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 increase the size of an Amazon RDS instance?
AData gets automatically replicated
BPerformance enhances with more resources
CDatabase user access is revoked
DExisting connections are dropped
Explanation
Increasing instance size provides more compute resources, enhancing performance; other options are incorrect actions related to this change.
Q382
Which service allows users to run code without provisioning servers?
AAWS Lambda
BAmazon EC2
CAmazon S3
DAWS RDS
Explanation
AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service, while EC2 requires server management, S3 is for storage, and RDS is for databases.
Q383
A company needs to cache frequently accessed data in local storage for its EC2 instances. Which service should they use?
AAmazon ElastiCache
BAWS Auto Scaling
CAmazon EFS
DAWS CloudFormation
Explanation
Amazon ElastiCache provides in-memory caching, while Auto Scaling manages instance quantities, EFS is for file storage, and CloudFormation is for resource provisioning.
Q384
You are configuring IAM policies. What will happen if you attach a policy that denies access to all actions on an S3 bucket but also include another allowing access to the bucket?
AAccess is granted due to allow.
BAccess is denied due to deny.
CAccess is subject to MFA requirements.
DAccess is granted based on priority.
Explanation
IAM policies follow a deny-over-allow rule, where explicit denies take precedence over allows.
Q385
Which service provides a managed container orchestration solution?
AAmazon EKS
BAmazon EC2
CAWS Lambda
DAmazon RDS
Explanation
Amazon EKS is specifically designed for managing Kubernetes clusters, whereas others serve different purposes.
Q386
A company needs to monitor application latency in real time. What should they use?
AAWS CloudTrail
BAmazon CloudWatch
CAWS Config
DAWS WAF
Explanation
Amazon CloudWatch specializes in real-time monitoring of application metrics, unlike others.
Q387
You are configuring a multi-AZ RDS instance. What happens during a failover?
AOnly read operations are impacted.
BThe primary instance becomes unreachable.
CAutomatic failback occurs.
DDatabase state is preserved.
Explanation
During a failover, the primary instance can become unreachable until a new primary is elected, impacting all operations.
Q388
Which AWS service provides a fully managed graph database?
AAmazon Neptune
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon DynamoDB
DAmazon DocumentDB
Explanation
Amazon Neptune is designed specifically for graphs, while others are for relational or document-oriented storage.
Q389
A company needs to aggregate security monitoring logs from multiple sources in real-time. Which service should they use?
AAmazon Kinesis
BAWS CloudTrail
CAmazon S3
DAWS Config
Explanation
Amazon Kinesis is ideal for real-time data ingestion and processing, whereas others serve different purposes like auditing or storage.
Q390
What happens when you delete an Amazon S3 bucket that contains objects?
AAll objects are deleted first
BBucket deletion fails automatically
CObjects remain until manually deleted
DObjects are archived in Glacier
Explanation
All objects must be deleted first before a bucket can be removed; otherwise, deletion will fail.