Aws Certified Solutions Architect Associate Saa C03 Practice Test - Set 1
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) - Exam Information
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Aws Certified Solutions Architect Associate Saa C03
1. What AWS service helps distribute incoming application traffic?
Elastic Load Balancer
Amazon Route 53
AWS Shield
Amazon CloudWatch
✅ Correct Answer: Elastic Load Balancer
2. Which AWS service provides a fully managed relational database?
Amazon RDS
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
AWS Lambda
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS
3. What is the primary purpose of Amazon S3?
Object storage
Block storage
File storage
Database storage
✅ Correct Answer: Object storage
4. Which AWS service is used for serverless computing?
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Amazon ECS
AWS Fargate
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Lambda
5. What is the purpose of Amazon CloudFront?
Content delivery network (CDN)
Data warehousing
Load balancing
Monitoring and logging
✅ Correct Answer: Content delivery network (CDN)
6. Which AWS service is used for real-time data streaming?
Amazon Kinesis
Amazon SQS
Amazon SNS
Amazon MQ
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Kinesis
7. What is the primary use case for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Application deployment and management
Data analytics
Machine learning
Network security
✅ Correct Answer: Application deployment and management
8. Which AWS service is used for monitoring and logging?
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS Config
AWS CloudTrail
AWS X-Ray
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon CloudWatch
9. What is the purpose of AWS IAM?
Manage access and permissions
Monitor resource usage
Store data securely
Deploy applications
✅ Correct Answer: Manage access and permissions
10. Which AWS service is used for data warehousing?
Amazon Redshift
Amazon RDS
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Redshift
11. What is the primary use case for AWS Snowball?
Data transfer
Data analytics
Machine learning
Application deployment
✅ Correct Answer: Data transfer
12. Which AWS service is used for managing DNS?
Amazon Route 53
AWS CloudFront
AWS Direct Connect
Amazon VPC
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Route 53
13. What is the purpose of AWS CloudFormation?
Infrastructure as code
Data warehousing
Load balancing
Monitoring and logging
✅ Correct Answer: Infrastructure as code
14. Which AWS service is used for container orchestration?
Amazon ECS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
AWS Fargate
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon ECS
15. What is the primary use case for AWS Direct Connect?
Dedicated network connection to AWS
Data transfer
Load balancing
Monitoring and logging
✅ Correct Answer: Dedicated network connection to AWS
16. Which AWS service is used for machine learning?
Amazon SageMaker
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Amazon ECS
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon SageMaker
17. What is the purpose of AWS WAF?
Web application firewall
Data warehousing
Load balancing
Monitoring and logging
✅ Correct Answer: Web application firewall
18. Which AWS service is used for managing secrets and sensitive data?
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS IAM
AWS KMS
AWS CloudTrail
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Secrets Manager
19. What is the primary use case for AWS Fargate?
Serverless container deployment
Data analytics
Machine learning
Network security
✅ Correct Answer: Serverless container deployment
20. Which AWS service is used for managing encryption keys?
AWS KMS
AWS IAM
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS CloudTrail
✅ Correct Answer: AWS KMS
21. Which AWS service provides a fully managed message queuing service?
Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS
AWS Lambda
Amazon Kinesis
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon SQS
22. What is the AWS service that helps manage and deploy containerized applications?
Amazon ECS
AWS Lambda
Amazon RDS
AWS Batch
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon ECS
23. Which AWS service provides a hybrid cloud storage solution?
AWS Storage Gateway
Amazon S3
Amazon EBS
AWS Snowball
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Storage Gateway
24. Which AWS service provides a fully managed NoSQL database with single-digit millisecond latency?
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon RDS
Amazon Redshift
Amazon ElastiCache
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon DynamoDB
25. What is the primary purpose of Amazon CloudFront?
Content delivery with low latency
Data warehousing
Serverless computing
Relational database management
✅ Correct Answer: Content delivery with low latency
26. Which AWS service would you use to monitor and collect logs from multiple AWS resources?
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Config
AWS X-Ray
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon CloudWatch Logs
27. What is the recommended AWS service for storing frequently accessed data with high durability?
Amazon S3 Standard
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon EBS
AWS Storage Gateway
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon S3 Standard
28. Which AWS service provides a managed PostgreSQL-compatible database?
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
Amazon Redshift
Amazon DynamoDB
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
29. What AWS service enables you to run code without provisioning or managing servers?
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Amazon ECS
AWS Fargate
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Lambda
30. Which AWS service would you use to create a private, dedicated connection between your datacenter and AWS?
AWS Direct Connect
AWS VPN
Amazon VPC
AWS Transit Gateway
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Direct Connect
31. What is the primary use case for Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)?
Shared file storage for multiple EC2 instances
Block storage for single EC2 instances
Object storage for backups
Data warehousing
✅ Correct Answer: Shared file storage for multiple EC2 instances
32. Which AWS service helps protect your applications from SQL injection attacks?
AWS WAF
AWS Shield
Amazon GuardDuty
AWS IAM
✅ Correct Answer: AWS WAF
33. What AWS service provides a fully managed service for running containerized applications?
AWS Fargate
Amazon ECS
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Fargate
34. Which AWS service would you use to automate infrastructure deployment using code?
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CodeDeploy
AWS OpsWorks
AWS Systems Manager
✅ Correct Answer: AWS CloudFormation
35. What is the primary benefit of using Amazon Aurora over Amazon RDS?
Higher performance and scalability
Lower cost
Simpler management
Better integration with other AWS services
✅ Correct Answer: Higher performance and scalability
36. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running Kubernetes clusters?
Amazon EKS
Amazon ECS
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon EKS
37. What AWS service would you use to analyze data stored in Amazon S3 using standard SQL?
Amazon Athena
Amazon Redshift
Amazon EMR
AWS Glue
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Athena
38. Which AWS service provides a fully managed message and notification service?
Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS
Amazon MQ
Amazon Kinesis
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon SNS
39. What is the primary use case for AWS Snowball?
Large-scale data transfer
Real-time data processing
Database migration
Content delivery
✅ Correct Answer: Large-scale data transfer
40. Which AWS service provides a fully managed Redis-compatible in-memory data store?
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon RDS
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon ElastiCache for Redis
41. What AWS service would you use to create and manage user identities and permissions?
AWS IAM
Amazon Cognito
AWS Organizations
AWS Directory Service
✅ Correct Answer: AWS IAM
42. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running Apache Spark?
Amazon EMR
AWS Glue
Amazon Athena
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon EMR
43. What is the primary use case for Amazon API Gateway?
Create, publish, and manage APIs
Process streaming data
Store and retrieve objects
Run serverless functions
✅ Correct Answer: Create, publish, and manage APIs
44. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running MySQL databases?
Amazon RDS for MySQL
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for MySQL
45. What AWS service would you use to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks?
AWS Shield
AWS WAF
Amazon GuardDuty
AWS IAM
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Shield
46. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running PostgreSQL databases?
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
47. What is the primary use case for AWS Step Functions?
Coordinate multiple AWS services into serverless workflows
Process streaming data
Store and retrieve objects
Run serverless functions
✅ Correct Answer: Coordinate multiple AWS services into serverless workflows
48. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running Microsoft SQL Server?
Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for SQL Server
49. What AWS service would you use to analyze and visualize business data?
Amazon QuickSight
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Athena
AWS Glue
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon QuickSight
50. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running Oracle databases?
Amazon RDS for Oracle
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for Oracle
51. What is the primary use case for Amazon Elasticsearch Service?
Search and analyze log data
Process streaming data
Store and retrieve objects
Run serverless functions
✅ Correct Answer: Search and analyze log data
52. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running MariaDB databases?
Amazon RDS for MariaDB
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for MariaDB
53. What AWS service would you use to migrate databases to AWS with minimal downtime?
AWS Database Migration Service
AWS Server Migration Service
AWS Snowball
AWS Data Pipeline
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Database Migration Service
54. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running IBM Db2 databases?
Amazon RDS for Db2
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for Db2
55. What is the primary use case for AWS AppSync?
Build data-driven applications with real-time and offline capabilities
Process streaming data
Store and retrieve objects
Run serverless functions
✅ Correct Answer: Build data-driven applications with real-time and offline capabilities
56. Which AWS service provides a fully managed service for running SAP HANA databases?
Amazon RDS for SAP HANA
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon RDS for SAP HANA
57. What AWS service would you use to automate operational tasks across AWS resources?
AWS Systems Manager
AWS OpsWorks
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CodeDeploy
✅ Correct Answer: AWS Systems Manager
58. Which AWS service provides a fully managed document database compatible with MongoDB?
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon RDS
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon DocumentDB
59. What is the primary use case for AWS Transfer Family?
Securely transfer files into and out of AWS
Process streaming data
Store and retrieve objects
Run serverless functions
✅ Correct Answer: Securely transfer files into and out of AWS
60. Which AWS service provides a fully managed wide column database compatible with Cassandra?
Amazon Keyspaces
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon RDS
Amazon Redshift
✅ Correct Answer: Amazon Keyspaces
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