Question 1

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A company wants to migrate its on-premises application to the AWS Cloud. The company is legally obligated to retain certain data in its onpremises data Which AWS service or feature will support this requirement?

Accepted Answer

AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience. AWS Outposts enables you to run AWS services in your on-premises data center, which can supp requirement of retaining certain data on-premises due to legal obligations5.

Question 2

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A company is collecting user behavior patterns to identify how to meet goals for sustainability impact.

Which guidelines are best practices for the company to implement to meet these goals? (Select TWO.)

Accepted Answer

To meet the goals for sustainability impact, the company should follow the best practices of scaling infrastructure with user load and eliminating crea maintenance of unused assets. Scaling infrastructure with user load means adjusting the capacity of the infrastructure to match the demand of the users, can reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of the system. Eliminating creation and maintenance of unused assets means avoiding the waste of resources and money on assets that are not needed or used, which can also improve the environmental and economic efficiency of the system3.

Question 3

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Which AWS service or tool helps companies measure the environmental impact of their AWS usage?

Accepted Answer

AWS customer carbon footprint tool is an AWS service or tool that helps companies measure the environmental impact of their AWS usage. It allows users estimate the carbon emissions associated with their AWS resources and services, such as EC2, S3, and Lambda. It also provides recommendations and best practices to reduce the carbon footprint and improve the sustainability of their AWS workloads4. AWS Compute Optimizer is an AWS service that helps user optimize the performance and cost of their EC2 instances and Auto Scaling groups. It provides recommendations for optimal instance types, sizes, and configurations based on the workload characteristics and utilization metrics. It does not help users measure the environmental impact of their AWS usage Sustainability pillar is a concept that refers to the ability of a system to operate in an environmentally friendly and socially responsible manner. It service or tool that helps users measure the environmental impact of their AWS usage. OS-Climate (Open Source Climate Data Commons) is an initiative tha aims to provide open source data, tools, and platforms to accelerate climate action and innovation. It is not an AWS service or tool that helps users me environmental impact of their AWS usage.

Question 4

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A company wants to develop a shopping application that records customer orders. The application needs to use an AWS managed database service to store da Which AWS service should the company use to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

A is correct because Amazon RDS is the AWS service that provides a managed relational database service that supports various database engines, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server. B is incorrect because Amazon Redshift is the AWS service that provides a managed data warehouse service that is optimized for analytical queries. C is incorrect because Amazon ElastiCache is the AWS service that provides a managed in-memory data store service t supports Redis and Memcached. D is incorrect because Amazon Neptune is the AWS service that provides a managed graph database service that supports property graph and RDF models.

Question 5

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A company wants to migrate its Microsoft SQL Server database management system from on premises to the AWS Cloud. Which AWS service should the company use to reduce management overhead for this environment?

Accepted Answer

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is the AWS service that the company should use to migrate its Microsoft SQL Server database management system from on premises to the AWS Cloud. Amazon RDS is a fully managed service that provides a scalable, secure, and high-performance relational databa platform. Amazon RDS supports several database engines, including Microsoft SQL Server. Amazon RDS reduces the management overhead for the database environment by taking care of tasks such as provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, and monitoring. For more information, see What is Amazon Relationa Database Service (Amazon RDS)? and Amazon RDS for SQL Server.

Question 6

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A company is preparing to launch a redesigned website on AWS. Users from around the world will download digital handbooks from the website. Which AWS solution should the company use to provide these static files securely?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudFront with Amazon S3 is a solution that allows you to provide static files securely to users from around the world. Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer within a developer-friendly environment. Amazon S3 is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, a You can use Amazon S3 to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere. You can also configure Amazon S3 to work with Amazon CloudFront to distribute your content to edge locations near your users for faster delivery and lower latency. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is a service that enables y custom applications that process or analyze streaming data for specialized needs. This option is not relevant for providing static files securely. Amazo instances with an Application Load Balancer is a solution that allows you to distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as EC2 instances, Availability Zones. This option is suitable for dynamic web applications, but not necessary for static files. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) is that provides a simple, scalable, fully managed elastic NFS file system for use with AWS Cloud services and on- premises resources. This option is not r providing static files securely.

Question 7

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A company wants to run its production workloads on AWS. The company needs concierge service, a designated AWS technical account manager (TAM), and technical support that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Which AWS Support plan will meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

B is correct because AWS Enterprise Support is the AWS Support plan that provides concierge service, a designated AWS technical account manager (TAM), and technical support that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This plan is designed for customers who run mission-critical workloads on AWS and the highest level of support. A is incorrect because AWS Basic Support is the AWS Support plan that provides customer service and support for billing an issues, service limit increases, and technical support for a limited set of AWS services. It does not provide concierge service, a designated TAM, or 24 support. C is incorrect because AWS Business Support is the AWS Support plan that provides customer service and support for billing and account issues, limit increases, and technical support for all AWS services, as well as access to AWS Trusted Advisor and AWS Support API. It does not provide concierge or a designated TAM. D is incorrect because AWS Developer Support is the AWS Support plan that provides customer service and support for billing and acc issues, service limit increases, and technical support for all AWS services, as well as access to AWS Trusted Advisor. It does not provide concierge ser designated TAM, or 24/7 technical support.

Question 8

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- A company wants to push VPC Flow Logs to an Amazon S3 bucket.

A company wants to optimize long-term compute costs of AWS Lambda functions and Amazon EC2 instances.

Which AWS purchasing option should the company choose to meet these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Compute Savings Plans are a flexible and cost-effective way to optimize long-term compute costs of AWS Lambda functions and Amazon EC2 instances. With Compute Savings Plans, customers can commit to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1-year or 3-year term and receive a disco of up to 66% compared to On-Demand prices3. Dedicated Hosts are physical servers with EC2 instance capacity fully dedicated to the customer's use. They suitable for customers who have specific server-bound software licenses or compliance requirements4. Reserved Instances are a pricing model that provide significant discount (up to 75%) compared to On-Demand pricing and a capacity reservation for EC2 instances. They are available in 1-year or 3-year term different payment options5. Spot Instances are spare EC2 instances that are available at up to 90% discount compared to On-Demand prices. They are suita for customers who have flexible start and end times, can withstand interruptions, and can handle excess capacity.

Question 9

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Which AWS service requires the customer to patch the guest operating system?

Accepted Answer

The AWS service that requires the customer to patch the guest operating system is Amazon EC2. Amazon EC2 is a service that provides scalable compute capacity in the cloud, and allows customers to launch and run virtual servers, called instances, with a variety of operating systems, configurations, an specifications. The customer is responsible for patching and updating the guest operating system and any applications that run on the EC2 instances, as the security in the cloud. AWS Lambda, Amazon

OpenSearch Service, and Amazon ElastiCache are not services that require the customer to patch the guest operating system. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that allows customers to run code without provisioning or managing servers. Amazon OpenSearch Service is a fully managed service that ma it easy to deploy, operate, and scale OpenSearch clusters in the AWS Cloud. Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed service that provides in-memory data s and cache solutions, such as Redis and Memcached. These services are managed by AWS, and AWS is responsible for patching and updating the underlying infrastructure and software.

Question 10

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Who is responsible for decommissioning end-of-life underlying storage devices that are used to host data on AWS?

Accepted Answer

AWS is responsible for decommissioning end-of-life underlying storage devices that are used to host data on AWS. AWS follows strict and audited data destruction processes to ensure that customer data is not exposed to unauthorized individuals or devices when an AWS storage device reaches the end of i useful life. AWS uses techniques detailed in DoD 5220.22-M ('National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual') or NIST 800-88 ('Guidelines for Med Sanitization') to destroy data as part of the decommissioning process3.