The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) exam validates advanced skills in designing distributed systems on AWS. It is ideal for experienced architects looking to demonstrate their expertise.
Which service automatically scales based on demand?
AAWS Elastic Beanstalk
BAWS Lambda
CAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling scales instances automatically, while the others either require manual intervention or do not directly handle scaling.
Q92
A company needs to ensure that their application can withstand DDoS attacks. Which AWS service should they implement?
AAWS Shield
BAWS WAF
CAmazon CloudFront
DAWS Config
Explanation
AWS Shield specifically protects against DDoS attacks, while the other options serve different security purposes.
Q93
You are configuring a DynamoDB table for read-heavy applications. What setting can be adjusted to improve performance?
AIncrease Auto Scaling limits
BIncrease Read Capacity Units
CChange primary key structure
DAdd Global Secondary Index
Explanation
Increasing Read Capacity Units directly improves read performance, unlike adjusting the key or adding an index which may not solely enhance performance.
Q94
Which service provides temporary AWS credentials to applications running on EC2 instances?
AAWS IAM Role
BAWS Cognito
CAWS Secrets Manager
DAWS Systems Manager
Explanation
IAM Roles provide temporary credentials; Cognito is for user sign-in, Secrets Manager manages sensitive data, and Systems Manager aids configuration and management.
Q95
A company needs to perform real-time log analysis on AWS. Which service should they use given a requirement for serverless architecture?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAmazon EC2
CAWS Glue
DAWS Batch
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis allows serverless real-time processing; EC2 is compute-focused, Glue is for orchestrating ETL, and Batch is for job scheduling.
Q96
What happens when an Amazon S3 bucket policy allows public access but IAM policies deny it?
APublic access is granted
BAccess is denied based on IAM
CBucket policy takes precedence
DAccess is granted only to IAM users
Explanation
IAM policies override bucket policies; public access is denied, as IAM policies are more specific for user authentication.
Q97
A company needs to analyze large datasets stored in Amazon S3. Which service should they use to query this data directly?
AAmazon Athena
BAmazon EMR
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Glue
Explanation
Amazon Athena allows direct querying of data in S3, while EMR and RDS are for processing and relational databases, respectively; AWS Glue is for ETL tasks.
Q98
You are configuring a DynamoDB table with provisioned capacity. What happens if the provisioned throughput is exceeded?
ARequests are throttled
BData is deleted
CLoad balancer fails
DDynamoDB scales automatically
Explanation
When throughput is exceeded, requests are throttled to prevent overload; data is not deleted, and scaling does not occur automatically.
Q99
Which AWS service can help to identify security threats across your AWS accounts and resources?
AAWS Inspector
BAWS GuardDuty
CAWS CloudTrail
DAWS Config
Explanation
AWS GuardDuty specifically identifies security threats, whereas Inspector assesses vulnerabilities and CloudTrail logs API calls; Config monitors resource compliance.
Q100
Which service allows you to run containers on AWS?
AECS
BCloudFormation
CLambda
DS3
Explanation
ECS (Elastic Container Service) is specifically designed for container orchestration, while the others serve different purposes.