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AIF-C01 Practice Question: A developer wants to create an agent using Amazon…
A developer wants to create an agent using Amazon Bedrock Agents that can call an external API to check inventory levels. What must be defined in the agent configuration to enable this API call?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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An action group
Action groups define the set of actions (API calls) that an agent can perform. Each action group specifies the API schema and optionally a Lambda function for execution.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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A knowledge base
Why it's wrong here
Knowledge bases are for document retrieval, not for calling external APIs.
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A guardrail
Why it's wrong here
Guardrails are for content filtering and safety, not for defining callable actions.
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An action group
Why this is correct
Action groups define the APIs or functions the agent can call, including inventory check APIs.
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A prompt template
Why it's wrong here
Prompt templates control the agent's instructions but do not define executable actions.
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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