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 provides cost-effective data archiving?
AAmazon S3 Glacier
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon EFS
DAmazon CloudFront
Explanation
Amazon S3 Glacier is designed specifically for data archiving and long-term storage, while the others serve different purposes.
Q472
A company needs to deploy a multi-region application. Which AWS service helps with this?
AAWS CloudFormation
BAmazon Route 53
CAWS Batch
DAmazon CloudWatch
Explanation
Amazon Route 53 provides global DNS routing to manage a multi-region application, while the others focus on different functionalities.
Q473
You are configuring an IAM policy for S3 access. What happens when you add a Deny statement?
AIt grants access if conditions met
BIt overrides Allow rules
CIt adds additional buckets
DIt only affects admins
Explanation
In IAM policies, Deny statements take precedence and override any Allow rules, impacting access control fundamentally.
Q474
Which AWS service provides orchestration for containers?
AECS
BS3
CRDS
DCloudFront
Explanation
ECS is specifically designed for container orchestration, while S3 handles object storage, RDS is for databases, and CloudFront is a CDN.
Q475
A company needs to manage access to AWS services tightly. Which service should you use?
AIAM
BS3
CLambda
DCloudTrail
Explanation
IAM is directly used for access management, whereas S3 is for storage, Lambda for computing, and CloudTrail for logging activities.
Q476
What happens when you delete an EBS volume that is still attached to an instance?
AVolume deletion fails
BInstance is terminated
CData is permanently lost
DVolume remains available
Explanation
The deletion fails because the volume is in use; termination of instances and data loss do not occur immediately and availability is not maintained on deletion.
Q477
A company needs to store sensitive data with strict compliance requirements. Which AWS service can best ensure data encryption and compliance?
AAWS S3 with server-side encryption
BAWS EC2 instance storage
CAWS RDS without encryption options
DAWS Lambda temporary storage
Explanation
AWS S3 supports server-side encryption for compliance, while EC2 storage, RDS without encryption, and Lambda storage do not fully meet compliance needs.
Q478
What happens when you configure an Elastic Load Balancer with HTTP listeners on multiple AZs?
ATraffic is load balanced only in one AZ.
BTraffic is distributed across all AZs.
CIt fails if one AZ goes down.
DOnly health-checked instances receive traffic.
Explanation
An ELB distributes traffic across all AZs for high availability, unlike the other options which misrepresent ELB behavior.
Q479
You are configuring IAM policies for users who require different permissions based on their job functions. Which approach is best?
ACreate one policy for all users.
BAssign separate policies per user.
CUse groups to manage permissions.
DAvoid using IAM for permissions.
Explanation
Using groups simplifies permission management, whereas the other options complicate or bypass IAM best practices.
Q480
Which service provides a fully managed NoSQL database?
AAmazon DynamoDB
BAmazon RDS
CAmazon Redshift
DAmazon S3
Explanation
DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database; RDS and Redshift are for relational and analytics databases, respectively.