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Question 1hardmultiple choice
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An SAP administrator runs the AWS CLI command shown in the exhibit to check the status of a production HANA instance. The output shows the instance is running in us-east-1a. However, the SAP application team reports that the HANA database is not responding. What should the administrator check next to diagnose the issue?

Network Topology
$ aws ec2 describe-instancesfilters "Name=tag:Namequery "Reservations[0].Instances[0].[InstanceIdRefer to the exhibit."i-0abcd1234efgh5678","us-east-1a","running"
Question 2easymultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An IAM policy is attached to an IAM role used by an EC2 instance. The EC2 instance has an Elastic IP address of 203.0.113.5 and is running in a VPC with CIDR 10.0.0.0/16. When the application on the instance tries to upload an object to the S3 bucket 'my-bucket', it receives an Access Denied error. What is the MOST likely cause?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "s3:GetObject",
        "s3:PutObject"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/*",
      "Condition": {
        "IpAddress": {
          "aws:SourceIp": "10.0.0.0/16"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
Question 3mediummultiple choice
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An SAP administrator applies the IAM policy shown in the exhibit to an IAM user. The administrator reports that the user can start and stop EC2 instances but cannot tag them. Why is the user unable to tag instances?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:StartInstances",
        "ec2:StopInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:ec2:us-east-1:123456789012:instance/*"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:Describe*"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
Question 4hardmultiple choice
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A systems administrator is troubleshooting an SAP HANA database that runs on an EC2 instance. The exhibit shows the block device mappings of the EC2 instance. The administrator needs to ensure that the data volumes (/dev/sdf and /dev/sdg) are not accidentally terminated when the instance is terminated. However, the administrator also wants to take a nightly snapshot of these volumes using AWS Backup. Which of the following is a potential issue with the current configuration?

Network Topology
# aws ec2 describe-instancesinstance-ids i-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890query 'Reservations[0].Instances[0].BlockDeviceMappings'Refer to the exhibit.```"DeviceName": "/dev/xvda","Ebs": {"AttachTime": "2023-08-01T10:00:00.000Z","DeleteOnTermination": true,"Status": "attached","VolumeId": "vol-0abcdef1234567890"},"DeviceName": "/dev/sdf","AttachTime": "2023-08-01T10:05:00.000Z","DeleteOnTermination": false,"VolumeId": "vol-0abcdef1234567891""DeviceName": "/dev/sdg","VolumeId": "vol-0abcdef1234567892"
Question 5hardmultiple choice
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An IAM policy is attached to a user who manages SAP HANA volumes. The policy is shown in the exhibit. What is the effect of this policy?

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Refer to the exhibit.

```
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:AttachVolume",
                "ec2:DetachVolume"
            ],
            "Resource": "*",
            "Condition": {
                "StringEquals": {
                    "ec2:ResourceTag/Environment": "production"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Deny",
            "Action": "ec2:DeleteVolume",
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
```
Question 6hardmultiple choice
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An SAP administrator runs the command shown in the exhibit. The volume is attached to an EC2 instance. The administrator plans to increase the volume size to 1000 GiB. After resizing, the volume type remains gp2. What is the expected baseline IOPS for the resized volume?

Network Topology
$ aws ec2 describe-volumesvolume-ids vol-0abcdef123456789Refer to the exhibit."Volumes": ["Attachments": ["AttachTime": "2023-03-15T10:00:00.000Z","Device": "/dev/xvdf","InstanceId": "i-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8","State": "attached","VolumeId": "vol-0abcdef123456789","DeleteOnTermination": false],"AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a","CreateTime": "2023-03-15T09:00:00.000Z","Encrypted": false,"Size": 500,"SnapshotId": "snap-0a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8","State": "in-use","VolumeType": "gp2","Iops": 1500
Question 7mediummultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An administrator is setting up an AWS DMS task to migrate an SAP database. They receive an error that they are not authorized to perform the operation. Which statement is true about the IAM policy?

Exhibit

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "dms:CreateReplicationTask",
        "dms:StartReplicationTask",
        "dms:DescribeReplicationTasks",
        "dms:StopReplicationTask"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}
Question 8hardmultiple choice
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An SAP HANA administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an EC2 instance (r5.8xlarge) running SAP HANA. The instance has two EBS volumes attached. Based on the exhibit, which additional information is needed to determine if the instance is optimized for SAP HANA?

Network Topology
Command: aws ec2 describe-instancesinstance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0Refer to the exhibit.Output:"Reservations": ["Groups": [],"Instances": ["InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0","ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890","State": {"Name": "running"},"InstanceType": "r5.8xlarge","Placement": {"AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a""BlockDeviceMappings": ["DeviceName": "/dev/sda1","Ebs": {"VolumeId": "vol-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890","Status": "attached""DeviceName": "/dev/sdb","VolumeId": "vol-0b2c3d4e5f67890a1",],"EnaSupport": true
Question 9hardmultiple choice
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A company is migrating an SAP application server to AWS using CloudFormation. The template snippet is shown in the exhibit. The SAP application requires at least 300 GB of disk space for /usr/sap. Which change should be made to the template?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

Exhibit:
```
{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Resources": {
    "SAPApplicationServer": {
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "Properties": {
        "InstanceType": "r5.2xlarge",
        "ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890",
        "BlockDeviceMappings": [
          {
            "DeviceName": "/dev/xvda",
            "Ebs": {
              "VolumeSize": 100,
              "VolumeType": "gp3"
            }
          },
          {
            "DeviceName": "/dev/xvdb",
            "Ebs": {
              "VolumeSize": 200,
              "VolumeType": "io1",
              "Iops": 10000
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}
```
Question 10hardmultiple choice
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Refer to the exhibit. An EC2 instance is running and has a public IP address. A security engineer needs to verify that the instance is not publicly accessible from the internet. Which additional step is required?

Network Topology
aws ec2 describe-instancesinstance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0Refer to the exhibit.Output:"Reservations": ["Groups": [],"Instances": ["InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0","ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890","State": {"Name": "running"},"BlockDeviceMappings": ["DeviceName": "/dev/sda1","Ebs": {"VolumeId": "vol-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890","Status": "attached"],"NetworkInterfaces": ["NetworkInterfaceId": "eni-1234567890abcdef0","Association": {"PublicIp": "203.0.113.10""InstanceType": "m5.large"
Question 11easymultiple choice
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An SAP administrator is troubleshooting connectivity between SAP application servers and the SAP HANA database. The database security group has an inbound rule as shown in the exhibit. The application servers are in security group sg-12345. However, the application servers cannot connect to the database. What is the most likely reason?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.
{
  "Rules": [
    {
      "SourceSecurityGroupId": "sg-12345",
      "IpProtocol": "tcp",
      "FromPort": 3300,
      "ToPort": 3300
    }
  ]
}
Question 12easymultiple choice
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An SAP administrator wants to deploy a SAP system across two Availability Zones for high availability. The administrator runs the command shown in the exhibit. How many subnets are available for the deployment?

Network Topology
$ aws ec2 describe-subnetsfilters "Name=tag:Namequery 'Subnets[*].{ID:SubnetIdRefer to the exhibit.```"ID": "subnet-aaa111","AZ": "us-east-1a","CIDR": "10.0.1.0/24"},"ID": "subnet-bbb222","AZ": "us-east-1b","CIDR": "10.0.2.0/24"
Question 13mediummultiple choice
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An SAP administrator is deploying an SAP ASCS instance using CloudFormation. The deployment fails because the instance cannot be reached from other SAP components. Based on the exhibit, what is the most likely cause?

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

CloudFormation template snippet:
"SAPASCS": {
  "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
  "Properties": {
    "InstanceType": "m5.large",
    "ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890",
    "NetworkInterfaces": [{
      "DeviceIndex": "0",
      "SubnetId": "subnet-12345678",
      "AssociatePublicIpAddress": false,
      "Groups": ["sg-12345678"]
    }],
    "BlockDeviceMappings": [{
      "DeviceName": "/dev/sda1",
      "Ebs": {
        "VolumeSize": 50,
        "VolumeType": "gp2"
      }
    }],
    "Tags": [{"Key": "Name", "Value": "ASCS"}]
  }
}
Question 14mediummultiple choice
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An SAP HANA administrator runs the AWS CLI command shown in the exhibit. The volume is attached to an SAP HANA server. The HANA database is experiencing low write throughput. Which action would most likely improve performance?

Network Topology
$ aws ec2 describe-volumesvolume-ids vol-1234567890abcdef0Refer to the exhibit."Volumes": ["VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0","Size": 500,"VolumeType": "gp2","State": "in-use","Iops": 1500,"Attachments": ["InstanceId": "i-0abcdef1234567890","Device": "/dev/xvdf","State": "attached"
Question 15mediummultiple choice
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An SAP administrator runs the AWS CLI command shown in the exhibit for an EC2 instance running SAP HANA. The administrator notices that the /dev/sdf volume does not have DeleteOnTermination set to true. What is the impact of this configuration?

Network Topology
$ aws ec2 describe-instancesinstance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0query 'Reservations[0].Instances[0].BlockDeviceMappings'Refer to the exhibit."DeviceName": "/dev/xvda","Ebs": {"VolumeId": "vol-0abcdef1234567890","Status": "attached","DeleteOnTermination": true},"DeviceName": "/dev/sdf","VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0","DeleteOnTermination": false

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