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AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate

DEA-C01

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.

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Questions 11–20 of 498

Q11

A company needs to ensure their S3 buckets are not publicly accessible. What should they configure?

  • A Bucket Policy
  • B ACLs
  • C Lifecycle Rules
  • D Replication Rules
Explanation A Bucket Policy is necessary to enforce access controls, while ACLs are less effective for overall management.
Q12

You are configuring DynamoDB. What happens if you exceed your read capacity units?

  • A Request fails immediately
  • B You are billed extra
  • C Throttling occurs
  • D Data is automatically archived
Explanation Throttling occurs to manage excess requests, while the others do not correctly describe the behavior.
Q13

Which service provides managed container orchestration?

  • A Amazon ECS
  • B AWS Lambda
  • C Amazon SQS
  • D Amazon DynamoDB
Explanation Amazon ECS is specifically designed for container orchestration, unlike the other options.
Q14

A company needs to securely share data across accounts. Which service should they use?

  • A AWS Data Pipeline
  • B AWS Glue
  • C Amazon S3 with Bucket Policy
  • D AWS CodeCommit
Explanation Amazon S3 with Bucket Policy allows secure cross-account data sharing effectively.
Q15

What happens when an IAM policy grants more permissions than intended?

  • A Permissions get automatically refined.
  • B Least privilege principle is violated.
  • C User cannot access any resources.
  • D No impact on account access.
Explanation Granting too many permissions violates the least privilege principle, a key security concept.
Q16

Which service provides real-time processing of streaming data?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon Kinesis
  • C Amazon S3
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation Amazon Kinesis is specifically designed for processing streaming data in real-time, while the others do not provide this feature.
Q17

A company needs low-latency access to its frequently accessed records. Which database option should it choose?

  • A Amazon DynamoDB
  • B Amazon S3
  • C Amazon RDS
  • D Amazon Redshift
Explanation Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database built for low-latency access, unlike the others which are not exclusively focused on performance for frequent access.
Q18

You are configuring an S3 bucket policy. What happens if you set 's3:PutObject' to deny?

  • A Upload permission is granted.
  • B All users can upload.
  • C Uploads are blocked.
  • D Only admins can upload.
Explanation Setting 's3:PutObject' to deny blocks all upload attempts regardless of the user, unlike the other options which suggest permissions might still exist.
Q19

Which AWS service allows for event-driven serverless architectures?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C Amazon RDS
  • D AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation AWS Lambda runs code in response to events; others require a server or instance.
Q20

A company needs to store sensitive customer data in a way that adheres to strict compliance regulations. Which encryption method is most appropriate?

  • A Client-side encryption
  • B Server-side encryption with S3
  • C Application-level encryption
  • D Database encryption only
Explanation Server-side encryption provides easier key management and compliance; client-side relies on users to encrypt data.