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.
A company needs a highly available website with minimal downtime. Which service should they use?
ASingle EC2 Instance
BAmazon Route 53
CElastic Load Balancing
DAWS Systems Manager
Explanation
Elastic Load Balancing distributes traffic to multiple instances, enhancing availability compared to a single EC2 instance.
Q102
You are configuring an S3 bucket with public access permissions. What happens if Block Public Access is enabled?
APublic access is allowed.
BAll uploads are public.
CPublic access is blocked.
DBucket becomes private only.
Explanation
If Block Public Access is enabled, it prevents any public access, overriding individual object permissions.
Q103
Which AWS service analyzes and visualizes streaming data in real-time?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAmazon S3
CAmazon RDS
DAWS CloudTrail
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time data processing, while S3 is for storage, RDS is for relational databases, and CloudTrail logs AWS API calls.
Q104
A company needs to provide temporary access to AWS resources for external vendors. Which AWS service should they use?
AAWS IAM Roles
BAWS Organizations
CAmazon VPC
DAmazon Cognito
Explanation
AWS IAM Roles allow temporary access to AWS resources, while Organizations manages accounts, VPC deals with networking, and Cognito is for user sign-in.
Q105
What happens when a CloudFront distribution is invalidated?
ACache is removed from edge locations
BOrigin data is deleted
CWebsite goes offline temporarily
DCDN traffic is stopped
Explanation
Invalidation removes cached objects from edge locations, while origin data is unaffected, the site remains online, and CDN traffic continues.
Q106
Which service would you use to analyze large data sets stored in S3 without provisioning infrastructure?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon Athena
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Glue
Explanation
Amazon Athena allows for serverless SQL queries on S3 data; Lambda is for functions, RDS is for relational databases, and Glue is for ETL processing.
Q107
A company needs to enable high availability for their web application across two AWS regions. Which architecture should they adopt?
ASingle Region, Multi-AZ
BMulti-Region, DNS Failover
CSingle Region, Elastic Load Balancer
DMulti-Account Architecture
Explanation
Multi-Region with DNS failover provides redundancy; Multi-AZ is for a single region, while Single Region setups do not ensure cross-region availability.
Q108
What happens when you configure an AWS EBS volume with encryption using an AWS KMS key?
AData cannot be accessed
BEncryption keys are user-managed
CEncryption is automatic and seamless
DVolume access is restricted to IAM users only
Explanation
EBS encryption is automatic and seamless; options A, B, and D are incorrect as encryption does not restrict access nor require manual key management.
Q109
Which service is best for real-time data streaming?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS Glue
CAWS S3
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time streams, while the others focus on batch processing or storage.
Q110
A company needs to migrate a large on-premises database to AWS with minimal downtime. Which service should they use?
AAWS Database Migration Service
BAmazon RDS
CAWS Snowball
DAWS Direct Connect
Explanation
AWS Database Migration Service aids in minimally disruptive migrations, while the others do not serve this specific purpose.