AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner practice test

1. Question 1 · 1

   A company is planning to run a global marketing application in the AWS Cloud. The application will feature videos that can be viewed by users. The company must ensure that all users can view these videos with low latency. Which AWS service should the company use to meet this requirement?

   Choose one answer.

   • AWS Auto Scaling
   • Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
   • Elastic Load Balancing
   • Amazon CloudFront

2. Question 2 · 1

   A user is comparing purchase options for an application that runs on Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS. The application cannot sustain any interruption. The application experiences a predictable amount of usage, including some seasonal spikes that last only a few weeks at a time. It is not possible to modify the application. Which purchase option meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

   Choose one answer.

   • Review the AWS Marketplace and buy Partial Upfront Reserved Instances to cover the predicted and seasonal load.
   • Buy Reserved Instances for the predicted amount of usage throughout the year. Allow any seasonal usage to run on Spot Instances.
   • Buy Reserved Instances for the predicted amount of usage throughout the year. Allow any seasonal usage to run at an On-Demand rate.
   • Buy Reserved Instances to cover all potential usage that results from the seasonal usage.

3. Question 3 · 1

   Which AWS tool or feature acts as a VPC firewall at the subnet level?

   Choose one answer.

   • Security group
   • Network ACL
   • Traffic Mirroring
   • Internet gateway

4. Question 4 · 1

   Which AWS service can be used to decouple applications?

   Choose one answer.

   • AWS Config
   • Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
   • AWS Batch
   • Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)

5. Question 5 · 1

   Which disaster recovery option is the LEAST expensive?

   Choose one answer.

   • Warm standby
   • Multisite
   • Backup and restore
   • Pilot light

6. Question 6 · 1

   Which type of AWS storage is ephemeral and is deleted when an Amazon EC2 instance is stopped or terminated?

   Choose one answer.

   • Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
   • Amazon EC2 instance store
   • Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
   • Amazon S3

7. Question 7 · 1

   Which of the following is a characteristic of the AWS account root user?

   Choose one answer.

   • The root user is the only user that can be configured with multi-factor authentication (MFA).
   • The root user is the only user that can access the AWS Management Console.
   • The root user is the first sign-in identity that is available when an AWS account is created.
   • The root user has a password that cannot be changed.

8. Question 8 · 1

   A company hosts an application on an Amazon EC2 instance. The EC2 instance needs to access several AWS resources, including Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution to delegate permissions?

   Choose one answer.

   • Create an IAM role with the required permissions. Attach the role to the EC2 instance.
   • Create an IAM user and use its access key and secret access key in the application.
   • Create an IAM user and use its access key and secret access key to create a CLI profile in the EC2 instance
   • Create an IAM role with the required permissions. Attach the role to the administrative IAM user.

9. Question 9 · 1

   Which of the following is a component of the AWS Global Infrastructure?

   Choose one answer.

   • Amazon Alexa
   • AWS Regions
   • Amazon Lightsail
   • AWS Organizations

10. Question 10 · 1

    What is the purpose of having an internet gateway within a VPC?

    Choose one answer.

    • To create a VPN connection to the VPC
    • To allow communication between the VPC and the internet
    • To impose bandwidth constraints on internet traffic
    • To load balance traffic from the internet across Amazon EC2 instances

11. Question 11 · 1

    Which AWS service allows users to download security and compliance reports about the AWS infrastructure on demand?

    Choose one answer.

    • Amazon GuardDuty
    • AWS Security Hub
    • AWS Artifact
    • AWS Shield

12. Question 12 · 1

    A pharmaceutical company operates its infrastructure in a single AWS Region. The company has thousands of VPCs in a various AWS accounts that it wants to interconnect. Which AWS service or feature should the company use to help simplify management and reduce operational costs?

    Choose one answer.

    • VPC endpoint
    • AWS Direct Connect
    • AWS Transit Gateway
    • VPC peering

13. Question 13 · 1

    A company wants to review its monthly costs of using Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS for the past year. Which AWS service or tool provides this information?

    Choose one answer.

    • AWS Trusted Advisor
    • Cost Explorer
    • Amazon Forecast
    • Amazon CloudWatch

14. Question 14 · 1

    A company is planning an infrastructure deployment to the AWS Cloud. Before the deployment, the company wants a cost estimate for running the infrastructure. Which AWS service or feature can provide this information?

    Choose one answer.

    • Cost Explorer
    • AWS Trusted Advisor
    • AWS Cost and Usage Report
    • AWS Pricing Calculator

15. Question 15 · 1

    Which AWS service of tool helps to centrally manage billing and allow controlled access to resources across AWS accounts?

    Choose one answer.

    • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    • AWS Organizations
    • Cost Explorer
    • AWS Budgets

Paid access to all 987 questions

Each purchase applies to this certification. Prices are one-time payments, not monthly subscriptions.