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An administrator wants to restrict inbound SSH access to a specific group of database compute instances without modifying subnet-level security rules. Which OCI feature should be used to define these fine-grained VNIC rules?
2A company needs to store petabytes of data that is rarely accessed but must be retained for compliance for 7 years. Retrievals can take up to several hours. Which storage tier should they use?
3A cloud architect needs to deploy a cloud-native application using Docker containers without managing any underlying infrastructure, servers, or Kubernetes worker nodes. Which OCI service should they select?
4An application running on OCI Compute instances requires shared file storage that can be mounted concurrently across hundreds of Linux instances via the standard NFS protocol. Which OCI storage service is best suited?
5Your development team needs to deploy microservices orchestrated via Kubernetes with automated worker node scaling and managed control plane upgrades. Which OCI service should you provision?
6You are configuring an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) and need to ensure that compute instances in a private subnet can initiate outbound internet connections to download software patches without allowing unsolicited inbound traffic from the internet. Which gateway must you attach to the VCN?
7You need to connect an on-premises data center to an OCI Virtual Cloud Network with dedicated, high-bandwidth, and predictable network performance that bypasses the public internet entirely. Which OCI networking service should you implement?
8You need to route traffic privately from your VCN to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage in the same region without traversing the public internet. Which components must be configured?
9A web application experiencing fluctuating traffic needs a compute solution that automatically scales out the number of virtual machine instances based on CPU utilization. Which combination of OCI services should be configured?
10You are designing an architecture requiring a resilient, fault-tolerant entry point that distributes incoming HTTP/HTTPS traffic across multiple backend compute instances across different availability domains. Which load balancing service should you deploy?
11An administrator must configure DNS resolution so that instances within a VCN can resolve custom internal domain names managed by an on-premises DNS server connected via FastConnect. Which OCI DNS feature should be used?
12You want to automate object lifecycle management in an OCI Object Storage bucket so that files older than 90 days are automatically transitioned to Archive storage. What should you configure?
13Which OCI compute shape type provides dedicated physical server hardware with no hypervisor overhead, ensuring maximum performance and isolation?
14An organization requires a highly available IPsec VPN connection from their on-premises data center to an OCI VCN. To ensure high availability, what is the recommended architecture for the Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) and customer premise equipment (CPE)?
15You need to run a stateless containerized background processing job that executes periodically and terminates immediately upon completion without managing servers. Which OCI serverless service is ideal?
16You are troubleshooting intermittent packet drops between two subnets in different VCNs connected via a Local Peering Gateway (LPG). Both VCNs have non-overlapping CIDR blocks. What is a common misconfiguration that could cause this issue?
17An administrator needs to create a flexible OCI compute virtual machine instance. Which parameters are required when selecting a flexible compute shape?
18Which OCI Object Storage feature allows you to grant temporary, time-bound read or write access to a specific bucket or object without sharing user credentials?
19A database administrator needs to take an instantaneous, point-in-time, space-efficient copy of a large block volume without waiting for full data copying to complete. Which Block Volume feature should they use?
20What is the primary purpose of an OCI Internet Gateway when attached to a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)?
21You need to deploy a batch processing job that can tolerate sudden termination by OCI if compute capacity is reclaimed, significantly reducing your compute costs. Which instance type should you choose?
22An enterprise application deployed across multiple OCI subnets requires a Layer 4 load balancer that can handle millions of packets per second with ultra-low latency and preserve client source IP addresses. Which service should you deploy?
23Which OCI Object Storage tier is recommended for storing data that is accessed infrequently, but requires rapid access when needed with lower retrieval costs than Archive?
24You are configuring security rules for a multi-tier application. You want to allow web servers in a specific Network Security Group (NSG) to communicate with database servers in another NSG. How should you define the ingress rule in the database NSG?
25You need to ensure that database block volumes are automatically backed up every day with a retention policy of 30 days across multiple regions. What OCI feature should you use?
26What is the container image registry service provided natively by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for storing and sharing OCI container images?
27Which TWO OCI storage services provide file or object storage capabilities rather than block storage? (Choose two.)
28Which TWO statements are true regarding OCI Flexible Compute shapes? (Choose two.)
29Which THREE storage performance tiers are available for OCI Block Volumes? (Choose three.)
30An administrator needs to create a private network inside a VCN that isolates database servers from the public internet. How should this be structured?
31Which TWO networking services or gateways in OCI can be used to route traffic from a VCN to the public internet? (Choose two.)
32Which TWO features are characteristic of OCI Network Load Balancers (NLB)? (Choose two.)
33You are configuring an OCI Load Balancer and want to ensure high availability by distributing traffic across backend servers in different availability domains within a region. Which type of load balancer should you deploy?
34Which OCI service enables you to run serverless functions triggered by events or HTTP requests without managing servers or runtimes?
35You have an application running in OCI that needs to query Oracle Autonomous Database privately. Traffic must not traverse the public internet and must use OCI's backbone network. Which service should you configure in your VCN?
36You need to back up an on-premises database directly to OCI Object Storage using a dedicated, high-speed connection that does not use the public internet. Which networking service should you use?
37An administrator needs to modify the route table of a private subnet so that all traffic destined for an on-premises data center is routed correctly. What should be the target in the route table rule?
38What is the default maximum size of a single Object Storage bucket in OCI?
39You are configuring security lists for a subnet hosting web servers. You want to allow incoming HTTP traffic on port 80 from any IP address on the internet. How should you configure the ingress rule?
40Which TWO OCI compute shapes are available when provisioning virtual machines in OCI? (Choose two.)
41Which OCI compute feature allows you to run virtual machines on dedicated physical servers allocated exclusively to your organization?
42You need to copy an existing Block Volume backup from your home region to another OCI region for disaster recovery purposes. What feature should you use?
43An application deployed on OCI Compute instances requires custom DNS records that resolve only within a specific VCN and are not exposed to the public internet. Which OCI DNS feature should you configure?
44Which THREE types of gateways can be attached to an OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)? (Choose three.)
45Which THREE features are provided by OCI Object Storage buckets? (Choose three.)
46Which TWO statements are true regarding OCI File Storage Service (FSS)? (Choose two.)
47Which TWO methods can be used to connect an on-premises data center to an OCI Virtual Cloud Network? (Choose two.)
48What is the primary function of a Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) in OCI?
49Which TWO metrics can be monitored using OCI Monitoring service for compute instances? (Choose two.)
50An administrator needs to configure autoscaling for a compute instance pool so that instances scale out when CPU usage exceeds 80% and scale in when CPU usage drops below 20%. Where is this autoscaling configuration applied?
51You need to create a container cluster in OCI where Oracle manages the Kubernetes control plane and you manage the worker nodes. Which service do you deploy?
52Which OCI Object Storage tier is optimized for storing active data that requires fast and frequent access with lowest latency?
53You need to perform maintenance on a physical host running your OCI compute instance. How can you ensure minimal downtime when OCI is scheduled to reboot the instance for underlying host maintenance?
54You are designing a secure web application architecture. You want to ensure that incoming database traffic is restricted to only web servers belonging to a specific Network Security Group, without exposing database ports to the rest of the subnet. Which feature enables this?
55Which THREE actions can be performed using OCI Object Storage features? (Choose three.)
56You want to host a static HTML website with images and JavaScript files entirely on OCI without provisioning any virtual machine web servers. Where should you store and serve these website files?
57What is the term used in OCI to describe a software-defined version of a traditional physical network, including subnets, route tables, and gateways?
58An organization is setting up a multi-region deployment. They need to replicate Block Volume backups automatically across regions. Where is this configuration managed?
59Which TWO statements are correct regarding OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Security Lists and Network Security Groups (NSGs)? (Choose two.)
60Which TWO protocols or methods are supported when attaching an OCI Block Volume to a compute instance? (Choose two.)
61What is the primary benefit of using OCI Preemptible Instances?
62Which TWO OCI services are used to build and manage containerized applications? (Choose two.)
63Which THREE storage options can be attached or mounted to an OCI Compute virtual machine instance? (Choose three.)
64You need to configure an OCI Load Balancer listener to handle secure HTTPS traffic with SSL certificate termination. Where do you configure the SSL certificate?
65An administrator needs to route internet-bound traffic from private compute instances through a NAT Gateway. What route table configuration is required in the private subnet?
66Which OCI storage service is best suited for sharing configuration files across multiple Linux virtual machine instances simultaneously?
67You are configuring an OCI Network Load Balancer (NLB) for a high-performance database cluster. Why would you choose NLB over a regional Layer 7 Load Balancer?
68An enterprise application requires private connectivity between two VCNs in different OCI regions. Which component must be used to connect them?
69What is the primary purpose of an OCI Service Gateway?
70You need to deploy a microservice application in OCI using serverless containers that start in seconds without provisioning Kubernetes clusters or virtual machines. Which OCI service should you use?
71Which TWO actions are supported when managing OCI Block Volume backups? (Choose two.)
72You are troubleshooting a connectivity issue where an on-premises server cannot reach an OCI compute instance over an IPsec VPN tunnel. The security list and NSG rules are verified as correct. What is another common OCI networking configuration that must be checked?
73Which TWO OCI compute shape categories offer flexible sizing where you can independently select the number of OCPUs and memory? (Choose two.)
74Which THREE OCI networking components are regional constructs rather than availability domain-specific? (Choose three.)
75Which THREE configuration items are specified when creating an OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)? (Choose three.)
76Which TWO storage services in OCI provide encryption at rest by default? (Choose two.)
77Which TWO mechanisms can be used to secure data in transit within OCI networking? (Choose two.)
78What is the primary function of an OCI NAT Gateway?
79An administrator needs to configure DNS resolution so that an on-premises server connected via FastConnect can resolve private hostnames within an OCI VCN. Which OCI DNS component must be configured?
80You need to deploy a web application across multiple compute instances with automated scaling and load balancing. Which combination of OCI services provides this complete architecture?
81Which OCI storage service is best suited for storing database backups that require high durability and lowest cost without immediate file system mounting requirements?
82You are configuring security rules for an OCI Virtual Cloud Network. What is the key difference between a Security List and a Network Security Group (NSG)?
83An enterprise application running on OCI Compute instances requires shared block storage that can be attached in read/write mode across multiple virtual machines simultaneously. What is the recommended OCI solution?
84Which TWO OCI features are associated with OCI Object Storage? (Choose two.)
85Which OCI compute shape is best suited for workloads requiring dedicated physical servers with no virtualization layer or hypervisor overhead?
86Which TWO statements are true regarding OCI Load Balancer features? (Choose two.)
87Which TWO core OCI services provide compute capabilities? (Choose two.)
88An administrator is configuring autoscaling on an OCI Instance Pool. They notice that the autoscaling configuration is not triggering scale-out actions despite high CPU utilization. What is a likely cause?
89Which THREE OCI networking components are required to connect an on-premises data center to a VCN via an IPsec VPN? (Choose three.)
90Which THREE storage tiers are available in OCI Object Storage? (Choose three.)
91What is the primary function of an OCI Internet Gateway?
92Which TWO configuration steps are necessary when setting up private access from a VCN to OCI Object Storage using a Service Gateway? (Choose two.)
93You need to deploy a scalable containerized web application where Oracle manages the Kubernetes control plane and you manage the underlying compute worker nodes. Which service should you choose?
94What is the primary purpose of an OCI Internet Gateway?
95An application requires a block volume with guaranteed high performance and low latency for heavy database operations. Which OCI Block Volume performance tier should you select?
96Which OCI service allows you to run serverless code in response to events without provisioning or managing virtual servers?
97You are configuring security rules for a multi-tier application. You want to allow web servers in a specific Network Security Group (NSG) to communicate with database servers in another NSG. How should you define the rule in the database NSG?
98You need to ensure that database block volumes are automatically backed up daily with a retention policy of 30 days and cross-region replication. What OCI feature should you use?
99You need to deploy a batch processing job that can tolerate sudden termination by OCI if compute capacity is reclaimed, significantly reducing your compute costs. Which instance type should you choose?
100An enterprise application deployed across multiple OCI subnets requires a Layer 4 load balancer that can handle millions of packets per second with ultra-low latency and preserve client source IP addresses. Which service should you deploy?
101Which OCI Object Storage tier is recommended for storing data that is accessed infrequently, but requires rapid access when needed with lower retrieval costs than Archive?
102You are configuring security rules for a multi-tier application. You want to allow web servers in a specific Network Security Group (NSG) to communicate with database servers in another NSG. How should you define the ingress rule in the database NSG?
103An organization requires a highly available IPsec VPN connection from their on-premises data center to an OCI VCN. To ensure high availability, what is the recommended architecture for the Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) and customer premise equipment (CPE)?
104Which TWO OCI storage services provide file or object storage capabilities rather than block storage? (Choose two.)
105Which TWO statements are true regarding OCI Flexible Compute shapes? (Choose two.)
106A cloud architect needs to provision an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute instance with a custom number of OCPUs and memory for a memory-intensive application. Which shape type should the architect select?
107An enterprise application running on OCI requires high availability across two Availability Domains within a single region. The database backend needs to be securely isolated from public internet traffic while maintaining high-speed, low-latency communication with the application servers. How should the Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) be structured?
108An administrator needs to attach a Block Volume to a Compute instance using the paravirtualized attachment type. However, the application requires maximum possible IOPS and throughput performance. What is the recommended approach to resolve this requirement?
109An administrator has configured a Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) to connect an on-premises datacenter to an OCI VCN using an IPsec VPN. However, on-premises servers cannot communicate with instances in the VCN. Which VCN routing configuration is missing?
110A company needs to store unstructured data such as log files, images, and backups in OCI for long-term retention at the lowest possible cost, and data retrieval times of several hours are acceptable. Which OCI Object Storage tier should be chosen?
111An application team is deploying microservices on OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE). They want to expose multiple HTTP services using a single public IP address and route traffic based on URL path routing rules. Which OCI service should they integrate with their Kubernetes Ingress controller?
112A database administrator needs to share a multi-gigabyte Oracle Database backup file stored in an OCI Object Storage bucket with an external auditor who does not have an OCI account. How can this be achieved securely without granting IAM console access?
113An administrator wants to ensure that critical files stored in an OCI Object Storage bucket are automatically deleted after 90 days to comply with data retention policies. What feature should be used?
114An organization is setting up a hybrid network architecture using OCI FastConnect with a Partner/Provider model. They need to ensure that their on-premises network can communicate with multiple VCNs across different regions using private IP addresses without traversing the public internet. Which OCI component is mandatory to achieve this?
115An operations engineer needs to provision a Network File System (NFS) that can be simultaneously mounted across hundreds of OCI Compute instances for shared data processing. Which OCI storage service is best suited for this?
116A developer wants to run event-driven data processing tasks in OCI without provisioning or managing any underlying servers. The execution duration is short (under 5 minutes). Which OCI service should the developer use?
117An application deployment in a VCN private subnet needs to query external APIs hosted on the public internet, but malicious actors must not be able to initiate inbound connections to the application instances. Which combination of VCN gateways provides this required behavior?
118An administrator needs to create a custom DNS domain name resolution for instances within an OCI VCN so they can resolve hostnames to internal IP addresses. Which OCI DNS feature should be configured?
119A web application deployed across multiple compute instances experiences fluctuating traffic loads throughout the day. The infrastructure needs to automatically add or remove compute instances based on CPU utilization metrics. Which OCI service combination provides this capability?
120An administrator needs to restrict access to a specific OCI Object Storage bucket so that only traffic originating from compute instances within a specific subnet can read or write objects, bypassing the public internet entirely. Which OCI feature should be used?
121An administrator wants to run Docker containers in OCI quickly without managing Kubernetes clusters, node pools, or servers. Which OCI service is most appropriate?
122A company is hosting a critical web application on OCI Compute instances behind a Public Load Balancer. They need to ensure that client SSL certificates are terminated at the load balancer and traffic is securely encrypted between the load balancer and backend web servers. How should this be configured?
123An enterprise has two VCNs in the same OCI region. VCN-A needs to communicate with VCN-B. The VCN CIDR blocks do not overlap. The administrator configures a Local Peering Gateway (LPG) on VCN-A and another on VCN-B, and establishes the peer connection. However, instances in VCN-A still cannot reach instances in VCN-B. What additional step is required?
124A security administrator wants to implement stateful packet filtering at the individual instance level within a VCN subnet, allowing different rules to apply to different groups of instances in the same subnet. Which OCI feature should be used?
125An administrator needs to create a point-in-time, read-only copy of a Block Volume data disk for backup and disaster recovery purposes. What OCI feature should be created?
126An administrator is configuring a site-to-site VPN connection between an on-premises data center and an OCI VCN. During testing, packets are being dropped because the on-premises firewall expects a specific encryption algorithm and IPsec tunnel parameters that do not match OCI defaults. How can this be resolved?
127An OCI tenant requires a dedicated, high-speed, private network connection from their on-premises data center to OCI that bypasses the public internet entirely. Which OCI service should be provisioned?
128A developer has deployed a Node.js web application on an OCI Compute instance, but external users cannot access the application on port 3000. The instance's VCN has a security list allowing TCP traffic on port 3000. What additional OS-level configuration is likely blocking the traffic?
129An administrator wants to configure automated backup policies for OCI Block Volumes attached to production databases. They need a policy that takes daily backups and retains them for 30 days, as well as weekly backups retained for 1 year. How can this be accomplished?
130A company needs to register and manage public DNS records (such as A, CNAME, and TXT records) for their domain name hosted on OCI. Which OCI service should they use?
131An administrator wants to ensure that OCI Compute instances in an instance pool are automatically replaced if the underlying physical hardware experiences a catastrophic failure. Which OCI feature provides this capability?
132An administrator is setting up an OCI File Storage (FSS) mount target in a specific subnet. When attempting to mount the file system from a compute instance in a different subnet within the same VCN, the mount command hangs. What must be configured to allow this connection?
133An application running in an OCI VCN needs to access OCI Object Storage and Oracle Autonomous Database privately. Both services must be accessed without traffic leaving Oracle's network backbone and without using public IPs. Which combination of OCI gateway features accomplishes this?
134A company is running multiple web servers behind an OCI Public Load Balancer. They notice that client IP addresses are appearing in web server logs as the internal private IP address of the load balancer rather than the actual client's public IP address. How can this be resolved?
135An administrator needs to temporarily grant read access to a specific file in an OCI Object Storage bucket to a colleague without managing IAM user credentials. What feature should be used?
136An administrator is managing an Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) cluster. They want to ensure that worker nodes are distributed across multiple failure domains or Availability Domains to prevent downtime if a single hardware rack fails. How should this be configured?
137A company is deploying an application that requires a shared storage filesystem across multiple OCI Compute instances. The performance requirements dictate sub-millisecond latency and high IOPS for heavy database logging. Which OCI storage service is most appropriate?
138An administrator is troubleshooting a VCN where instances in a private subnet cannot reach the public internet via a NAT Gateway. The NAT Gateway is attached to the VCN, and the security list allows all outbound traffic. What is the most likely cause of the failure?
139An architect wants to distribute incoming client traffic evenly across a pool of backend OCI Compute web servers while terminating SSL/TLS connections at the load balancer layer. Which OCI service should be used?
140Which TWO of the following are valid OCI Object Storage storage tiers? (Choose two.)
141An organization has strict compliance requirements to ensure that all data stored in OCI Object Storage buckets is encrypted using a custom encryption key managed entirely by the customer, rather than Oracle-managed keys. How can this be achieved?
142Which TWO of the following statements are correct regarding OCI Compute flexible shapes? (Choose two.)
143Which THREE of the following statements are true regarding OCI Block Volume backups and performance? (Choose three.)
144Which THREE of the following features are supported by OCI Network Load Balancer (NLB)? (Choose three.)
145Which TWO of the following gateways can be attached to an OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN)? (Choose two.)
146Which THREE of the following actions can be performed using OCI File Storage Service (FSS)? (Choose three.)
147Which TWO of the following statements about OCI FastConnect are correct? (Choose two.)
148Which THREE of the following are characteristics of OCI Container Instances? (Choose three.)
149Which TWO of the following networking components are required to configure a working site-to-site IPsec VPN connection to an OCI VCN? (Choose two.)
150Which THREE of the following statements regarding OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Security Lists and Network Security Groups (NSGs) are correct? (Choose three.)
151Which TWO of the following features are provided by OCI DNS? (Choose two.)
152Which THREE of the following statements about OCI Object Storage lifecycle management rules are true? (Choose three.)
153Which TWO of the following are valid methods for deploying applications on OCI without managing underlying operating systems or virtual machine hypervisors? (Choose two.)
154A database administrator must establish a high-throughput, highly reliable hybrid connection between an on-premises data center and OCI. The connection must bypass the public internet and guarantee steady throughput with SLA-backed performance. Which networking service combination meets these criteria?
155A cloud architect needs to deploy a lightweight web application in OCI that requires rapid provisioning without managing underlying virtual machine infrastructure, operating systems, or cluster orchestration. Which OCI service should be selected?
156An enterprise application running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure requires block storage that dynamically scales performance levels up to 300 IOPS per GB with a maximum performance target independent of volume capacity scaling. Which Block Volume performance tier should the administrator configure?
157An administrator needs to store infrequently accessed backups in OCI Object Storage that require long-term retention and can tolerate a retrieval time of up to several hours. Which storage tier is most cost-effective?
158An application deployment requires traffic from an OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) to securely access Oracle Autonomous Database instances in the region without traversing the public internet. Which gateway must be configured in the VCN?
159A security engineer is designing a zero-trust architecture for a microservices environment in OCI. Traffic between compute instances in different subnets must be restricted based on individual workload roles rather than entire subnet CIDR blocks. Which OCI networking feature should be implemented?
160An operations team wants to ensure that a critical web application automatically scales compute capacity up during high traffic spikes and scales down when traffic subsides. Which OCI service combination provides this capability?
161A company needs a shared file system accessible by multiple Linux compute instances simultaneously via the Network File System (NFSv3) protocol across different availability domains. Which OCI service should be deployed?
162An administrator needs to configure custom DNS resolution for instances within a VCN so they can resolve hostnames pointing to an internal on-premises corporate directory server over a FastConnect link. Which OCI DNS feature should be configured?
163An application developer needs to trigger a data-processing script immediately whenever a new object is uploaded to an OCI Object Storage bucket. Which OCI service should be used to execute the script in a serverless manner?
164An architect is provisioning a high-performance compute cluster that requires direct, unvirtualized access to physical hardware components, including raw local NVMe SSDs and high core counts, without hypervisor overhead. Which compute shape category must be chosen?
165A web application hosted on OCI requires layer-7 load balancing, SSL termination, and cookie-based session persistence across multiple backend compute instances. Which OCI Load Balancer type meets these requirements?
166A company is running a batch processing workload on OCI and wants to optimize compute costs by using spare capacity. The workload can tolerate sudden termination if OCI reclaims the capacity. Which compute instance type should be deployed?
167An administrator needs to ensure that data in an OCI Object Storage bucket is automatically transitioned from Standard storage to Infrequent Access storage after 30 days, and then deleted after 365 days. Which Object Storage feature should be used?
168A network engineer is configuring a Site-to-Site VPN between an on-premises data center and an OCI VCN. To ensure high availability, the setup requires multiple customer-premises equipment (CPE) public IP addresses communicating with distinct Oracle VPN tunnel endpoints on the DRG. How many default tunnels does each OCI VPN connection provision per DRG attachment?
169An administrator is configuring OCI Block Volume backups for production workloads. Which TWO features are natively supported by the OCI Block Volume service? (Choose two.)
170An enterprise application team needs to migrate an existing multi-tier application into Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE). They need a managed Kubernetes control plane where OCI manages the master nodes while worker nodes run in their VCN. Which OKE cluster type should they create?
171A cloud architect needs to configure a regional subnet in a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). Across how many availability domains can a regional subnet span?
172Which TWO OCI networking components are required to successfully enable private communication between two separate VCNs residing in the same OCI region? (Choose two.)
173An architect is designing a highly resilient web application on OCI. Which TWO components are essential for distributing incoming HTTP/HTTPS traffic across multiple backend compute instances across different availability domains? (Choose two.)
174Which THREE statements are accurate regarding OCI Object Storage capabilities and architecture? (Choose three.)
175An engineer needs to deploy flexible compute instances on OCI. Which TWO parameters can be independently adjusted when configuring a flexible compute shape? (Choose two.)
176Which THREE entities can be attached to an OCI Dynamic Routing Gateway (DRG) to facilitate network connectivity? (Choose three.)
177An auditor is reviewing security controls for OCI Virtual Cloud Networks. Which THREE characteristics differentiate Security Lists from Network Security Groups (NSGs)? (Choose three.)
178Which TWO statements are true regarding OCI File Storage Service (FSS)? (Choose two.)
179An application running on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute instance needs secure, private access to Object Storage in the same region without traversing the public internet. Which architecture should you implement?
180Your development team needs to deploy containerized applications rapidly on OCI without managing underlying compute servers or clusters. Which OCI container service fits this requirement best?
181You are managing a mission-critical database workload on an OCI Block Volume. The workload experiences extremely high and unpredictable I/O bursts, requiring the highest possible IOPS performance per volume. Which performance tier should you select?
182Your organization wants to store compliance audit logs for 7 years at the absolute lowest storage cost, acknowledging that data retrieval may take several hours. Which OCI Object Storage tier should you use?
183You are designing a high-throughput, fault-tolerant web application tier. You need to distribute incoming HTTP/HTTPS traffic across multiple compute instances across different availability domains within a region. Which service should you deploy?
184An enterprise customer requires a dedicated, private, high-speed connection between their on-premises datacenter and OCI, bypassing the public internet entirely while offering predictable network performance. Which OCI connectivity option meets this requirement?
185Your application running on OCI compute instances requires a shared POSIX-compliant file system that can be mounted simultaneously by hundreds of compute instances across multiple availability domains. Which OCI storage service should you select?
186Which TWO statements are true regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute Flexible Shapes?
187Which THREE features or capabilities are associated with OCI Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) Security Lists?
188Which TWO statements accurately describe OCI Block Volume backups?
189You need to deploy a web application on OCI that requires a flexible compute shape to adjust CPU and memory independently. Which OCI compute feature should you select?
190Your application requires a high-performance, POSIX-compliant shared file system that can be accessed by multiple compute instances across different availability domains. Which service should you choose?
191You are configuring a VCN and need to ensure that instances in a private subnet can access the internet to download updates without exposing them to incoming traffic. Which component is required?
192You need to migrate a legacy application to OCI that requires a specific IP address to be retained for compliance. Which OCI networking feature allows you to attach a specific public IP to an instance?
193Which OCI service is best suited for running serverless code functions that trigger based on events or HTTP requests?
194You are deploying a microservices architecture on OKE. You need to ensure that the control plane is managed by OCI to reduce management overhead. Which OKE deployment model is best?
195Your application team needs to store millions of small files that are rarely accessed but must be available immediately when requested. Which storage tier is most cost-effective?
196To secure a subnet, you need to define rules that restrict traffic based on the source and destination at the packet level. Which OCI resource provides this stateful security?
197You need to allow database instances in a private subnet to communicate with Object Storage over the private network. Which service is required?
198You are configuring an OCI Load Balancer and need to distribute traffic based on the URL path (e.g., /api vs /web). Which feature should you configure?
199A company requires a dedicated, private connection between their on-premises data center and OCI that provides consistent bandwidth. Which service is recommended?
200Which OCI storage option is recommended for storing high-performance boot volumes for virtual machines?
201You need to automatically increase the number of compute instances in your cluster when CPU utilization exceeds 80%. Which service should you use?
202What is the primary benefit of using OCI Container Instances?
203Which OCI service allows you to back up your on-premises data to the cloud for long-term storage?
204You have two VCNs in the same region that need to communicate privately. Which component must be configured?
205To ensure high availability for your web application, you should deploy your instances across:
206What is the default behavior of a Security List in OCI?
207Which OCI service provides a managed Domain Name System (DNS) to manage your domain records?
208You need to restrict access to a specific compute instance based on the application it is running, without affecting other instances in the same subnet. Which security feature should you use?
209When creating a block volume backup, where is the data stored?
210You need to ensure that Object Storage data is automatically moved to Archive Storage after 90 days to save costs. How can you achieve this?
211Which of the following is a benefit of OCI Bare Metal instances?
212Which OCI service is used to host containerized applications and manage clusters?
213You are configuring an OCI Load Balancer. Which component defines the backend servers that receive traffic?
214How do you improve the performance of a block volume attached to a compute instance?
215You need to allow traffic from an on-premises site to a VCN using a VPN. What component is required in the VCN to act as the endpoint?
216What is the primary function of an OCI Internet Gateway?
217If an instance in a public subnet cannot reach the internet, what is the first thing you should check?
218Which OCI feature allows you to attach a single block volume to multiple instances simultaneously?
219What happens to an Ephemeral Public IP when you stop a compute instance?
220How does OCI ensure that high-availability requirements are met within a single region?
221Which OCI service is highly recommended for storing large amounts of unstructured data such as images and backups?
222When using an OCI Load Balancer, which protocol is recommended for securing traffic?
223What is the purpose of a Pre-Authenticated Request in Object Storage?
224Which of the following is a capability of the OCI Block Volume service?
225Which TWO OCI compute features help in achieving cost optimization?
226You need to allow your OKE cluster to access a private database. Where should the database be placed for the best security practice?
227Which THREE of the following are primary benefits of using Object Storage?
228Which TWO OCI features are used to monitor the performance of your infrastructure?
229Which THREE of the following are valid OCI File Storage Service (FSS) characteristics?
230Which TWO of the following networking components are used to control traffic flow between subnets?
231Which THREE of the following are components of an OCI Load Balancer?
232Which TWO of the following are valid OCI compute shape types?
233Which THREE of the following are methods to connect to OCI?
234Which TWO of the following are OCI storage services?
235Which THREE of the following OCI services are considered serverless?
236Which TWO of the following are types of OCI VCN subnets?
237Which THREE of the following are features of OCI Load Balancer?
238Which TWO of the following are methods to protect data in Block Volume?
239Which THREE of the following are properties of a VCN?
240Which TWO of the following can be used to manage containerized workloads in OCI?
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