Amazon AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
SAA-C03
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.
Questions 291–300 of 483
What happens when an Amazon RDS instance is in a Multi-AZ deployment?
A
Data is replicated in separate regions
B
Backup is only enabled for one AZ
C
Synchronous data replication occurs
D
Instance is run only in one AZ
Synchronous replication provides failover, while the other options are incorrect regarding data handling and redundancy.
Which service can automatically scale your EC2 instances based on load?
A
Auto Scaling
B
Elastic Load Balancer
C
CloudFormation
D
Route 53
Auto Scaling adjusts EC2 instance count; others serve different purposes.
A company needs to securely connect to AWS resources from its on-premises network. What is the best solution?
A
AWS Direct Connect
B
VPN Connection
C
Internet Gateway
D
VPC Peering
VPN Connections provide secure connectivity; others are not designed specifically for security.
You are configuring an S3 bucket policy to allow public read access. What happens if you forget to set the Block Public Access settings?
A
Access will automatically be blocked
B
Access will be granted
C
Only folder access is terminated
D
Public access will cause data loss
Without Block Public Access, public read access is granted; others misrepresent the result.
Which AWS service provides a fully managed NoSQL database?
A
DynamoDB
B
RDS
C
Redshift
D
Aurora
DynamoDB is specifically designed for NoSQL use, while RDS and Aurora are for SQL, and Redshift is for data warehousing.
A company needs to restrict API actions based on tags. Which AWS feature can accomplish this?
A
IAM Policies
B
Resource Policies
C
Service Control Policies
D
Tag Policies
IAM Policies allow controlling actions based on tag conditions, while others do not support this granularity.
What happens when you delete an S3 bucket that is configured for versioning?
A
All versions are deleted immediately
B
Bucket cannot be deleted
C
Only latest version is deleted
D
Bucket is marked for deletion
All versions of the objects are deleted permanently; however, the bucket must first be unversioned to be deleted.
Which service provides managed distributed tracing for applications?
A
AWS X-Ray
B
AWS CloudWatch
C
AWS SNS
D
AWS Step Functions
AWS X-Ray helps trace requests across application services, while others do not provide this specific functionality.
A company needs an event-driven architecture for processing order fulfillment. Which AWS service should they use?
A
AWS SQS
B
AWS Lambda
C
AWS CodePipeline
D
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Lambda seamlessly integrates with other services for event-driven processing, unlike the others.
You are configuring an S3 bucket for static website hosting. What happens when you set the bucket policy to deny all actions?
A
Website traffic is still allowed.
B
Only public access is denied.
C
Website becomes inaccessible
D
No changes occur in bucket configuration.
Denying all actions effectively makes the website inaccessible, whereas the others are incorrect descriptions of the impact.