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How to approach drag and drop matching questions

Matching questions give you two columns — concepts, commands, or protocols on the left, and their definitions or use-cases on the right. You drag each left item to its correct match. These appear on most certification exams and punish superficial memorisation.

Quick answer

Drag and Drop Matching Questions questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

Which detail in the question changes the correct answer.

How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

How to connect the question back to the wider exam objective.

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Practice set

Practice scenarios

Question 1mediummatching
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Match each AWS service to its primary purpose.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Relational database service with managed instances

NoSQL key-value and document database

In-memory caching service supporting Redis and Memcached

Petabyte-scale data warehouse

MongoDB-compatible document database

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each database engine to its default port number.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

3306

5432

1521

1433

3306

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each DynamoDB concept to its definition.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Single attribute used to distribute data across partitions

Attribute that determines order within a partition

Index with a different partition and sort key for alternate query patterns

Index with the same partition key but different sort key

Time-ordered sequence of item-level changes in a table

Question 4mediummatching
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Match each AWS database-related CLI command to its function.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Creates a new RDS DB instance

Inserts or replaces an item in a DynamoDB table

Returns details about Redshift clusters

Creates an ElastiCache cache cluster

Lists manual and automated DB snapshots

Question 5mediummatching
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Match each AWS monitoring tool to its capability for databases.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Collects metrics and logs, sets alarms

Visualizes database performance and identifies bottlenecks

Provides OS-level metrics for RDS instances

Records API calls for auditing and governance

SNS-based alerts for database events like failovers

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each AWS security feature to its purpose for databases.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Virtual firewall controlling inbound/outbound traffic at instance level

Use IAM users/roles to authenticate to RDS/Aurora

Protects data stored on disk using KMS keys

Encrypts data in transit between client and database

Managed service to create and control encryption keys

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each backup/restore concept to its AWS database feature.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Daily snapshot and transaction log backups enabled by default

User-initiated snapshot stored until explicitly deleted

Restore to any second within the backup retention period

Copy snapshots to another AWS region for disaster recovery

Rewind an Aurora DB cluster to a specific time without restoring

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each AWS database migration tool/service to its function.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Migrates databases to AWS with minimal downtime

Converts database schema and code to target engine

Physical device for large-scale data transfer

Continuous replication for ongoing changes

ETL service for preparing and transforming data

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each AWS database feature to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

Synchronous standby replica for high availability

Asynchronous read-only copy for scaling reads

Automatic adjustment of Aurora replica count

In-memory cache for DynamoDB with microsecond latency

Connection pooling for RDS to handle Lambda bursts

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each RDS storage type to its description.

Drag a concept onto its matching description — or click a concept then click the description.

Concepts
Matches

SSD storage with baseline IOPS and burst credits

SSD storage with consistent IOPS for I/O-intensive workloads

Previous generation HDD storage, lowest cost

SSD storage with baseline IOPS and throughput independent of size

Block Express SSD with higher durability and IOPS

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