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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification - Part 16

Mary Smith

Mon, 24 Mar 2025

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification - Part 16

1. Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? (Choose two.)(Select 2answers)

A) A. Fault Tolerance
B) B. Instance Usage
C) C. Infrastructure
D) D. Performance
E) E. Storage Capacity


2. Which task is AWS responsible for in the shared responsibility model for security and compliance?

A) A. Granting access to individuals and services
B) B. Encrypting data in transit
C) C. Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware
D) D. Updating operating systems



3. Where should a company go to search software listings from independent software vendors to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on AWS?

A) A. AWS Marketplace
B) B. Amazon Lumberyard
C) C. AWS Artifact
D) D. Amazon CloudSearch



4. Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud?

A) A. Permissive security removes the administrative burden.
B) B. Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities.
C) C. Control over cloud network hardware.
D) D. Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors.



5. When performing a cost analysis that supports physical isolation of a customer workload, which compute hosting model should be accounted for in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?

A) A. Dedicated Hosts
B) B. Reserved Instances
C) C. On-Demand Instances
D) D. No Upfront Reserved Instances



1. Right Answer: A,D
Explanation: Like your customized cloud expert, AWS Trusted Advisor analyzes your AWS environment and provides best practice recommendations in five categories: cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance and service limits.https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/technology/trusted-advisor/

2. Right Answer: C
Explanation: AWS Compliance enables customers to establish and operate in an AWS security control environment The shared responsibility model is part of AWS Compliance program The Security of the cloud is managed by Amazon AWS provider The Security in the cloud is responsibility of the customer The customer is responsible for their information and data, their secure transmission, integrity, and encryption Also, the customer is responsible for managing, support, patching and control of the guest operating system and AWS services provided like EC2 AWS customers retain control and ownership of their data The AWS network provides significant protection against traditional network security issues and the customer can implement further protectionhttps://www.whizlabs.com/blog/aws-security-shared-responsibility

3. Right Answer: A
Explanation: AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS.https://aws.amazon.com

4. Right Answer: B
Explanation: Developer and IT staff productivity accounted for nearly 30% of overall financial benefits. The remaining benefits were driven by the flexibility and agility of Amazon cloud infrastructure services, which make it easier to trial new business models, support revenue-generating applications, and provide more reliable services to end users.https://media.amazonwebservices.com/IDC_Business_Value_of_AWS_Accelerates_Over_time.pdf

5. Right Answer: A
Explanation: Use Dedicated Hosts to launch Amazon EC2 instances on physical servers that are dedicated for your use. Dedicated Hosts give you additional visibility and control over how instances are placed on a physical server, and you can reliably use the same physical server over time. As a result, Dedicated Hosts enable you to use your existing server-bound software licenses like Windows Server and address corporate compliance and regulatory requirements.

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