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.
Which service allows for managed relational databases?
AAmazon RDS
BAWS Lambda
CAWS S3
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
Amazon RDS provides managed relational database services, while the others serve different purposes.
Q62
A company needs to ensure that only specific IPs can access their S3 buckets. What should they use?
ABucket Policies
BCloudTrail Logs
CIAM Roles
DEC2 Security Groups
Explanation
Bucket Policies can restrict IP access specifically, unlike IAM Roles and other options.
Q63
You are configuring an Auto Scaling group. What happens if you set the desired capacity higher than the maximum capacity?
AAll instances will run.
BAuto Scaling ignores the desired capacity.
CScaling will fail immediately.
DInstances will be terminated.
Explanation
Auto Scaling will cap desired capacity at the maximum limit.
Q64
Which AWS service provides scalable object storage?
AAmazon S3
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Lambda
Explanation
Amazon S3 is designed for scalable object storage, while the others serve different purposes.
Q65
A company needs a highly available and fault-tolerant database solution. Which AWS service should they choose?
AAmazon DynamoDB
BAmazon RDS with Multi-AZ
CAmazon Redshift
DAmazon Aurora with single instance
Explanation
Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ offers high availability and fault tolerance, while the others either lack it or are not suitable.
Q66
You are configuring an IAM policy. What happens when you grant 'Allow' permissions along with 'Deny' permissions on the same resource?
AAllow permissions take precedence
BDeny permissions take precedence
CBoth permissions cancel each other
DPermissions are ignored
Explanation
Deny permissions always take precedence over allow permissions in IAM policies.
Q67
Which AWS service helps you monitor AWS resources?
ACloudWatch
BS3
CEC2
DRDS
Explanation
CloudWatch is specifically designed for monitoring AWS resources; S3 is for storage, EC2 is for compute, and RDS is for databases.
Q68
A company needs a scalable way to host a website with variable traffic. Which method is ideal?
AEC2 instances with Auto Scaling
BStatic S3 website hosting
CElastic Load Balancing only
DOn-premises web servers
Explanation
EC2 with Auto Scaling adjusts capacity to match traffic; S3 is not ideal for dynamic content, Elasti Load Balancing alone lacks scaling, and on-premises cannot easily scale.
Q69
What happens when an IAM role is deleted that is currently attached to an EC2 instance?
AInstance crashes immediately
BInstance loses access to resources
CInstance terminates automatically
DNothing happens to the instance
Explanation
The EC2 instance loses permissions tied to the deleted role; it does not crash, terminate, or function normally without those permissions.
Q70
Which AWS service automatically scales your applications?
AAWS Elastic Beanstalk
BAWS CodeDeploy
CAWS CloudFormation
DAWS CloudTrail
Explanation
AWS Elastic Beanstalk manages scaling for applications, while the others focus on deployment or resource tracking.