AWS-Solution-Architect-Associate Free Practice Test

- (Exam Topic 3)
A company hosts its web application on AWS using seven Amazon EC2 instances. The company requires that the IP addresses of all healthy EC2 instances be returned in response to DNS queries.
Which policy should be used to meet this requirement?

1. A. Simple routing policy
2. B. Latency routing policy
3. C. Multivalue routing policy
4. D. Geolocation routing policy

Correct Answer: C
Use a multivalue answer routing policy to help distribute DNS responses across multiple resources. For example, use multivalue answer routing when you want to associate your routing records with a Route 53 health check. For example, use multivalue answer routing when you need to return multiple values for a DNS query and route traffic to multiple IP addresses.
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/multivalue-versus-simple-policies/

- (Exam Topic 1)
A development team needs to host a website that will be accessed by other teams. The website contents consist of HTML, CSS, client-side JavaScript, and images Which method is the MOST cost-effective for hosting the website?

1. A. Containerize the website and host it in AWS Fargate.
2. B. Create an Amazon S3 bucket and host the website there
3. C. Deploy a web server on an Amazon EC2 instance to host the website.
4. D. Configure an Application Loa d Balancer with an AWS Lambda target that uses the Express js framework.

Correct Answer: B
In Static Websites, Web pages are returned by the server which are prebuilt. They use simple languages such as HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
There is no processing of content on the server (according to the user) in Static Websites. Web pages are returned by the server with no change therefore, static Websites are fast.
There is no interaction with databases.
Also, they are less costly as the host does not need to support server-side processing with different languages.
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In Dynamic Websites, Web pages are returned by the server which are processed during runtime means they are not prebuilt web pages but they are built during runtime according to the user’s demand.
These use server-side scripting languages such as PHP, Node.js, ASP.NET and many more supported by the server.
So, they are slower than static websites but updates and interaction with databases are possible.

- (Exam Topic 1)
A company needs guaranteed Amazon EC2 capacity in three specific Availability Zones in a specific AWS Region for an upcoming event that will last 1 week.
What should the company do to guarantee the EC2 capacity?

1. A. Purchase Reserved instances that specify the Region needed
2. B. Create an On Demand Capacity Reservation that specifies the Region needed
3. C. Purchase Reserved instances that specify the Region and three Availability Zones needed
4. D. Create an On-Demand Capacity Reservation that specifies the Region and three Availability Zones needed

Correct Answer: D
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-capacity-reservations.html
Reserve instances: You will have to pay for the whole term (1 year or 3years) which is not cost effective

- (Exam Topic 1)
A company has more than 5 TB of file data on Windows file servers that run on premises Users and applications interact with the data each day
The company is moving its Windows workloads to AWS. As the company continues this process, the company requires access to AWS and on-premises file storage with minimum latency The company needs a solution that minimizes operational overhead and requires no significant changes to the existing file access patterns. The company uses an AWS Site-to-Site VPN connection for connectivity to AWS
What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements?

1. A. Deploy and configure Amazon FSx for Windows File Server on AW
2. B. Move the on-premises file data to FSx for Windows File Serve
3. C. Reconfigure the workloads to use FSx for Windows File Server on AWS.
4. D. Deploy and configure an Amazon S3 File Gateway on premises Move the on-premises file data to the S3 File Gateway Reconfigure the on-premises workloads and the cloud workloads to use the S3 File Gateway
5. E. Deploy and configure an Amazon S3 File Gateway on premises Move the on-premises file data to Amazon S3 Reconfigure the workloads to use either Amazon S3 directly or the S3 File Gateway, depending on each workload's location
6. F. Deploy and configure Amazon FSx for Windows File Server on AWS Deploy and configure an Amazon FSx File Gateway on premises Move the on-premises file data to the FSx File Gateway Configure the cloud workloads to use FSx for Windows File Server on AWS Configure the on-premises workloads to use the FSx File Gateway

Correct Answer: D

- (Exam Topic 3)
A solutions architect is implementing a document review application using an Amazon S3 bucket for storage. The solution must prevent accidental deletion of the documents and ensure that all versions of the documents are available. Users must be able to download, modify, and upload documents.
Which combination of actions should be taken to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

1. A. Enable a read-only bucket ACL.
2. B. Enable versioning on the bucket.
3. C. Attach an IAM policy to the bucket.
4. D. Enable MFA Delete on the bucket.
5. E. Encrypt the bucket using AWS KMS.

Correct Answer: BD