The AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) exam validates your skills in data engineering on AWS. It is suitable for those who want to demonstrate their ability to design and implement data solutions.
You are configuring an Amazon RDS instance. Which feature allows you to automatically store backups?
ADMS
BMulti-AZ
CAutomated Backups
DRead Replicas
Explanation
Automated Backups enable automatic backup for RDS instances, while other options serve different purposes. DMS is for migration, Multi-AZ for availability, and Read Replicas for scaling reads.
Q132
A company needs to manage permissions for 100 AWS IAM users efficiently. What should they use?
AIAM Roles
BIAM Policies
CIAM Groups
DIAM Virtual MFA
Explanation
IAM Groups allow efficient permissions management for multiple users at once, while IAM Roles assign permissions to AWS services, Policies define access, and Virtual MFA adds security. Options A, B, and D do not address user management directly.
Q133
Which service allows you to run Docker containers?
AAmazon ECS
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon Lambda
DAWS S3
Explanation
Amazon ECS is a container orchestration service, whereas RDS is for databases, Lambda for serverless functions, and S3 for object storage.
Q134
A company needs to store sensitive data securely. Which AWS service should they use for encryption?
AAWS IAM
BAWS KMS
CAWS SNS
DAWS SQS
Explanation
AWS KMS is specifically designed for managing encryption keys, while IAM manages access, and SNS and SQS are messaging services.
Q135
You are configuring a VPC peering connection. What happens if the CIDR blocks overlap?
AConnection succeeds without issues
BConnection fails due to overlap
CLogs will capture the overlap
DTraffic is forwarded to the first VPC
Explanation
Overlapping CIDR blocks cause the VPC peering to fail, while the other options do not accurately describe the behavior of AWS networking.
Q136
A company needs to process streaming data in real time. Which AWS service should they use?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS Lambda
CAmazon S3
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is specifically designed for real-time data processing, while the others are not tailored for that purpose.
Q137
What happens when you attach an IAM policy directly to a user rather than a group?
AUser inherits all group permissions
BPolicy applies only to that user
CUser gains admin privileges
DPolicy is ignored in IAM
Explanation
The policy applies only to that user and not inherited from any group they belong to.
Q138
You are configuring an EC2 instance with a security group that allows HTTP traffic. What happens if you later remove this permission?
AAccess to web traffic blocked
BEC2 instance becomes unreachable
CNo change to SSH access
DInstance restarts automatically
Explanation
Removing HTTP permissions blocks web traffic, but other configurations remain unaffected.
Q139
Which service would you use for real-time data streaming?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAmazon S3
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is specifically designed for real-time data streaming, while the others serve different purposes.
Q140
A company needs to securely access its EC2 instances from an on-premises network. Which solution is most appropriate?
AVPN connection
BPublic IP address
CDirect Connect only
DSSH key in plain text
Explanation
A VPN connection secures communication between on-premises and AWS, unlike public IPs or SSH keys.