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Shared Responsibility Model practice questions

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Shared Responsibility Model questions

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Question 1mediummultiple choice
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A company has deployed a web application on Amazon EC2 instances. The company's security team wants to ensure that the underlying host operating system is patched against a newly discovered vulnerability. According to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, who is responsible for applying the patch to the host operating system?

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A company hosts a web application on an Amazon EC2 instance. The company installs its own application software and configures the operating system. The company also uses AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) to create a customer-managed key to encrypt data on the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume attached to the instance. According to the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following is the responsibility of AWS?

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A company is migrating its on-premises applications to the AWS Cloud. The Chief Security Officer wants to confirm the division of security responsibilities. According to the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following tasks is the customer's responsibility?

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A company is migrating a three-tier web application to AWS. The application will run on Amazon EC2 instances using a custom Linux distribution, and a self-managed MySQL database will be installed on the same instances. The company's security team needs to understand which security responsibilities belong to AWS and which belong to the company under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. According to this model, who is responsible for applying operating system security patches to the EC2 instances and for updating the MySQL database software?

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A company is migrating an on-premises application to AWS. The application will run on Amazon EC2 instances and use an Amazon RDS for MySQL database. The security team needs to understand which security controls remain the company's responsibility after the migration. Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is the customer's responsibility?

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A company is migrating an on-premises MySQL database to Amazon RDS for MySQL. The security team needs to understand their responsibilities under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. Which of the following tasks is the customer's responsibility?

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A company is migrating its customer-facing web application to AWS. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is reviewing the division of security responsibilities. The CISO understands that AWS is responsible for the security of the physical data centers, hardware, and network infrastructure. The company, as the customer, is responsible for securing the application code, customer data, and operating system patches on Amazon EC2 instances. This division of security responsibilities is an example of which fundamental cloud computing concept?

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A healthcare startup is migrating its patient records database to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. The company must comply with HIPAA and ensure that all protected health information (PHI) is encrypted at rest and in transit. Which task is the company responsible for under the AWS shared responsibility model?

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A startup is migrating a web application to AWS. The application runs on Amazon EC2 instances that use a custom Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with the company's proprietary software. The security team needs to understand which security tasks the company must perform. Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is the customer's responsibility?

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A financial services company requires all data stored in Amazon S3 to be encrypted at rest. The company has a compliance policy that states encryption keys must be managed entirely by the customer and must never be stored or managed by the cloud provider. Which encryption option should the company use for Amazon S3?

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Common Shared Responsibility Model exam traps

  • Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
  • Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
  • Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
  • Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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What does the CLF-C02 exam test about Shared Responsibility Model?
Shared Responsibility Model questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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