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.
A company needs to track changes to security configurations in AWS. Which service should they use?
AAWS CloudTrail
BAmazon CloudWatch
CAWS Config
DAWS Trusted Advisor
Explanation
AWS Config specifically records and tracks security changes, unlike the other services.
Q282
What happens when you set an S3 bucket policy that denies all actions for public access?
AAll public users are blocked
BOnly logged-in users can access
CEveryone retains read access
DIt causes an error in S3
Explanation
Denying all public access blocks access for all public users effectively.
Q283
Which service is used for serverless computing in AWS?
AAWS Lambda
BEC2 Instances
CS3 Buckets
DCloudFormation
Explanation
AWS Lambda enables serverless applications, while others require management.
Q284
A company needs to automatically replicate S3 objects across regions. Which feature should they use?
AS3 Cross-Region Replication
BS3 Lifecycle Policies
CS3 Versioning
DS3 Transfer Acceleration
Explanation
S3 Cross-Region Replication automatically replicates objects across regions, unlike the others.
Q285
You are configuring an Amazon RDS instance to handle unexpected traffic spikes. What happens if the RDS instance reaches max connections?
ANew connections will be queued
BAdditional connections will be dropped
CService will restart automatically
DInstance will scale vertically
Explanation
Any new connections above the limit will be dropped; it does not queue or auto-restart.
Q286
Which service enables real-time processing of streaming data?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS Glue
CAmazon S3
DAWS Batch
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time data streaming, while others serve different purposes.
Q287
A company needs to ensure that their S3 buckets are not publicly accessible. What should they implement?
ABucket Policy Only
BPublic Access Block
CVersioning Enabled
DLifecycle Policy
Explanation
Public Access Block settings ensure no public access to buckets, unlike the others which do not directly control public access.
Q288
What happens when a Glue ETL job fails during execution?
AJob automatically retries until success
BJob fails without notifying anyone
CJob can be configured for checkpointing
DJob outputs results despite failure
Explanation
Checkpointing in Glue allows tracking processed data and managing failures effectively, unlike the others which are incorrect behaviors.
Q289
Which service can provide real-time data processing?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon S3
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Batch
Explanation
AWS Lambda facilitates real-time event-driven processing, while S3 is for storage, RDS is for databases, and Batch is for batch processing.
Q290
A company needs to combine multiple data sources into a single view. Which AWS service would be most suitable?
AAmazon Redshift
BAWS Glue
CAWS Athena
DAmazon EMR
Explanation
AWS Glue is specifically designed for ETL operations, whereas Redshift is for data warehousing, Athena for ad-hoc queries, and EMR for big data processing.