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20 questionsDomain: Cloudfront
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What the exam tests

What to know about Cloudfront

Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.

IaaS, PaaS and SaaS responsibilities and examples.

Public, private, hybrid and community cloud deployment models.

On-premises vs cloud trade-offs: cost, control, scalability.

How cloud connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) work.

Watch out for

Common Cloudfront exam traps

  • ▸IaaS gives you infrastructure control; SaaS gives you only the application.
  • ▸Hybrid cloud combines on-premises and public cloud — not two public clouds.
  • ▸Cloud does not automatically mean cheaper or more secure.
  • ▸Management responsibility shifts with each service model (IaaS → PaaS → SaaS).

Practice set

Cloudfront questions

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Question 1mediummulti select
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A company is designing a new hybrid cloud architecture that extends on-premises storage to AWS. The solution must provide low-latency access to frequently accessed data and use AWS storage for backup. Which TWO services should be used together?

Question 2hardmulti select
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A company is modernizing a monolithic application into microservices on AWS. The application currently uses a single SQL database. Which THREE AWS services can help decouple the data layer and enable event-driven communication between microservices?

Question 3easymultiple choice
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A company is designing a new web application that will be accessed by users globally. The application uses Amazon CloudFront as a CDN and stores static content in Amazon S3. The dynamic content is served from EC2 instances in a single AWS Region. Which of the following will improve performance for users in distant regions with the LEAST operational effort?

Question 4hardmultiple choice
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A financial services company runs a critical trading application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in three Availability Zones. The application uses a MySQL-compatible Amazon RDS for MariaDB database with Multi-AZ deployment. Recently, the operations team noticed that during periods of heavy trading, the database CPU utilization spikes to 100%, causing query timeouts and application errors. The team has already reviewed slow query logs and enabled Performance Insights, but the issue persists. The application is read-heavy with frequent writes. The team needs to reduce database load with minimal changes to the application code. Which solution is the MOST effective and scalable?

Question 5easymultiple choice
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A startup is building a serverless application using AWS Lambda. They need to store session state that can be shared across multiple Lambda invocations. Which AWS service should they use?

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A company uses Amazon CloudFront with an S3 origin to serve static content. They recently updated the content in S3, but users still see the old files. What is the MOST likely reason?

Question 7mediummulti select
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A company is designing a new application that will process sensitive financial data. They need to ensure encryption at rest and in transit. Which of the following should they use? (Select TWO.)

Question 8mediummultiple choice
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A company is designing a new application that will run on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer. The application requires that users' session data be stored durably and with low latency. The session data is accessed frequently but is rarely updated. Which solution is MOST cost-effective?

Question 9mediummulti select
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A company is designing a multi-tier web application that must be fault-tolerant and scalable. The application uses an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to distribute traffic to EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. The instances run a web server and a backend application. Which TWO steps should be taken to ensure the application can scale without data loss?

Question 10mediummultiple choice
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A media company delivers video content to a global audience using Amazon CloudFront, AWS Lambda@Edge, and Amazon S3. The origin is an S3 bucket that stores video files. Recently, users in Asia-Pacific report slow load times. The operations team checks CloudFront metrics and sees a high cache miss rate for content popular in that region. The team wants to improve performance for all users without significantly increasing costs. The application uses a single CloudFront distribution with a default cache behavior. The S3 bucket is in us-east-1. Which solution should the team implement?

Question 11hardmultiple choice
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A company is migrating a 10 TB Oracle database to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. The database is business-critical and must have minimal downtime. The company has set up AWS DMS with ongoing replication from the source. During the migration, the company notices that DMS is failing with an error indicating insufficient memory. What should the company do to resolve this issue and complete the migration?

Question 12hardmultiple choice
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A company is building a serverless application using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon DynamoDB. They need to ensure that the application can handle sudden spikes in traffic without throttling. Which design should they implement?

Question 13easymulti select
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A company is migrating a legacy application to AWS. The application requires a relational database with high availability and automated backups. Which TWO AWS services should the company consider? (Choose two.)

Question 14mediummultiple choice
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A company uses Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ deployment. The database experiences occasional read replica lag of up to 5 seconds. The application requires read-after-write consistency. Which action should the company take to improve the solution?

Question 15easymultiple choice
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A company is designing a new web application on AWS. The application must be highly available and scale automatically based on traffic. The architecture includes an Application Load Balancer (ALB) and an Auto Scaling group of EC2 instances. The application stores session state. What is the BEST way to handle session state to ensure high availability?

Question 16hardmultiple choice
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A company is designing a new global application that will serve users worldwide. The application uses an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in a single region. To reduce latency for users in other regions, the company wants to cache static content at edge locations. The dynamic content must still be served from the ALB. Which configuration should be used?

Question 17mediummultiple choice
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A company is designing a new application that requires a global content delivery network with low latency and DDoS protection. Which combination of AWS services should be used?

Question 18easymultiple choice
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A startup wants to deploy a web application on AWS with a serverless architecture. The application includes static content (HTML, CSS, JS) and a REST API backend using Lambda and DynamoDB. The company wants low latency and high availability globally. Which combination of services should they use?

Question 19mediummultiple choice
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An IAM policy is attached to an IAM user. The user tries to download an object from S3 bucket 'example-bucket' from an IP address 10.0.1.5. What will happen?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

IAM Policy:
```json
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": "s3:GetObject",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::example-bucket/*",
            "Condition": {
                "IpAddress": {
                    "aws:SourceIp": "10.0.0.0/16"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
Question 20easymultiple choice
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A company is using Amazon DynamoDB as the primary database for a web application. The application experiences occasional throttling on writes. The company wants to implement a solution that automatically increases write capacity during traffic spikes. Which solution should they use?

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Frequently asked questions

What does the SAP-C02 exam test about Cloudfront?
Cloud concepts questions usually test the service model (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and deployment model (public/private/hybrid/community) appropriate for a given scenario.
How should I use these practice questions?
Select your answer before revealing the explanation. Then read why each option is right or wrong — this active recall approach builds retention far faster than re-reading notes.
Can I practise just Cloudfront questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Cloudfront domain. Use a 10-question session first to gauge your baseline, then move to 20 or 30 once the weak spots are clear.
Where can I practise other SAP-C02 topics?
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Are these real exam questions or dumps?
These are original practice questions written to test the same concepts the SAP-C02 exam covers. They are not copied from any real exam or dump site.