The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02) exam validates your skills in automating the testing and deployment of AWS applications. It is ideal for those looking to advance their DevOps career.
Which service provides automated serverless event-driven compute?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon ECS
DAWS Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation
AWS Lambda is designed for serverless event-driven functions, while the others are not serverless solutions.
Q152
A company needs to run a Blue/Green deployment with minimal downtime. What is a key benefit of using Elastic Load Balancing in this scenario?
AReduces infrastructure costs
BAutomates instance backups
CFacilitates traffic shifting
DEnforces compliance policies
Explanation
Elastic Load Balancing simplifies traffic switching between application versions during deployment.
Q153
You are configuring IAM policies and need to ensure that an S3 bucket's access is limited only to specified AWS accounts. What condition type should you use in your policy?
AStringEquals
BStringLike
CNull
DNumericEquals
Explanation
The StringEquals condition allows you to specify exact matching, suitable for account IDs.
Q154
Which AWS service helps optimize cost by tracking resource usage?
AAWS Cost Explorer
BAWS CloudFormation
CAWS CodeDeploy
DAWS CloudTrail
Explanation
AWS Cost Explorer allows users to visualize and manage AWS costs, while the others serve different purposes like deployment and resource management.
Q155
A company needs to deploy applications in multiple regions for disaster recovery. What AWS service can automatically replicate resources?
AAWS Lambda
BAWS CloudFormation
CAWS Backup
DAWS Global Accelerator
Explanation
AWS Backup automates backups across regions, while the others do not focus on cross-region replication.
Q156
You are configuring an EC2 instance with an IAM role. What happens when the EC2 instance accesses an S3 bucket?
ANo access if IAM role is missing.
BAccess will always be denied.
CAccess depends on the IAM bucket policy.
DInstance access is based on security groups.
Explanation
Access depends on both IAM role permissions and S3 bucket policies, while the other options misunderstand the access methods.
Q157
Which service can automate security assessments of applications?
AAWS Inspector
BAmazon CloudFront
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
AWS Inspector automates security assessments, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified effectively. Options B, C, and D do not focus on security assessments.
Q158
A company needs to migrate a large amount of data to AWS. Which approach is the most efficient?
AAWS Snowball
BDirect Connect
CS3 Transfer Acceleration
DEC2 File Storage
Explanation
AWS Snowball is ideal for transferring large data sets efficiently. The other options do not provide the same physical data transfer capability.
Q159
You are configuring a VPC with a NAT gateway. What happens if the NAT gateway goes down?
ANo internet access for private subnets
BAll resources still have internet access
CVPC automatically recreates the gateway
DPublic subnets lose connectivity
Explanation
If the NAT gateway goes down, instances in private subnets lose internet access. Options B, C, and D misrepresent NAT gateway functionality during downtimes.
Q160
Which service is best for orchestration of microservices?
AAmazon ECS
BAWS Lambda
CAmazon S3
DAWS Direct Connect
Explanation
Amazon ECS is specifically designed for container orchestration, unlike the others which serve different purposes.