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 helps in real-time analytics of streaming data?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS Batch
CAWS Glue
DAmazon Aurora
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is specifically designed for processing real-time data streams, while others handle batch processing or databases.
Q302
A company needs to encrypt sensitive data at rest in S3. What should they use?
AS3 Bucket Versioning
BS3 Server-Side Encryption
CS3 Transfer Acceleration
DS3 Lifecycle Policies
Explanation
S3 Server-Side Encryption specifically encrypts data at rest; others focus on versioning or data transfer.
Q303
You are configuring a VPC with subnets. What happens if a subnet is not associated with a route table?
AIt allows all traffic.
BTraffic is denied by default.
CSubnet becomes public.
DAuto-associates with default route.
Explanation
If a subnet is not associated with a route table, it will deny all traffic by default, while others suggest incorrect behaviors.
Q304
Which AWS service enables real-time log analysis?
AAmazon CloudWatch Logs
BAWS S3
CAWS Lambda
DAWS Snowflake
Explanation
Amazon CloudWatch Logs provides real-time log analysis, while the others serve different purposes.
Q305
A company needs to ensure higher availability for its Amazon RDS instances. What should it implement?
ARead Replicas
BMulti-AZ deployments
CProvisioned IOPS
DReserved Instances
Explanation
Multi-AZ deployments provide high availability; others do not ensure this level of redundancy.
Q306
When configuring an AWS Lambda function, what happens if you set the timeout to 0 seconds?
AFunction runs indefinitely
BFunction will never execute
CFunction immediately fails
DFunction executes up to 1 second
Explanation
Setting a 0-second timeout causes an immediate failure; the other options imply different execution behaviors.
Q307
Which service can automate the deployment of applications on AWS?
AAWS Elastic Beanstalk
BAWS CloudFormation
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon EC2
Explanation
AWS Elastic Beanstalk automates application deployment; CloudFormation is for infrastructure, Lambda is for computing, and EC2 is a compute resource.
Q308
A company needs to analyze data streams in real-time. Which AWS service is best suited for this?
AAmazon S3
BAmazon Kinesis
CAWS Batch
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is designed for real-time data processing while S3 and RDS are for storage and Batch is for batch processing.
Q309
What happens when you configure an IAM policy with 'Deny' before 'Allow'?
AAutomatic grant of all permissions
BDeny takes precedence over Allow
CAllow overrides Deny
DPolicy is invalidated
Explanation
In IAM policies, Deny will always take precedence over Allow no matter the order of the statements.
Q310
Which AWS service allows you to run serverless applications?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Batch
Explanation
AWS Lambda is designed for serverless applications, while the others require provisioning instances.