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AIF-C01 Practice Question: A company uses Amazon Bedrock Agents to automate…
A company uses Amazon Bedrock Agents to automate order processing. The agent needs to call an internal database to check inventory. Which component should be used to integrate the database query?
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Correct answer & explanation
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Action group
Bedrock Agents use action groups to define external tools or APIs. Each action group has an associated AWS Lambda function that performs the actual work (e.g., querying a database). The agent can call the action group via natural language instructions.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Knowledge base
Why it's wrong here
Knowledge bases are for document retrieval, not live database queries.
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Action group
Why this is correct
Correct. Action groups enable agents to invoke external systems via Lambda.
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Guardrail
Why it's wrong here
Guardrails are for content safety, not data access.
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Prompt template
Why it's wrong here
Prompt templates define the agent's instructions, not external integrations.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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