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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 compute or container service with its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Container orchestration service supporting Docker

Managed Kubernetes service

Serverless compute engine for containers

Serverless, event-driven compute service

Automatically adjusts EC2 capacity based on demand

Question 2mediummatching
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Match each AWS service health or performance concept to its meaning.

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

Concepts
Matches

Maximum limits on resources per account

Shows events and changes affecting your AWS resources

Monitors a metric and performs actions based on thresholds

Provides recommendations for cost, performance, security, and fault tolerance

Recommends optimal AWS compute resources for workloads

Question 3mediummatching
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Match each AWS CloudFormation concept to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Collection of AWS resources managed as a single unit

JSON or YAML document describing AWS resources

Preview of changes before applying to a stack

Enables stack creation across multiple accounts and regions

Identifies differences between stack and actual resource configurations

Question 4mediummatching
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Match each AWS Config rule to its purpose.

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

Concepts
Matches

Checks that resources have specified tags

Ensures EBS volumes are encrypted

Prevents public read access on S3 buckets

Verifies CloudTrail is enabled

Checks for IAM policies granting full admin access

Question 5mediummatching
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Match each AWS security and identity service to its function.

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

Concepts
Matches

Manages users, groups, roles, and permissions

Creates and manages encryption keys

Rotates and manages secrets like database credentials

DDoS protection service

Web application firewall

Question 6mediummatching
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Match each AWS automation or configuration management tool to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Operational hub for managing AWS resources at scale

Configuration management service using Chef and Puppet

PaaS for deploying and scaling web applications

Infrastructure as Code using templates

Create and manage approved IT service catalogs

Question 7mediummatching
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Match each AWS monitoring or logging tool to its purpose.

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

Concepts
Matches

Monitoring for AWS resources and applications

Records API activity for governance and audit

Traces and analyzes requests through distributed applications

Centralized log storage and analysis

Canary monitors to check endpoints and flows

Question 8mediummatching
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Match each AWS CLI command to its function.

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

Concepts
Matches

Deploys a CloudFormation stack from a template

Syncs directories and S3 buckets

Retrieves information about EC2 instances

Updates the code of a Lambda function

Starts a new build project run

Question 9mediummatching
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Match each AWS service to its primary function in a DevOps pipeline.

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

Concepts
Matches

Continuous delivery service for release pipelines

Fully managed continuous integration build service

Automates code deployments to any instance

Unified user interface for managing software development activities

Fully managed source control service hosting Git repositories

Question 10mediummatching
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Match each AWS deployment strategy to its description.

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

Concepts
Matches

Two identical environments; traffic switches after validation

Incremental rollout to a small subset before full release

Updates instances in batches to minimize downtime

Replaces entire instances with new ones; no in-place changes

Deploys to all instances simultaneously (fastest but riskier)

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