PAS-C01 Practice Test 29 — 15 Questions

Question 1

Your SAP on AWS environment uses a central S3 bucket to store SAP transport files. The operations team reports that transport import fails intermittently. Which AWS service can be used to monitor and alert on S3 API call failures?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

AWS CloudTrail. CloudTrail logs all S3 API calls and can be used to monitor failures via CloudWatch Logs or EventBridge. AWS Config tracks configuration changes, not API calls. CloudWatch Metrics provides S3 metrics but is not the primary service for detailed API call monitoring. Trusted Advisor offers best-practice checks, not real-time monitoring.

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AWS Config

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Amazon CloudWatch Metrics

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AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 2

Which THREE metrics should an operations team monitor to detect performance issues in an SAP HANA database running on EC2?

Accepted Answer

CPU utilization. Options A, B, and D are correct. A: CPU utilization indicates compute pressure, which can affect HANA performance. B: Disk I/O (especially read/write latency) is critical for HANA's data persistence and log writes; high latency can degrade performance. D: Memory usage is essential since HANA is an in-memory database; insufficient memory leads to performance issues. Option C (Network packets) is wrong because network throughput is less directly impactful for HANA performance compared to the other metrics. Option E (Swap usage) is wrong because while high swap usage can indicate severe memory pressure, HANA should not swap under normal operations; monitoring memory usage directly is more effective and a primary metric. Swap usage is a secondary indicator that typically follows memory pressure, and is not among the top three critical performance metrics to watch.

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Network packets in/out

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Swap usage

Question 3

Which TWO components are required to set up SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) on AWS for high availability? (Choose TWO.)

Accepted Answer

A dedicated replication network interface with low latency.. SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) on AWS requires two EC2 instances in different Availability Zones (B) to provide failure domain isolation, and a dedicated replication network interface with low latency (A) to handle replication traffic separately from client traffic. Shared storage like Amazon EFS (D) is not required because HSR uses direct log shipping from primary to secondary instance, not a shared file system. The replication is done over the network, making shared storage unnecessary.

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An Amazon S3 bucket for storing backup logs.

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Shared storage (e.g., Amazon EFS) for log replication.

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A Network Load Balancer to distribute database connections.

Question 4

A company is using SAP HANA on AWS and needs to restore a backup to a new HANA instance. Which AWS service should be used to automate the backup and restore process?

Accepted Answer

AWS Backup. (AWS Backup) is correct because AWS Backup can automate backups of SAP HANA databases using the Backint agent integration, enabling automated backup and restore operations. Option B (Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager) is incorrect because DLM is used to automate creation and deletion of EBS snapshots, not HANA database backups. Option C (AWS CloudFormation) is incorrect because CloudFormation is an infrastructure-as-code service for provisioning resources, not for managing database backups. Option D (Amazon S3) is incorrect because S3 is object storage; while it can store backup files, it does not provide backup automation itself.

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Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager (DLM)

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AWS CloudFormation

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Amazon S3

Question 5

Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor SAP HANA database performance metrics? (Choose TWO.)

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch. Amazon CloudWatch is the only AWS service listed that can monitor SAP HANA database performance metrics. SAP HANA Studio and SAP HANA Cockpit are native SAP tools, not AWS services. AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, and AWS X-Ray are not used for monitoring database performance metrics.

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SAP HANA Studio / SAP HANA Cockpit

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AWS CloudTrail

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AWS Config

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AWS X-Ray

Question 6

An SAP system on AWS is experiencing slow performance. The operations team suspects a memory bottleneck on the SAP HANA database. Which CloudWatch metric should be monitored to confirm memory pressure?

Accepted Answer

SwapUsage (custom metric from HANA). (SwapUsage). SAP HANA uses swap space extensively when memory is under pressure; high swap usage directly indicates memory bottlenecks. Option A (CPUUtilization) measures processor load, not memory. Option C (DiskReadOps) measures storage I/O operations, which may be a symptom but not a direct memory metric. Option D (NetworkIn) measures network throughput, unrelated to memory.

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CPUUtilization

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DiskReadOps

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NetworkIn

Question 7

An administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an SAP HANA database running on an EC2 instance. The monitoring data must be stored for 15 months. Which AWS service should be used to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch Metrics. Amazon CloudWatch Metrics is the correct service for monitoring and storing CPU utilization data. It supports custom metrics with retention up to 15 months, meeting the requirement. Amazon S3 is for object storage, not metrics. AWS CloudTrail records API activity, not performance data. Amazon CloudWatch Logs is for log files, not numeric metrics.

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Amazon S3

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AWS CloudTrail

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Amazon CloudWatch Logs

Question 8

A company is running SAP on AWS and needs to ensure that all changes to the SAP infrastructure are logged for audit purposes. Which AWS service should be enabled to record API calls?

Accepted Answer

AWS CloudTrail. (AWS CloudTrail) is correct because it records all API activity in the AWS account for audit purposes. Option B (Amazon GuardDuty) detects threats. Option C (Amazon CloudWatch) monitors performance. Option D (AWS Config) evaluates resource configurations.

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Amazon GuardDuty

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Amazon CloudWatch

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AWS Config

Question 9

A company is migrating an SAP HANA database to AWS and needs to ensure high availability with automatic failover. Which solution meets this requirement with the least administrative overhead?

Accepted Answer

Configure SAP HANA System Replication across two EC2 instances in different Availability Zones and use a custom script for failover.. SAP HANA System Replication is the native, widely-used method for high availability with automatic failover. While it requires some initial scripting for failover automation, it has the least administrative overhead among the given options. Option B is not a real AWS service, so it is invalid. Option C offers no automatic failover, and Option D is not designed for database high availability.

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Use AWS SAP HANA Multi-AZ deployment.

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Deploy a single EC2 instance with an EBS volume and take regular snapshots.

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Use an Application Load Balancer to distribute traffic to multiple HANA instances.

Question 10

Which TWO AWS services can be used to monitor the health of SAP systems and send notifications? (Select TWO.)

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch. Amazon CloudWatch (option B) is used to monitor metrics and logs from SAP systems, and can trigger alarms based on thresholds. Amazon SNS (option E) is used to send notifications (e.g., email, SMS) when alarms are triggered. AWS Config (A) tracks configuration changes, not health. AWS CloudTrail (C) logs API calls for auditing. Amazon Athena (D) is a query service, not for monitoring.

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AWS Config

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AWS CloudTrail

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Amazon Athena

Question 11

A company runs SAP HANA on AWS using a single EC2 instance with EBS volumes. The system experiences performance degradation during peak hours. Which approach would provide the MOST immediate improvement in disk I/O performance without downtime?

Accepted Answer

Modify the EBS volume type and IOPS using Elastic Volumes.. EBS Elastic Volumes allow modifying the volume type (e.g., to gp3 or io2) and IOPS online without detaching the volume or stopping the instance, providing immediate I/O improvement. Option A is incorrect because adding EBS volumes and configuring RAID 0 requires downtime and reconfiguration. Option B is incorrect because migrating to a larger instance type does not directly improve disk I/O; it improves compute performance. Option D is incorrect because creating a new volume and copying data with rsync involves downtime and does not provide immediate improvement.

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Add additional EBS volumes and configure RAID 0 across them.

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Migrate the EC2 instance to a larger instance type.

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Create a new EBS volume with higher performance and copy data using rsync.

Question 12

A company runs SAP on AWS and uses a custom AMI for their EC2 instances. They want to ensure that all instances launched from this AMI automatically have the SAP host agent installed and configured. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?

Accepted Answer

Create a new AMI that includes the SAP host agent pre-installed and configured.. Baking the SAP host agent into the AMI ensures that every instance launched from that AMI automatically has the agent installed and configured with no additional steps. This is the most efficient approach as it avoids post-launch configuration, reduces potential failure points, and ensures consistency.

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Use AWS Systems Manager Run Command to install the agent after launch.

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Use a user data script that installs and configures the SAP host agent at instance launch.

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Use AWS CodeDeploy to automatically deploy the agent to new instances.

Question 13

An SAP system is deployed across multiple Availability Zones using an Application Load Balancer. The operations team wants to perform a blue/green deployment of a new SAP application version with zero downtime. Which AWS service should be used?

Accepted Answer

AWS Elastic Beanstalk. AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports blue/green deployments. Option B (CloudFormation) is for infrastructure management. Option C (CodeDeploy) can do blue/green but is more complex and less integrated for SAP. Option D (OpsWorks) is for Chef/Puppet management.

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AWS CloudFormation

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AWS CodeDeploy

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AWS OpsWorks

Question 14

A company runs SAP on AWS and wants to implement a disaster recovery solution with a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 4 hours and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. The primary site is in us-east-1, and the DR site is in us-west-2. Which strategy meets these requirements for SAP HANA database?

Accepted Answer

Configure SAP HANA System Replication across regions. HANA System Replication with log shipping can achieve RPO of minutes and RTO within hours. Option A is incorrect because EBS snapshots cannot achieve 15-minute RPO. Option B is incorrect because S3 cross-region replication is for files, not live HANA replication. Option C is incorrect because DMS is for heterogeneous migrations, not real-time HANA replication.

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Use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) for ongoing replication

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Take EBS snapshots every 15 minutes and copy them to us-west-2

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Use Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication for HANA data files

Question 15

An SAP HANA database is experiencing high memory utilization. The operations team needs to determine if the database is using more memory than allocated. Which CloudWatch metric should they monitor?

Accepted Answer

MemoryUtilization. (MemoryUtilization) is correct because the SAP HANA agent in CloudWatch publishes the 'MemoryUtilization' metric, which directly shows the percentage of memory used by the HANA database. Option D (HANA_Memory_Usage) is not a standard CloudWatch metric name. Option B (SwapUsage) is for swap, not memory. Option C (CPUUtilization) is for CPU usage.

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SwapUsage

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CPUUtilization

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HANA_Memory_Usage