Appendix A. Practice Exam
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What is an availability zone (AZ)?
A physical data center containing multiple AWS servers
A logical partition of AWS infrastructure that provides redundancy
A security group that isolates AWS resources
A region that spans multiple continents
Which cloud service model provides full applications to users without requiring them to manage infrastructure?
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS)
Virtualization as a service (VaaS)
What is a defining characteristic of the hybrid cloud model?
It exclusively uses private data centers for all workloads.
It combines public and private cloud environments.
It relies only on on-premises infrastructure.
It uses a multitenant model for security.
What is a key advantage of AWS regions?
They eliminate the need for availability zones (AZs).
They allow customers to comply with data residency requirements.
They are only available in Asia.
They provide unlimited computing power without redundancy.
Which AWS service allows developers to deploy applications without managing servers?
Amazon EC2
AWS Lambda
Amazon RDS
Amazon CloudFront
Which of the following best describes Amazon S3?
A relational database service for structured data storage
A scalable object storage service designed for durability and availability
A high-performance compute service for running applications
A content delivery ...