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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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Questions 261–270 of 483

Q261

What happens when an instance with an Elastic IP is stopped and restarted?

  • A IP remains unchanged
  • B IP is released
  • C Instance cannot use IP
  • D Old IP is tied to another account
Explanation An Elastic IP address remains associated to the instance unless manually released; the other options are incorrect regarding Elastic IP behavior.
Q262

Which service can be used for serverless computing?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C Amazon S3
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning servers, while the others are traditional infrastructure or storage services.
Q263

A company needs to securely access an S3 bucket from only a specific EC2 instance. What should they use?

  • A IAM Role with S3 permissions
  • B S3 Public Access
  • C AWS Firewall Rules
  • D S3 Bucket Versioning
Explanation An IAM Role can be assigned to an EC2 instance, granting it secure access to the S3 bucket.
Q264

What happens when you decrease an EC2 instance size?

  • A It incurs unplanned downtime
  • B It increases data transfer costs
  • C It takes instant effect without reboot
  • D It only reduces disk size
Explanation Changing the instance size requires stopping the instance, leading to downtime, while others are not accurate effects of resizing.
Q265

Which AWS service can be used for serverless compute?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B Amazon EC2
  • C AWS Fargate
  • D Amazon RDS
Explanation AWS Lambda allows running code without provisioning servers, while others require server management.
Q266

A company needs to securely share data across AWS accounts. Which service is the best choice?

  • A Amazon S3 Bucket Policies
  • B AWS CloudFormation
  • C AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • D Amazon CloudFront
Explanation Amazon S3 Bucket Policies can control access for multiple accounts effectively, while the others do not share specific data.
Q267

What happens when you terminate an EC2 instance that uses an instance store volume?

  • A Data is preserved
  • B Data is lost
  • C Data is backed up automatically
  • D Data is transferred to EBS
Explanation Instance store volumes lose data upon instance termination, unlike EBS volumes.
Q268

Which service allows for automation of AWS resource management based on predefined conditions?

  • A AWS Lambda
  • B AWS CloudFormation
  • C AWS Auto Scaling
  • D AWS CloudTrail
Explanation AWS Auto Scaling manages resources based on metrics, while others serve different functions.
Q269

A company needs to implement a managed NoSQL database service for a highly scalable application. Which service should they choose?

  • A Amazon S3
  • B Amazon RDS
  • C Amazon DynamoDB
  • D Amazon Redshift
Explanation Amazon DynamoDB is designed for high scalability in NoSQL, while others are different database types.
Q270

What happens when you enable versioning on an S3 bucket?

  • A Old versions stored permanently
  • B No additional costs incurred
  • C Objects cannot be deleted
  • D Versions cannot be accessed
Explanation Enabling versioning allows all versions to be stored, whereas the other options are incorrect features.