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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

SAA-C03
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The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam tests your ability to design distributed systems on AWS. It is one of the most sought-after certifications in the cloud domain.

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Q171

What happens when you enable versioning on an S3 bucket?

  • A Previous versions are automatically deleted.
  • B All objects gain unique version IDs.
  • C Versioning cannot be suspended later.
  • D Only new objects get versions.
Explanation When versioning is enabled, all objects in the bucket receive unique version IDs, while options A and C are incorrect, and option D is misleading.
Q172

Which service allows you to distribute traffic globally?

  • A AWS Global Accelerator
  • B Amazon Route 53
  • C AWS Direct Connect
  • D Amazon CloudFront
Explanation Amazon Route 53 handles global DNS and traffic routing, while other options focus on specific use cases or services.
Q173

A company needs to run code in response to specific database changes within DynamoDB. Which service should they use?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon ECS
  • C AWS Batch
  • D Amazon EC2
Explanation AWS Lambda can trigger functions based on DynamoDB Streams, while other options are not event-driven.
Q174

You are configuring an Amazon RDS instance with Multi-AZ. What happens during a failover?

  • A Read only access to data
  • B No downtime until maintenance
  • C Automatic DNS record update
  • D Stop of all database services
Explanation During failover, the DNS record is updated to redirect traffic to the standby, while others are incorrect regarding service behavior.
Q175

Which AWS service enables the creation of serverless applications?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C Amazon S3
  • D AWS RDS
Explanation AWS Lambda allows execution without provisioning servers; EC2 requires server management, S3 is for storage, RDS is for databases.
Q176

A company needs to prevent public access to an S3 bucket but still allow access via a VPC endpoint. Which feature should they use?

  • A Bucket Policy
  • B ACL Settings
  • C Public Access Block
  • D CORS Configuration
Explanation Public Access Block settings prevent public access, while policies and ACLs are insufficient for this requirement.
Q177

You are configuring an Auto Scaling Group. What happens when the Number of Desired Instances is set to 0?

  • A Instances are terminated
  • B No new instances are launched
  • C Existing instances are stopped
  • D Scaling policies are ignored
Explanation Setting Desired Instances to 0 triggers termination of all existing instances; other options misinterpret scaling behavior.
Q178

Which service can automatically distribute incoming application traffic?

  • A Elastic Load Balancing
  • B Amazon CloudFront
  • C AWS Direct Connect
  • D AWS Shield
Explanation Elastic Load Balancing distributes traffic across multiple targets, ensuring high availability, while the other services serve different roles.
Q179

A company needs to secure IAM user access by enforcing MFA. What should you do?

  • A Enable MFA for IAM users
  • B Restrict access to VPN only
  • C Use IAM roles exclusively
  • D Audit user access logs
Explanation Enabling MFA requires users to provide additional authentication for account access, unlike the other options which do not enforce MFA.
Q180

What happens when an Amazon S3 object is deleted and versioning is enabled?

  • A Permanent loss of the object
  • B Object is moved to trash
  • C Deletion marker is added
  • D All versions are deleted
Explanation When S3 versioning is enabled, a deletion marker is added, allowing previous versions to remain accessible, unlike the other options.