AWS RDS
D
AWS EC2
AWS Secrets Manager securely stores and manages sensitive keys; S3 and RDS are not designed for key management.
What happens when an AWS Auto Scaling group scales in?
A
Instances are terminated
B
New instances are created
C
Load balancer scales up
D
Instance types are changed
When scaling in, instances are terminated to reduce capacity; the other options do not accurately describe this process.
Which AWS service is used for orchestrating microservices?
A
AWS Lambda
B
AWS Step Functions
C
Amazon RDS
D
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Step Functions orchestrate microservices workflows, while Lambda is for serverless computing and RDS is for databases.
A company needs to track costs for multiple AWS accounts. What should they use?
A
AWS CloudTrail
B
AWS Budgets
C
AWS Cost Explorer
D
AWS Organizations
AWS Cost Explorer allows you to analyze costs effectively, while Budgets help in setting usage limits, and CloudTrail tracks API usage.