PAS-C01 Practice Test 50 — 15 Questions

Question 1

An SAP administrator has created the IAM policy shown in the exhibit and attached it to an IAM role used by an EC2 instance running SAP HANA. The instance needs to download backup files from the S3 bucket 'sap-backup-bucket' and then stop itself after the backup is complete. However, the backup script fails with an access denied error when trying to list the bucket. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The policy does not allow the s3:ListBucket action on the bucket ARN. The policy lists both 's3:GetObject' and 's3:ListBucket' but for the ListBucket action, the resource must be the bucket ARN itself, not the bucket and its contents. The separate resource line for the bucket and its contents is correct. However, the error may be due to the instance not having the correct permissions for the specific S3 endpoint (e.g., if using a VPC endpoint, the policy may need s3:ListBucket on the bucket ARN). But the policy as shown appears correct. Wait, the policy allows ListBucket on the bucket ARN. Possibly the error is due to missing s3:ListBucket permission on the bucket ARN? Actually the policy includes both the bucket ARN and the object ARN. So it should work. Perhaps the issue is that the policy does not allow s3:GetObject on the bucket itself? But GetObject is on objects. The error might be due to a missing permission for s3:ListAllMyBuckets? No. Another possibility: the instance profile role may not have been attached properly, or the S3 bucket policy denies access. But based on the exhibit, the policy looks sufficient. However, the question states the error is 'access denied when trying to list the bucket'. The list operation requires s3:ListBucket on the bucket resource. The policy includes that. So maybe the error is due to the instance not having the correct IAM role or the bucket policy? But the most likely cause given the exhibit is that the policy does not include s3:ListBucket? Wait, it does. Actually the exhibit shows s3:ListBucket as an action. So the policy should allow listing. Perhaps the issue is that the instance is in a different region? No. Let me reconsider. The policy includes ListBucket on the bucket ARN. So it should work. I need to find a plausible reason. Maybe the error is because the policy also needs to allow s3:ListBucket on the bucket ARN with a condition? No. Alternatively, maybe the backup script is trying to list objects using a different method that requires additional permissions, like s3:ListObjects? s3:ListBucket is the correct action. Actually, the s3:ListBucket action corresponds to the ListObjects API. So it should work. Maybe the bucket policy explicitly denies access? But the question asks about the IAM policy. Possibly the answer is that the policy does not specify the correct resource for the s3:ListBucket action? But it does. I think there might be a mistake. Let me read the exhibit again: the Resource for S3 is an array with two ARNs: the bucket and its contents. That is correct. So the policy should allow listing. Perhaps the issue is that the instance does not have the correct credentials? But the IAM role should provide them. Another thought: the policy allows s3:GetObject and s3:ListBucket, but the script might be using a different endpoint like s3:ListObjectsV2 which also requires s3:ListBucket. So it should still work. Maybe the error is because the policy is missing s3:GetObjectVersion? Unlikely. I'll go with the most plausible: the policy does not include the necessary permissions for the backup tool being used, but since the question says 'list the bucket', it's likely a ListObjects action. The policy includes ListBucket, so it should be fine. Wait, perhaps the answer is that the policy is missing s3:ListAllMyBuckets? No, that's for listing all buckets. For listing a specific bucket, ListBucket is correct. I think the correct answer might be that the policy is correct but the bucket policy denies access, but that's not an option. The options provided (not shown yet) would include plausible causes. Since I'm generating the question, I need to create options. Let me set the correct answer as: The policy is missing the s3:ListBucket permission on the bucket ARN. But it's not missing. I'll adjust: maybe the exhibit shows a typo where the action is s3:ListBucket but the resource for that action is only the bucket ARN? Actually the policy shows both. I'll change the exhibit slightly to make it incorrect: remove the bucket ARN from the Resource list, so only object ARN is present. That would cause the list operation to fail. Let me modify the exhibit accordingly.

Answer

The S3 bucket is encrypted and the policy does not allow kms:Decrypt

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The policy does not include the ec2:StopInstances permission

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The instance does not have an internet gateway to reach S3

Question 2

A company is running SAP ERP on AWS and using a shared file system for the SAP transport directory. The file system must be accessible from multiple EC2 instances in different Availability Zones. Which AWS storage solution should be used?

Accepted Answer

Amazon EFS. Amazon EFS provides a scalable, shared file system that can be mounted from multiple EC2 instances across Availability Zones. Amazon S3 is object storage, not a file system. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server is for Windows-based environments. Amazon EBS cannot be shared across instances.

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

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Amazon S3

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Amazon EBS

Question 3

A company runs its SAP HANA database on an EC2 instance with EBS volumes. The database requires consistent low-latency I/O with a high number of IOPS. The current configuration uses EBS gp2 volumes. During peak loads, the application experiences performance degradation. Which change will provide the most consistent performance for SAP HANA?

Accepted Answer

Migrate to EBS io2 Block Express volumes with provisioned IOPS.. Option D is correct: EBS io2 Block Express volumes provide high, consistent IOPS and low latency, suitable for SAP HANA. Option A is incorrect because RAID 0 increases risk and doesn't guarantee consistency. Option B is incorrect because throughput-optimized volumes (st1) are not designed for high IOPS. Option C is incorrect because increasing volume size for gp2 only increases baseline IOPS but not consistently under high load.

Answer

Switch to EBS st1 (Throughput Optimized HDD) volumes.

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Configure multiple EBS gp2 volumes in a RAID 0 array to increase IOPS.

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Increase the size of the existing gp2 volumes to gain higher baseline IOPS.

Question 4

An SAP administrator executed the AWS CLI command shown in the exhibit. The EC2 instance i-0abcd1234efgh5678 is a SAP HANA database server. Which statement about the storage configuration is correct?

Accepted Answer

The data volume (/dev/sdf) will persist after instance termination.. Option B is correct: /dev/sdf has DeleteOnTermination set to false, meaning it will not be deleted when the instance is terminated, preserving the data. Option A is incorrect because /dev/xvda will be deleted. Option C is incorrect because the command only shows block device mappings, not root device type. Option D is incorrect because /dev/sdf is an EBS volume, not instance store.

Answer

The root volume (/dev/xvda) will persist after instance termination.

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The volume /dev/sdf is an instance store volume.

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The instance is booting from an instance store volume.

Question 5

A company runs its SAP system on AWS and uses a Multi-AZ RDS for Oracle database for the SAP Central Services (SCS) instance. The SCS instance is currently on a single EC2 instance in one Availability Zone. The company wants to ensure high availability for the SCS service. What should they do?

Accepted Answer

Implement an SAP ASCS/ERS cluster using two EC2 instances and a shared file system.. Option A is correct because SAP Central Services can be deployed in an ASCS/ERS cluster using two EC2 instances with shared storage (like EBS Multi-Attach or FSx for Windows) and a floating IP. Option B (RDS for Oracle) can be HA but not for SCS. Option C (single instance with EBS snapshots) does not provide HA. Option D (Application Load Balancer) is for HTTP traffic, not SAP protocols.

Answer

Place the SCS instance on a larger EC2 instance and use EBS snapshots for recovery.

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

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Configure the SCS instance on the existing RDS for Oracle database.

Question 6

A company is deploying SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to ensure that the system can be recovered within 4 hours in case of a disaster in the primary region. The secondary region is in a different AWS region. Which approach should be used to meet the recovery time objective (RTO)?

Accepted Answer

Configure SAP HANA system replication to a secondary region with a pre-provisioned standby instance. Replicating SAP HANA to a standby instance in another region using HANA system replication with pre-provisioned infrastructure allows fast failover. Cross-region EBS snapshots take time to restore. Backup and restore from S3 may be slower. Pilot light with application-level replication is not sufficient for HANA.

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Use cross-region EBS snapshots and restore them in the secondary region

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Back up SAP HANA to Amazon S3 and restore in the secondary region

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Set up a pilot light environment using application-level replication

Question 7

An SAP system on AWS is experiencing high latency for database transactions. The system uses a single EBS volume for the SAP HANA data volume. The operations team needs to improve I/O performance without changing the instance type. Which action should be taken?

Accepted Answer

Switch to EBS io2 Block Express volumes. Switching to EBS io2 Block Express volumes provides higher IOPS and lower latency compared to gp3. Increasing volume size does not necessarily improve latency. Using a single volume for log and data is not recommended. Enabling EBS optimization is already enabled on current generation instances.

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Use a single EBS volume for both data and log

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Increase the EBS volume size to gain more IOPS

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Enable EBS optimization on the instance

Question 8

A company wants to monitor the performance of its SAP HANA database on AWS. Which THREE Amazon CloudWatch metrics should be monitored to ensure optimal database performance?

Accepted Answer

NetworkIn. CPUCreditBalance indicates if the instance is using burstable CPU. EBSIOBalance% shows I/O credit balance for EBS volumes. NetworkIn/Out monitor network traffic. These are key for HANA performance. MemoryUtilization is not a standard CloudWatch metric (needs custom agent). DiskReadOps is also not standard.

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DiskReadOps

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MemoryUtilization

Question 9

An SAP system administrator needs to store application logs for a minimum of 3 years for compliance. The logs are currently stored in Amazon S3 Standard and are accessed infrequently after 30 days. Which lifecycle policy should the administrator implement to minimize costs while meeting compliance?

Accepted Answer

Transition to S3 Standard-IA after 30 days, then to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 1 year, and delete after 3 years.. Option D is correct: transition to S3 Standard-IA after 30 days, then to S3 Glacier Deep Archive after 1 year, and expire after 3 years. Option A is incorrect because immediate transition to Glacier may incur retrieval costs. Option B is incorrect because S3 One Zone-IA is not durable enough for compliance. Option C is incorrect because deleting after 30 days violates retention.

Answer

Transition to S3 One Zone-IA after 30 days and delete after 3 years.

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Transition to S3 Glacier after 30 days and delete after 3 years.

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Delete logs after 30 days to save costs.

Question 10

A company runs an SAP HANA database on an EC2 instance with a single EBS volume. The database is experiencing high I/O latency during peak hours. Which solution would provide consistent, low-latency performance without downtime?

Accepted Answer

Attach an Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) to the instance to offload storage I/O.. Option C is correct because AWS Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) is designed for HPC and not storage. Option A (EBS io2 Block Express volumes) provides high performance and can be attached without downtime. Option B (instance store) would require data migration. Option D (EBS gp3) may not meet latency requirements.

Answer

Migrate the database to an instance with NVMe instance store volumes.

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Replace the existing volume with an EBS io2 Block Express volume.

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Switch the volume type to EBS gp3 with maximum throughput.

Question 11

A company runs SAP HANA in a multi-node scale-out configuration on AWS. The system is experiencing network bottlenecks that impact performance. Which AWS services or features can be used to monitor and analyze network performance between the HANA nodes? (Choose THREE.)

Accepted Answer

VPC Flow Logs. VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata. Amazon CloudWatch provides metrics for network throughput and errors. AWS X-Ray traces application requests but not network-level. AWS Trusted Advisor provides best practices but not detailed analysis. Amazon Inspector is for security assessment.

Answer

AWS Trusted Advisor

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Amazon Inspector

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AWS X-Ray

Question 12

A company runs SAP BusinessObjects on AWS and needs to scale the application tier based on CPU utilization. Which AWS service should be used to automatically add or remove EC2 instances?

Accepted Answer

AWS Auto Scaling. AWS Auto Scaling can automatically adjust the number of EC2 instances based on CloudWatch alarms for CPU utilization. AWS Elastic Load Balancing distributes traffic but does not scale instances. AWS Lambda is for serverless, not EC2 scaling. AWS CloudFormation is for infrastructure provisioning, not auto-scaling.

Answer

AWS Elastic Load Balancing

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AWS Lambda

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AWS CloudFormation

Question 13

A company runs production workloads on AWS. The Security Team requires that all Amazon S3 buckets with server access logging enabled must have logs delivered to a centralized S3 bucket in a separate account. Which solution meets this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Configure the source bucket to deliver logs to the destination bucket. Attach a bucket policy on the destination bucket that grants the log delivery group (e.g., Amazon S3 Log Delivery) write permissions.. Option A is correct because S3 server access logs can be delivered to a bucket in another account if the destination bucket policy grants the log delivery group write permissions. Option B is incorrect as bucket policies are not limited to the same account; cross-account delivery is supported. Option C is incorrect because CloudTrail is for API activity, not S3 access logs. Option D is incorrect because replication copies objects after they are logged, not the logs themselves.

Answer

Use S3 bucket policies to restrict log delivery to only the source account.

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Use S3 replication rules to copy objects from source buckets to the centralized bucket.

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Enable AWS CloudTrail to log all S3 API calls and store logs in the centralized bucket.

Question 14

An SAP system administrator is planning to migrate an on-premises SAP ERP system to AWS. The system uses Oracle Database. Which THREE AWS services can be used to migrate the Oracle database to Amazon RDS for Oracle with minimal downtime? (Choose 3)

Accepted Answer

Oracle Data Guard. Options A, C, and D are correct. A: AWS DMS can perform live migration with minimal downtime. C: Oracle Data Guard can be used for cross-database replication. D: AWS SCT helps convert schemas. B is incorrect because Snowball is for large data transfer, not minimal downtime live migration. E is incorrect because CloudEndure is for server migration, not database migration.

Answer

AWS Snowball Edge

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AWS CloudEndure Migration

Question 15

A company is migrating its SAP system to AWS and wants to use AWS Backup to manage backups of SAP HANA databases running on EC2 instances. What is the prerequisite for this integration?

Accepted Answer

The HANA database must be registered as a resource in AWS Backup using the Backint agent.. Option D is correct because AWS Backup supports HANA databases via the SAP HANA Backint integration. The HANA database must be registered as a resource in AWS Backup, which requires the Backint agent. Options A (SAP HANA in-memory backup) is not a thing. Option B (Dedicated Host) is not required. Option C (not using EBS snapshots) is unnecessary.

Answer

The HANA database must be configured to use in-memory backups.

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The HANA database must not use EBS snapshots for backup.

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The EC2 instance must be running on a Dedicated Host.

PAS-C01 Practice Test 50 — 15 Questions

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PAS-C01 Practice Test 50 — 15 Questions

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