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.
What happens when you enable S3 Object Lock in compliance mode?
AObjects cannot be deleted or overwritten
BUsers can delete objects after 30 days
COnly objects in versioning can be locked
DLock duration can be shortened
Explanation
In compliance mode, once locked, objects cannot be deleted or modified until the retention period expires.
Q22
Which service provides a managed Kubernetes solution?
AAmazon EKS
BAmazon ECS
CAWS Lambda
DAWS Fargate
Explanation
Amazon EKS specifically manages Kubernetes clusters, while others support container orchestration differently.
Q23
A company needs low-latency access to dynamically changing data. Which AWS solution is most suitable?
AAmazon S3
BAmazon DynamoDB
CAmazon Redshift
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon DynamoDB is designed for low-latency and rapid access to data, unlike the other options.
Q24
You are configuring a VPC peering connection. Which of the following is TRUE?
ACan connect VPCs in different regions.
BNetwork traffic is automatically route-optimized.
CCIDR blocks must be unique across VPCs.
DSupports transitive routing.
Explanation
CIDR blocks must be unique; choices A and D are false because VPC peering doesn't support them directly.
Q25
A company needs high availability for a web application. Which service should they use?
AElastic Load Balancer
BAmazon S3
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon CloudFront
Explanation
Elastic Load Balancer distributes traffic for availability; others don't provide load balancing.
Q26
You are configuring a VPC. What happens when a security group rule is modified?
AImmediately applies to instances
BRequires instance restart
CRetains previous rules
DChanges flow logs only
Explanation
Security group changes take effect immediately; others are inaccurate interpretations.
Q27
Which AWS service provides a managed NoSQL database solution?
AAmazon RDS
BAmazon DynamoDB
CAmazon Aurora
DAmazon Redshift
Explanation
Amazon DynamoDB is specifically for NoSQL; others are SQL-based services.
Q28
Which AWS service provides a managed database and automatically handles backups?
AAmazon RDS
BAmazon S3
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
Amazon RDS automates backups and maintenance, unlike EC2 and S3.
Q29
A company needs real-time processing of streaming data with low latency. Which service should they use?
AAWS Batch
BAmazon Kinesis
CAmazon SQS
DAWS Data Pipeline
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is built for real-time streaming, unlike the others.
Q30
You are configuring Auto Scaling for your EC2 instances, but your instances are using an Elastic IP address. What happens when an instance is terminated?
AElastic IP is retained.
BElastic IP is released.
CInstance automatically restarts.
DAuto Scaling fails.
Explanation
Elastic IP addresses are retained unless explicitly released.