Amazon Web Services SAP-C02 Exam Questions Free Practice Test

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Questions # 1:

A company has a data lake in Amazon S3 that needs to be accessed by hundreds of applications across many AWS accounts. The company's information security policy states that the S3 bucket must not be accessed over the public internet and that each application should have the minimum permissions necessary to function.

To meet these requirements, a solutions architect plans to use an S3 access point that is restricted to specific VPCs for each application.

Which combination of steps should the solutions architect take to implement this solution? (Select TWO.)

Options:

Create an S3 access point for each application in the AWS account that owns the S3 bucket. Configure each access point to be accessible only from the application's VPC. Update the bucket policy to require access from an access point.

Create an interface endpoint for Amazon S3 in each application's VPC. Configure the endpoint policy to allow access to an S3 access point. Create a VPC gateway attachment for the S3 endpoint.

Create a gateway endpoint for Amazon S3 in each application's VPC. Configure the endpoint policy to allow access to an S3 access point. Specify the route table that is used to access the access point.

Create an S3 access point for each application in each AWS account and attach the access points to the S3 bucket. Configure each access point to be accessible only from the application's VPC. Update the bucket policy to require access from an access point.

Create a gateway endpoint for Amazon S3 in the data lake's VPC. Attach an endpoint policy to allow access to the S3 bucket. Specify the route table that is used to access the bucket.

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Questions # 2:

A company deploys a new web application. As pari of the setup, the company configures AWS WAF to log to Amazon S3 through Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose. The company develops an Amazon Athena query that runs once daily to return AWS WAF log data from the previous 24 hours. The volume of daily logs is constant. However, over time, the same query is taking more time to run.

A solutions architect needs to design a solution to prevent the query time from continuing to increase. The solution must minimize operational overhead.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options:

Create an AWS Lambda function that consolidates each day's AWS WAF logs into one log file.

Reduce the amount of data scanned by configuring AWS WAF to send logs to a different S3 bucket each day.

Update the Kinesis Data Firehose configuration to partition the data in Amazon S3 by date and time. Create external tables for Amazon Redshift. Configure Amazon Redshift Spectrum to query the data source.

Modify the Kinesis Data Firehose configuration and Athena table definition to partition the data by date and time. Change the Athena query to view the relevant partitions.

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Questions # 3:

A company has migrated a legacy application to the AWS Cloud. The application runs on three Amazon EC2 instances that are spread across three Availability Zones. One EC2 instance is in each Availability Zone. The EC2 instances are running in three private subnets of the VPC and are set up as targets for an Application Load Balancer (ALB) that is associated with three public subnets.

The application needs to communicate with on-premises systems. Only traffic from IP addresses in the company's IP address range are allowed to access the on-premises systems. The company's security team is bringing only one IP address from its internal IP address range to the cloud. The company has added this IP address to the allow list for the company firewall. The company also has created an Elastic IP address for this IP address.

A solutions architect needs to create a solution that gives the application the ability to communicate with the on-premises systems. The solution also must be able to mitigate failures automatically.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options:

Deploy three NAT gateways, one in each public subnet. Assign the Elastic IP address to the NAT gateways. Turn on health checks for the NAT gateways. If a NAT gateway fails a health check, recreate the NAT gateway and assign the Elastic IP address to the new NAT gateway.

Replace the ALB with a Network Load Balancer (NLB). Assign the Elastic IP address to the NLB Turn on health checks for the NLB. In the case of a failed health check, redeploy the NLB in different subnets.

Deploy a single NAT gateway in a public subnet. Assign the Elastic IP address to the NAT gateway. Use Amazon CloudWatch with a custom metric tomonitor the NAT gateway. If the NAT gateway is unhealthy, invoke an AWS Lambda function to create a new NAT gateway in a different subnet. Assign the Elastic IP address to the new NAT gateway.

Assign the Elastic IP address to the ALB. Create an Amazon Route 53 simple record with the Elastic IP address as the value. Create a Route 53 health check. In the case of a failed health check, recreate the ALB in different subnets.

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Questions # 4:

A company consists of two separate business units. Each business unit has its own AWS account within a single organization in AWS Organizations. The business units regularly share sensitive documents with each other. To facilitate sharing, the company created an Amazon S3 bucket in each account and configured two-way replication between the S3 buckets. The S3 buckets have millions of objects.

Recently, a security audit identified that neither S3 bucket has encryption at rest enabled. Company policy requires that all documents must be stored with encryption at rest. The company wants to implement server-side encryption with Amazon S3 managed encryption keys (SSE-S3).

What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

Options:

Turn on SSE-S3 on both S3 buckets. Use S3 Batch Operations to copy and encrypt the objects in the same location.

Create an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key in each account. Turn on server-side encryption with AWS KMS keys (SSE-KMS) on each S3 bucket by using the corresponding KMS key in that AWS account. Encrypt the existing objects by using an S3 copy command in the AWS CLI.

Turn on SSE-S3 on both S3 buckets. Encrypt the existing objects by using an S3 copy command in the AWS CLI.

Create an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key in each account. Turn on server-side encryption with AWS KMS keys (SSE-KMS) on each S3 bucket by using the corresponding KMS key in that AWS account. Use S3 Batch Operations to copy the objects into the same location.

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Questions # 5:

A solutions architect needs to advise a company on how to migrate its on-premises data processing application to the AWS Cloud. Currently, users upload input files through a web portal. The web server then stores the uploaded files on NAS and messages the processing server over a message queue. Each media file can take up to 1 hour to process. The company has determined that the number of media files awaiting processing is significantly higher during business hours, with the number of files rapidly declining after business hours.

What is the MOST cost-effective migration recommendation?

Options:

Create a queue using Amazon SQS. Configure the existing web server to publish to the new queue. When there are messages in the queue, invoke an AWS Lambda function to pull requests from the queue and process the files. Store the processed files in an Amazon S3 bucket.

Create a queue using Amazon M. Configure the existing web server to publish to the new queue. When there are messages in the queue, create a new Amazon EC2 instance to pull requests from the queue and process the files. Store the processed files in Amazon EFS. Shut down the EC2 instance after the task is complete.

Create a queue using Amazon MO. Configure the existing web server to publish to the new queue. When there are messages in the queue, invoke an AWS Lambda function to pull requests from the queue and process the files. Store the processed files in Amazon EFS.

Create a queue using Amazon SOS. Configure the existing web server to publish to the new queue. Use Amazon EC2 instances in an EC2 Auto Scaling group to pull requests from the queue and process the files. Scale the EC2 instances based on the SOS queue length. Store the processed files in an Amazon S3 bucket.

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Questions # 6:

A team collects and routes behavioral data for an entire company The company runs a Multi-AZ VPC environment with public subnets, private subnets, and in internet gateway Each public subnet also contains a NAT gateway Most of the company's applications read from and write to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams. Most of the workloads am in private subnets.

A solutions architect must review the infrastructure The solutions architect needs to reduce costs and maintain the function of the applications The solutions architect uses Cost Explorer and notices that the cost in the EC2-Other category is consistently high A further review shows that NatGateway-Bytes charges are increasing the cost in the EC2-Other category.

What should the solutions architect do to meet these requirements?

Options:

Enable VPC Flow Logs. Use Amazon Athena to analyze the logs for traffic that can be removed. Ensure that security groups are Mocking traffic that is responsible for high costs.

Add an interface VPC endpoint for Kinesis Data Streams to the VPC. Ensure that applications have the correct IAM permissions to use the interface VPC endpoint.

Enable VPC Flow Logs and Amazon Detective Review Detective findings for traffic that is not related to Kinesis Data Streams Configure security groups to block that traffic

Add an interface VPC endpoint for Kinesis Data Streams to the VPC. Ensure that the VPC endpoint policy allows traffic from the applications.

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Questions # 7:

A company has an online learning platform that teaches data science. The platform uses the AWS Cloud to provision on-demand lab environments for its students. Each student receives a dedicated AWS account for a short time. Students need access to ml.p2.xlarge instances to run a single Amazon SageMaker machine learning training job and to deploy the inference endpoint. Account provisioning is automated. The accounts are members of an organization in AWS Organizations with all features enabled. The accounts must be provisioned in the ap-southeast-2 Region. The default resource usage quotas are not sufficient for the accounts. A solutions architect must enhance the account provisioning process to include automated quota increases. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options:

Create a quota request template in the us-east-1 Region in the organization's management account. Enable template association. Add a quota for SageMaker in ap-southeast-2 for ml.p2.xlarge training job usage. Set the desired quota to 1. Add a quota for SageMaker in ap-southeast-2 for ml.p2.xlarge endpoint usage. Set the desired quota to 1.

Create a quota request template in ap-southeast-2 in the organization's management account. Enable template association. Add a quota for SageMaker in the us-east-1 Region for ml.p2.xlarge training job usage. Set the desired quota to 1. Add a quota for SageMaker in us-east-1 for ml.p2.xlarge endpoint usage. Set the desired quota to 1.

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Questions # 8:

A company has several AWS accounts. A development team is building an automation framework for cloud governance and remediation processes. The automation framework uses AWS Lambda functions in a centralized account. A solutions architect must implement a least privilege permissions policy that allows the Lambda functions to run in each of the company's AWS accounts.

Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Options:

In the centralized account, create an IAM role that has the Lambda service as a trusted entity. Add an inline policy to assume the roles of the other AWS accounts.

In the other AWS accounts, create an IAM role that has minimal permissions. Add the centralized account's Lambda IAM role as a trusted entity.

In the centralized account, create an IAM role that has roles of the other accounts as trusted entities. Provide minimal permissions.

In the other AWS accounts, create an IAM role that has permissions to assume the role of the centralized account. Add the Lambda service as a trusted entity.

In the other AWS accounts, create an IAM role that has minimal permissions. Add the Lambda service as a trusted entity.

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Questions # 9:

A company that provisions job boards for a seasonal workforce is seeing an increase in traffic and usage. The backend services run on a pair of Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer with Amazon DynamoDB as the datastore. Application read and write traffic is slow during peak seasons.

Which option provides a scalable application architecture to handle peak seasons with the LEAST development effort?

Options:

Migrate the backend services to AWS Lambda. Increase the read and write capacity of DynamoDB.

Migrate the backend services to AWS Lambda. Configure DynamoDB to use global tables.

Use Auto Scaling groups for the backend services. Use DynamoDB auto scaling.

Use Auto Scaling groups for the backend services. Use Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and an AWS Lambda function to write to DynamoDB.

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Explanation

Option C is correct because using Auto Scaling groups for the backend services allows the company to scale up or down the number of EC2 instances based on the demand and traffic. This way, the backend services can handle more requests during peak seasons without compromising performance or availability. Using DynamoDB auto scaling allows the company to adjust the provisioned read and write capacity of the table or index automatically based on the actual traffic patterns. This way, the table or index can handle sudden increases or decreases in workload without throttling or overprovisioning1.

Option A is incorrect because migrating the backend services to AWS Lambda may require significant development effort to rewrite the code and test the functionality. Moreover, increasing the read and write capacity of DynamoDB manually may not be efficient or cost-effective, as it does not account for the variability of the workload. The company may end up paying for unused capacity or experiencing throttling if the workload exceeds the provisioned capacity1.

Option B is incorrect because migrating the backend services to AWS Lambda may require significant development effort to rewrite the code and test the functionality. Moreover, configuring DynamoDB to use global tables may not be necessary or beneficial for the company, as global tables are mainly used for replicating data across multiple AWS Regions for fast local access and disaster recovery. Global tables do not automatically scale the provisioned capacity of each replica table; they still require manual or auto scaling settings2.

Option D is incorrect because using Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and an AWS Lambda function to write to DynamoDB may introduce additional complexity and latency to the application architecture. Amazon SQS is a message queue service that decouples and coordinates the components of a distributed system. AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that runs code in response to events. Using these services may require significant development effort to integrate them with the backend services and DynamoDB. Moreover, they may not improve the read performance of DynamoDB, which may also be affected by high traffic3.

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DynamoDB auto scaling

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DynamoDB global tables

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Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Questions # 10:

A financial services company loaded millions of historical stock trades into an Amazon DynamoDB table. The table uses on-demand capacity mode. Once each day at midnight, a few million new records are loaded into the table. Application read activity against the table happens in bursts throughout the day. and a limited set of keys are repeatedly looked up. The company needs to reduce costs associated with DynamoDB.

Which strategy should a solutions architect recommend to meet this requirement?

Options:

Deploy an Amazon ElastiCache cluster in front of the DynamoDB table.

Deploy DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX). Configure DynamoDB auto scaling. Purchase Savings Plans in Cost Explorer

Use provisioned capacity mode. Purchase Savings Plans in Cost Explorer.

Deploy DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX). Use provisioned capacity mode. Configure DynamoDB auto scaling.

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Questions # 11:

A company is planning to migrate an application from on premises to the AWS Cloud The company will begin the migration by moving the application underlying data storage to AWS The application data is stored on a shared tile system on premises and the application servers connect to the shared file system through SMB

A solutions architect must implement a solution that uses an Amazon S3 bucket for shared storage. Until the application is fully migrated and code is rewritten to use native Amazon S3 APIs the application must continue to have access to the data through SMB The solutions architect must migrate the application data to AWS (o its new location while still allowing the on-premises application to access the data

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options:

Create a new Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file system Configure AWS DataSync with one location for the on-premises file share and one location for the new Amazon FSx file system Create a new DataSync task to copy the data from the on-premises file share location to the Amazon FSx file system

Create an S3 bucket for the application Copy the data from the on-premises storage to the S3 bucket

Deploy an AWS Server Migration Service (AWS SMS) VM to the on-premises environment Use AWS SMS to migrate the file storage server from on premises to an Amazon EC2 instance

Create an S3 bucket for the application Deploy a new AWS Storage Gateway file gateway on anon-premises VM Create a new file share that stores data in the S3 bucket and is associated with the file gateway Copy the data from the on-premises storage to the new file gateway endpoint

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Questions # 12:

A company is migrating its infrastructure to the AWS Cloud. The company must comply with a variety of regulatory standards for different projects. The company needs a multi-account environment.

A solutions architect needs to prepare the baseline infrastructure. The solution must provide a consistent baseline of management and security, but it must allow flexibility for different compliance requirements within various AWS accounts. The solution also needs to integrate with the existing on-premises Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) server.

Which solution meets these requirements with the LEAST amount of operational overhead?

Options:

Create an organization in AWS Organizations. Create a single SCP for least privilege access across all accounts. Create a single OU for all accounts.Configure an IAM identity provider for federation with the on-premises AD FS server. Configure a central logging account with a defined process for loggenerating services to send log events to the central account. Enable AWS Config in the central account with conformance packs for all accounts.

Create an organization in AWS Organizations. Enable AWS Control Tower on the organization. Review included controls (guardrails) for SCPs. Check AWSConfig for areas that require additions. Add OUS as necessary. Connect AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On) to the on-premises AD FS server.

Create an organization in AWS Organizations. Create SCPs for least privilege access. Create an OU structure, and use it to group AWS accounts. ConnectAWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On) to the on-premises AD FS server. Configure a central logging account with a defined process for loggenerating services to send log events to the central account. Enable AWS Config in the central account with aggregators and conformance packs.

Create an organization in AWS Organizations. Enable AWS Control Tower on the organization. Review included controls (guardrails) for SCPs. Check AWSConfig for areas that require additions. Configure an IAM identity provider for federation with the on-premises AD FS server.

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Questions # 13:

A solutions architect must analyze a company's Amazon EC2 Instances and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes to determine whether the company is using resources efficiently The company is running several large, high-memory EC2 instances lo host database dusters that are deployed in active/passive configurations The utilization of these EC2 instances varies by the applications that use the databases, and the company has not identified a pattern

The solutions architect must analyze the environment and take action based on the findings.

Which solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Options:

Create a dashboard by using AWS Systems Manager OpsConter Configure visualizations tor Amazon CloudWatch metrics that are associated with the EC2 instances and their EBS volumes Review the dashboard periodically and identify usage patterns Right size the EC2 instances based on the peaks in the metrics

Turn on Amazon CloudWatch detailed monitoring for the EC2 instances and their EBS volumes Create and review a dashboard that is based on the metrics Identify usage patterns Right size the FC? instances based on the peaks In the metrics

Install the Amazon CloudWatch agent on each of the EC2 Instances Turn on AWS Compute Optimizer, and let it run for at least 12 hours Review the recommendations from Compute Optimizer, and right size the EC2 instances as directed

Sign up for the AWS Enterprise Support plan Turn on AWS Trusted Advisor Wait 12 hours Review the recommendations from Trusted Advisor, and rightsize the EC2 instances as directed

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Questions # 14:

A data analytics company has an Amazon Redshift cluster that consists of several reserved nodes. The cluster is experiencing unexpected bursts of usage because a team of employees is compiling a deep audit analysis report. The queries to generate the report are complex read queries and are CPU intensive.

Business requirements dictate that the cluster must be able to service read and write queries at all times. A solutions architect must devise a solution that accommodates the bursts of usage.

Which solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Options:

Provision an Amazon EMR cluster. Offload the complex data processing tasks.

Deploy an AWS Lambda function to add capacity to the Amazon Redshift cluster by using a classic resize operation when the cluster's CPU metrics in Amazon CloudWatch reach 80%.

Deploy an AWS Lambda function to add capacity to the Amazon Redshift cluster by using an elastic resize operation when the cluster's CPU metrics in Amazon CloudWatch reach 80%.

Turn on the Concurrency Scaling feature for the Amazon Redshift cluster.

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Questions # 15:

An environmental company is deploying sensors in major cities throughout a country to measure air quality The sensors connect to AWS loT Core to ingest timesheets data readings. The company stores the data in Amazon DynamoDB

For business continuity the company must have the ability to ingest and store data in two AWS Regions

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options:

Create an Amazon Route 53 alias failover routing policy with values for AWS loT Core data endpoints in both Regions Migrate data to Amazon Aurora global tables

Create a domain configuration for AWS loT Core in each Region Create an Amazon Route 53 latency-based routing policy Use AWS loT Core data endpoints in both Regions as values Migrate the data to Amazon MemoryDB for Radis and configure Cross-Region replication

Create a domain configuration for AWS loT Core in each. Region Create an AmazonRoute 53 health check that evaluates domain configuration health Create a failover routing policy with values for the domain name from the AWS loT Core domain configurations Update the DynamoDB table to a global table

Create an Amazon Route 53 latency-based routing policy. Use AWS loT Core data endpoints in both Regions as values. Configure DynamoDB streams and Cross-Region data replication

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