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 a multi-AZ database deployment for high availability. What happens during a failover?
ARead operations are disabled
BNo connection loss to application
CData is lost during the failover
DOnly read replicas become available
Explanation
In a multi-AZ setup, failover occurs with connection continuity, unlike other options that indicate interruptions or data issues.
Q352
Which service should be used for transforming data in real-time?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon S3
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Glue
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows real-time data processing; the others do not primarily focus on real-time transformations.
Q353
A company needs to deploy multiple copies of a web application across different regions. Which AWS service best facilitates this requirement?
AAWS CloudFront
BAWS Elastic Beanstalk
CAmazon Route 53
DAWS Global Accelerator
Explanation
AWS Global Accelerator improves availability and performance by routing traffic across regions; others do not focus on this use case.
Q354
What happens when a security group rule with a 'Deny' rule is added after an 'Allow' rule?
ADeny takes precedence over allow
BAllow takes precedence over deny
CTraffic is blocked completely
DDepends on stateful or stateless access
Explanation
In AWS, Security Groups are stateful and a deny rule, if applicable, will take precedence over an allow rule.
Q355
Which service provides an event-driven architecture for microservices?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon RDS
DAmazon S3
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows you to run code in response to events, making it ideal for microservices, while the others are for compute, database, or object storage.
Q356
A company needs to maintain data integrity in a multi-region application. What AWS service can help?
AAmazon RDS Multi-AZ
BAmazon DynamoDB Global Tables
CAmazon S3 Cross-Region Replication
DAWS Glue
Explanation
Amazon DynamoDB Global Tables ensure data is consistent across multiple regions, unlike the others, which focus on replication or ETL tasks.
Q357
What happens when a user exceeds their EC2 instance limits?
AAll instances stop immediately.
BNo new instances can be launched.
CExisting instances are terminated.
DUser receives a notification only.
Explanation
When a user surpasses their EC2 instance limits, no new instances can be launched, but existing instances operate normally.
Q358
Which AWS service is best for automating backups for RDS databases?
AAWS Backup
BS3 Glacier
CDynamoDB
DCloudFormation
Explanation
AWS Backup automates backup processes, while others serve different purposes.
Q359
A company needs to stream real-time data from IoT devices. Which service should they use?
AAWS Kinesis
BAWS SQS
CAWS CloudWatch
DAWS Glue
Explanation
AWS Kinesis specializes in real-time data streaming.
Q360
You are configuring a VPC peering connection. What must you ensure?
ABoth VPCs must have overlapping CIDR
BVPCs must be in different regions
CDNS resolution is enabled
DBoth VPCs must be public
Explanation
DNS resolution must be enabled for communication, others are incorrect requirements.