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 to ensure its sensitive data is only accessible by specific users. Which feature should they utilize?
AIAM Policies
BSecurity Groups
CVPC Peering
DCloudFormation
Explanation
IAM Policies allow fine-grained access control, whereas others are not designed for this purpose.
Q312
You are configuring an Auto Scaling group with a desired count of 3. If two instances fail simultaneously, what will happen?
ALaunch 3 new instances
BLaunch 2 new instances
CNo action taken
DIt will decrease desired count
Explanation
The Auto Scaling group will launch 2 new instances to maintain the desired capacity of 3.
Q313
Which service helps in simplifying application architecture by enabling microservices?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAWS CloudFormation
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning servers, suitable for microservices; EC2 is for VMs, CloudFormation for infrastructure as code, RDS is for databases.
Q314
A company needs to improve response times for a web application in different geographic locations. What AWS service should they consider?
AAmazon CloudFront
BAWS Direct Connect
CAmazon Route 53
DAWS Global Accelerator
Explanation
Amazon CloudFront is a CDN that caches content closer to users; Direct Connect is for dedicated network connections, Route 53 for DNS, and Global Accelerator enhances performance but not caching.
Q315
You are configuring IAM policies in AWS. What happens when a user has multiple conflicting policies attached?
AUser gains all permissions
BDeny always takes precedence
CAllowed permissions override deny
DConflict causes an error
Explanation
Deny always takes precedence over Allow; users do not gain permissions from conflicting policies, permitted actions are only those explicitly allowed without conflict.
Q316
Which service integrates machine learning with AWS services seamlessly?
AAmazon SageMaker
BAWS Lambda
CAWS Glue
DAmazon CloudWatch
Explanation
Amazon SageMaker is specifically designed to build, train, and deploy machine learning models, while other options serve different purposes.
Q317
A company needs to ensure only authorized VPN users can access their VPC resources. What should they implement?
ASecurity Group only
BNetwork ACL only
CAWS IAM roles
DVPN with IAM user policies
Explanation
Implementing a VPN with IAM user policies ensures access control and security for defined users, unlike the other options which do not restrict access at the user level.
Q318
You are configuring a CloudFront distribution. What happens when the origin server returns a 404 error?
ACloudFront caches the 404 error
BCloudFront returns a 200 response
CCloudFront ignores the 404 error
DCloudFront retries the request
Explanation
CloudFront does cache 404 errors based on its default behavior, while the other options do not represent how caching errors function.
Q319
Which service allows you to deploy applications without managing servers?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon RDS
DAWS Elastic Beanstalk
Explanation
AWS Lambda offers serverless computing, while others require server management.
Q320
A company needs to securely share data between its internal network and AWS. Which solution is best?
AAWS Direct Connect
BVPC Peering
CAmazon CloudFront
DAWS VPN
Explanation
AWS VPN provides encrypted connections for data sharing, unlike the alternatives.