AWS-Solution-Architect-Associate Free Practice Test

- (Exam Topic 3)
A company recently created a disaster recovery site in a Different AWS Region.The company needs to transfer large amounts of data back and forth between NFS file systems in the two Regions on a periods.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

1. A. Use AWS DataSync.
2. B. Use AWS Snowball devices
3. C. Set up an SFTP server on Amazon EC2
4. D. Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

Correct Answer: A

- (Exam Topic 2)
A company hosts a two-tier application on Amazon EC2 instances and Amazon RDS. The application's demand varies based on the time of day. The load is minimal after work hours and on weekends. The EC2 instances run in an EC2 Auto Scaling group that is configured with a minimum of two instances and a maximum of five instances. The application must be available at all times, but the company is concerned about overall cost.
Which solution meets the availability requirement MOST cost-effectively?

1. A. Use all EC2 Spot Instance
2. B. Stop the RDS database when it is not in use.
3. C. Purchase EC2 Instance Savings Plans to cover five EC2 instance
4. D. Purchase an RDS Reserved DB Instance
5. E. Purchase two EC2 Reserved Instances Use up to three additional EC2 Spot Instances as neede
6. F. Stop the RDS database when it is not in use.
7. G. Purchase EC2 Instance Savings Plans to cover two EC2 instance
8. H. Use up to three additional EC2 On-Demand Instances as neede
9. I. Purchase an RDS Reserved DB Instance.

Correct Answer: D

- (Exam Topic 1)
A company has an automobile sales website that stores its listings in a database on Amazon RDS When an automobile is sold the listing needs to be removed from the website and the data must be sent to multiple target systems.
Which design should a solutions architect recommend?

1. A. Create an AWS Lambda function triggered when the database on Amazon RDS is updated to send the information to an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS> queue for the targets to consume
2. B. Create an AWS Lambda function triggered when the database on Amazon RDS is updated to send the information to an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) FIFO queue for the targets to consume
3. C. Subscribe to an RDS event notification and send an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue fanned out to multiple Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topics Use AWS Lambda functions to update the targets
4. D. Subscribe to an RDS event notification and send an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic fanned out to multiple Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queues Use AWS Lambda functions to update the targets

Correct Answer: D
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/services-rds.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/with-sns.html

- (Exam Topic 3)
A company that primarily runs its application servers on premises has decided to migrate to AWS. The company wants to minimize its need to scale its Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) storage on premises. The company wants only its recently accessed data to remain stored locally.
Which AWS solution should the company use to meet these requirements?

1. A. Amazon S3 File Gateway
2. B. AWS Storage Gateway Tape Gateway
3. C. AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway stored volumes
4. D. AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway cachea volumes

Correct Answer: D

- (Exam Topic 3)
A company has deployed a server less application that invokes an AWS Lambda function when new documents are uploaded to an Amazon S3 bucket The application uses the Lambda function to process the documents After a recent marketing campaign the company noticed that the application did not process many of The documents
What should a solutions architect do to improve the architecture of this application?

1. A. Set the Lambda function's runtime timeout value to 15 minutes
2. B. Configure an S3 bucket replication policy Stage the documents m the S3 bucket for later processing
3. C. Deploy an additional Lambda function Load balance the processing of the documents across the two Lambda functions
4. D. Create an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SOS) queue Send the requests to the queue Configure the queue as an event source for Lambda.

Correct Answer: B