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.
Which AWS service is designed for real-time streaming of data?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS Glue
CAmazon Redshift
DAmazon S3
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is specifically built for real-time data streaming; the others are for batch processing or storage.
Q212
A company needs to store objects with varying access patterns in a cost-efficient manner. Which S3 storage class should they choose?
AS3 Standard
BS3 Intelligent-Tiering
CS3 One Zone-IA
DS3 Glacier
Explanation
S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves data between two access tiers based on changing access patterns, while others are either for frequent access or archival storage.
Q213
What happens when you delete a CloudFormation stack?
AAll resources are retained automatically
BResources are deleted by default
COnly changed resources are deleted
DIt enters a deletion protection state
Explanation
By default, all resources defined in the stack are deleted unless specified otherwise; retaining resources requires additional configuration.
Q214
Which service is used for running containerized applications on AWS?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon ECS
CAWS Elastic Beanstalk
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
Amazon ECS is specifically designed for running containers, while the others are more general application or compute services.
Q215
A company needs to store sensitive data with encryption. Which service should they use?
AAmazon S3 without encryption
BAWS Glue
CAmazon RDS with encryption
DAmazon DynamoDB with public access
Explanation
Amazon RDS can encrypt sensitive data, while the other options either do not secure the data or are not designed for sensitive data storage.
Q216
You are configuring a VPC with two subnets. What happens if you assign these subnets different route tables?
AIncreased latency
BIndependently managed traffic
CAutomatic traffic separation
DNo traffic between subnets
Explanation
Different route tables allow the subnets to have separate traffic management while still enabling communication between them unless restricted.
Q217
Which AWS service can automatically scale the number of running instances?
AAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling
BAWS Lambda
CAmazon RDS
DAmazon S3
Explanation
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling adjusts instance count, while others do not support auto-scaling at instance level.
Q218
A company needs to secure a confidential database. Which method provides the strongest security?
AEncrypt data at rest and in transit
BUse a physical lock on the server
CLimit access with IAM roles only
DRegular backups to S3
Explanation
Encrypting data at rest and in transit offers the best protection against unauthorized access.
Q219
You are configuring a data pipeline using AWS Data Pipeline. What happens when a time-based scheduling fails?
AThe pipeline automatically retries indefinitely
BThe task is marked as failed
CIt sends an alert to SNS
DThe task retries a fixed number of times
Explanation
By default, failed tasks will retry a specified number of times before considering it a failure.
Q220
Which service allows you to run code without provisioning servers?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon S3
DAWS Batch
Explanation
AWS Lambda executes code in response to events without server management, whereas EC2 is for virtual servers, S3 for storage, and AWS Batch for processing jobs.