PAS-C01 Practice Test 6 — 10 Questions

Question 1

A company is migrating a SAP system to AWS and needs to ensure that the database migration from SAP ASE to Amazon Aurora is successful with minimal downtime. Which AWS service should be used?

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS). AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is the correct choice because it supports heterogeneous migrations from SAP ASE (Sybase) to Amazon Aurora with minimal downtime. DMS can continuously replicate ongoing changes from the source database to the target using change data capture (CDC), allowing the source system to remain operational during the migration and enabling a cutover with only a brief outage.

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AWS Snowball Edge

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AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

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AWS DataSync

Question 2

A company is migrating a SAP system to AWS and wants to use the same SAP system ID (SID) as on-premises. What is a prerequisite for this migration?

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The SID must be unique within the AWS account and region.. Option D is correct because SAP requires that the System ID (SID) be unique within an AWS account and region to avoid conflicts with existing SAP systems. During migration, the same SID can be reused as long as no other SAP system with that SID exists in the same account and region, ensuring proper system identification and integration with AWS services like Amazon EFS or Amazon FSx for SAP.

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The SID must be changed to a new value for the migration.

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The SID must be at least 5 characters long.

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The SID must be registered with AWS.

Question 3

A company is migrating an SAP HANA database to AWS. The database must be backed up automatically. Which TWO AWS services can be used for this purpose? (Choose 2.)

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Amazon S3. Amazon S3 is correct because it can be used as a target for SAP HANA backup and recovery using the SAP HANA Backup to S3 feature, which allows direct backup of HANA databases to S3 buckets via the SAP HANA Studio or hdbsql commands. AWS Backup is correct because it provides a fully managed backup service that can automate and centralize backups of SAP HANA databases running on Amazon EC2 instances, using the AWS Backup console or API to create and manage backup policies.

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Amazon RDS

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AWS Database Migration Service

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Amazon EFS

Question 4

A company is migrating a large-scale SAP HANA workload to AWS. The system requires high memory and low latency. Which EC2 instance type is most suitable for this migration?

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x1e.32xlarge. The x1e.32xlarge is purpose-built for high-memory, SAP HANA workloads, offering up to 3,904 GiB of memory and high-speed NVMe SSD storage with low-latency networking. It is certified by SAP for running production HANA environments, making it the most suitable choice for this migration.

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m5.24xlarge

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c5.18xlarge

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r5.24xlarge

Question 5

Which THREE AWS services are typically used in the migration of an SAP environment to AWS? (Choose 3.)

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AWS Database Migration Service (DMS). AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is correct because it enables the migration of SAP HANA, SAP ASE, or other SAP-supported databases to AWS with minimal downtime. DMS supports homogeneous migrations (e.g., SAP HANA to SAP HANA on Amazon RDS or EC2) and heterogeneous migrations (e.g., SAP ASE to SAP HANA) when paired with the Schema Conversion Tool (SCT). It handles ongoing replication via Change Data Capture (CDC), which is critical for SAP systems that cannot tolerate extended outages.

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AWS CloudTrail

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AWS Direct Connect

Question 6

Which THREE factors should be considered when selecting an AWS Region for a migration to minimize latency for users in Europe? (Choose three.)

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Data residency and compliance requirements. Data residency and compliance requirements (Option A) are critical when selecting an AWS Region for a migration to minimize latency for users in Europe because many European countries have strict data sovereignty laws (e.g., GDPR) that mandate personal data remain within the EU/EEA. Choosing a Region outside Europe would violate these regulations, regardless of latency benefits, and could result in legal penalties. Therefore, compliance directly influences which Regions are permissible, making it a primary factor in Region selection.

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Number of Availability Zones in the Region

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Cost of data transfer between Regions

Question 7

A company is migrating a large-scale SAP environment to AWS. Which THREE AWS services can be used to optimize storage costs for SAP workloads? (Choose three.)

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Amazon S3 Lifecycle policies to transition data. Amazon S3 Lifecycle policies (Option B) allow you to automatically transition SAP backup and archival data from S3 Standard to lower-cost storage classes like S3 Standard-IA or S3 Glacier, reducing storage costs without manual intervention. This is critical for SAP workloads where large volumes of backup data accumulate over time and do not require immediate access.

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AWS Storage Gateway for on-premises caching

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Amazon S3 Standard for all data

Question 8

An operations team needs to monitor the disk space usage of SAP application servers running on EC2. Which combination of AWS services should they use?

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Amazon CloudWatch agent and Amazon CloudWatch alarms. Amazon CloudWatch agent is required to collect custom metrics like disk space usage from EC2 instances, as the standard CloudWatch metrics only cover CPU, memory, network, and disk I/O. By installing the agent and configuring it to report disk space metrics, you can then set CloudWatch alarms to trigger notifications when thresholds are breached, enabling proactive monitoring of SAP application servers.

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Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail

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AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB

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Amazon S3 and Amazon SNS

Question 9

Which TWO AWS services can be used to automate the patching of SAP application servers?

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AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager. AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager (Option B) is correct because it provides a fully managed service specifically designed to automate the process of patching operating systems and applications, including SAP application servers running on EC2 instances. It uses patch baselines to define approved patches and can schedule patching across multiple instances, ensuring SAP systems remain compliant without manual intervention.

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AWS CloudFormation

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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Question 10

Your SAP system on AWS uses a shared file system with Amazon EFS. The operations team notices that the SAP application is experiencing latency when reading files from EFS. Which action can improve read performance?

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Enable EFS performance mode 'max I/O'.. Option D is correct because enabling EFS 'max I/O' performance mode increases the file system's ability to handle a high number of concurrent read operations by distributing data across multiple servers within the AWS region. This mode is specifically designed for workloads like SAP that require high throughput and low-latency access to shared files, as it scales I/O operations horizontally without the bottleneck of a single file server.

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Use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server instead.

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Move the file system to Amazon EBS with provisioned IOPS.

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Use Amazon S3 with Transfer Acceleration.