Unit 3: Storage and Compute Services - Practice Quiz

1 What is the primary definition of Amazon S3?

2 Which Amazon S3 storage class is best suited for data that is accessed frequently and requires low latency?

3 What is the durability guarantee provided by the Amazon S3 Standard storage class?

4 Which S3 storage class automatically moves objects between two access tiers based on changing access patterns?

5 In Amazon S3, what is the maximum size of a single object?

6 Which S3 storage class stores data in a single Availability Zone and is less expensive than Standard-IA?

7 What is the primary use case for S3 Glacier Deep Archive?

8 To enable faster file uploads to an S3 bucket from geographically dispersed users, which feature should be used?

9 What requirement must an S3 bucket name fulfill?

10 Which S3 feature allows you to define rules to automatically transition objects to cheaper storage classes or expire them?

11 When S3 Versioning is enabled, what happens if you upload a file with the same key (name) as an existing file?

12 What object is created when you delete a file in a versioning-enabled S3 bucket without specifying a version ID?

13 Which feature creates a physical layer of security by requiring a second form of authentication to permanently delete an object version?

14 What is an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)?

15 Which category of AMIs is generally considered the safest and most reliable to use?

16 Which EC2 instance family is optimized for compute-bound applications like high-performance web servers and batch processing?

17 Which EC2 instance type is ideal for applications that need high memory performance, such as in-memory databases?

18 What is the primary characteristic of EC2 Spot Instances?

19 What is 'User Data' in the context of launching an EC2 instance?

20 What is the special IP address used to retrieve EC2 Instance Metadata from within the instance?

21 Which storage option is block-level storage that behaves like a physical hard drive attached to an EC2 instance?

22 What is a key availability constraint of an Amazon EBS volume?

23 If you terminate an EC2 instance, what happens to the attached EBS root volume by default?

24 Which EBS volume type is best for mission-critical low-latency or high-throughput workloads requiring sustained IOPS?

25 How can you back up an EBS volume?

26 Which storage service is a fully managed file system that supports the Network File System (NFS) protocol and allows concurrent access from multiple EC2 instances?

27 Unlike EBS, how does Amazon EFS handle storage capacity?

28 Regarding the Well-Architected Framework: Which pillar focuses on selecting the right instance type for the workload?

29 How does using Spot Instances contribute to the 'Cost Optimization' pillar of the Well-Architected Framework?

30 Which security measure applies to the 'Security' pillar when managing EC2 instances?

31 In the context of Reliability, what is the benefit of using an Auto Scaling Group with EC2?

32 What is the maximum file size supported by Amazon S3?

33 Which tool can be used to physically migrate petabytes of data to Amazon S3 when internet transfer is too slow?

34 A 'T3' EC2 instance utilizes what type of performance characteristic?

35 Which EC2 purchasing option allows you to reserve capacity for a 1 or 3-year term in exchange for a significant discount?

36 To secure login access to a Linux EC2 instance, what must be created and downloaded during launch?

37 Which storage service is region-resilient (stored across multiple AZs) by default?

38 What is 'Instance Store' (Ephemeral Storage)?

39 EBS Multi-Attach allows you to attach a single io1/io2 volume to:

40 Which S3 feature allows you to use SQL expressions to retrieve only a subset of data from an object?

41 If you need a static IP address for your EC2 instance that persists even if the instance is stopped and restarted, what should you use?

42 Which of the following is NOT a valid state for an S3 Lifecycle policy rule?

43 In the context of EC2, what acts as a virtual firewall to control inbound and outbound traffic?

44 When launching an EC2 instance, which configuration determines the network location (subnet) of the instance?

45 Which storage class has the longest retrieval time (ranging from 12 to 48 hours)?

46 For a High Performance Computing (HPC) workload requiring low network latency between instances, which placement group strategy should be used?

47 What is the main difference between stopping and terminating an EC2 instance?

48 Which S3 functionality allows you to host a client-side Single Page Application (SPA)?

49 If you want to ensure an EC2 instance runs on physical hardware dedicated to your use (for compliance or licensing), what option do you choose?

50 Applying the 'Operational Excellence' pillar to storage, what is a best practice?