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Practise AWS Certified SAP on AWS Specialty PAS-C01 Scenario practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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17 questionsDomain: Scenario
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What the exam tests

What to know about Scenario

Scenario 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.

Watch out for

Common Scenario 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.

Practice set

Scenario questions

17 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1easymultiple choice
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A company is setting up a disaster recovery (DR) site for SAP on AWS. They need to replicate the SAP HANA database to another region. Which AWS service is BEST suited for this?

Question 2easymulti select
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Which TWO of the following are benefits of using SAP HANA System Replication (HSR) on AWS? (Choose 2.)

Question 3hardmulti select
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An SAP system on AWS is using an SAP HANA database. The database administrator wants to monitor memory usage and receive alerts when memory consumption exceeds 90%. Which THREE services can be used together to achieve this?

Question 4hardmultiple choice
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An SAP workload on AWS uses an Auto Scaling group for the SAP Central Services (ASCS) and Enqueue Replication Server (ERS) instances. The instances are launched with a custom AMI that includes the SAP software. During a recent failover test, the ASCS instance failed to start after being terminated and re-launched by the Auto Scaling group. The error log indicates that the ASCS instance cannot find the quorum device. What is the most likely cause of this issue?

Question 5easymulti select
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A company is planning to migrate their SAP HANA database to AWS. Which TWO of the following are valid EC2 instance types for SAP HANA? (Choose 2.)

Question 6mediummultiple choice
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A company runs SAP S/4HANA on AWS with a High Availability (HA) cluster spanning two Availability Zones (us-east-1a and us-east-1b). The cluster uses an Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system for the global transport directory. Recently, the cluster experienced a split-brain situation, leading to data corruption. The administrator wants to prevent this from recurring. The current setup uses a single FSx file system mounted on both cluster nodes. What should the administrator do to prevent split-brain?

Question 7hardmultiple choice
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A company is planning to run SAP S/4HANA on AWS and needs to ensure that the system can automatically recover from an Availability Zone failure. They want to use SAP HANA System Replication with automatic failover. Which AWS configuration is required?

Question 8mediummultiple choice
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A company is running SAP NetWeaver on AWS with an Oracle database on an EC2 instance. The database uses Oracle Data Guard for disaster recovery across Regions. The primary database is in us-east-1, and the standby is in us-west-2. The database size is 500 GB and the network link between Regions has about 100 Mbps throughput. During a recent disaster recovery drill, the failover to the standby took over 2 hours because the Data Guard redo logs were not fully applied. The team wants to reduce the recovery time objective (RTO). They are considering using Amazon S3 to store archived redo logs, increasing the bandwidth, or using a different replication method. What is the MOST effective action to reduce the RTO?

Question 9mediummultiple choice
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A company wants to implement a disaster recovery (DR) strategy for its SAP landscape on AWS. The primary site is in us-east-1, and the DR site is in us-west-2. They need to replicate SAP HANA database asynchronously with a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of 15 minutes. Which AWS service should they use?

Question 10mediummultiple 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
Question 11mediummulti select
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An SAP administrator is configuring high availability for SAP HANA on AWS. Which TWO components are essential for a Pacemaker-based cluster?

Question 12mediummulti select
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Which TWO AWS services can be used to create a private, low-latency network connection between an on-premises data center and an SAP environment on AWS? (Choose two.)

Question 13mediummultiple choice
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An SAP Basis team is planning to migrate an SAP ERP system from on-premises to AWS. The system currently uses Oracle Database and runs on a physical server with 256 GB RAM. The team wants to minimize downtime and ensure the migration is supported by SAP. Which AWS service or feature should they use to perform the migration?

Question 14mediummultiple choice
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An SAP system on AWS is experiencing performance issues. The system uses a shared file system (SAP transport directory) mounted from an NFS server. During migration, the team wants to improve performance and reduce complexity. Which AWS service should replace the NFS server?

Question 15hardmulti select
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Which ONE of the following is required to enable SAP HANA System Replication across two AWS Availability Zones?

Question 16mediummultiple choice
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A company is migrating an SAP system to AWS and needs to ensure that the SAP license is compliant. The current license is based on the number of users. Which AWS pricing model is most appropriate for this scenario?

Question 17easymulti select
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A company is migrating an on-premises SAP HANA database to AWS. They want to use AWS DMS for ongoing replication. Which TWO prerequisites must be met before starting the replication? (Choose TWO.)

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Frequently asked questions

What does the PAS-C01 exam test about Scenario?
Scenario questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.
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 Scenario questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Scenario 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 PAS-C01 topics?
Use the topic links above to move to related areas, or go back to the PAS-C01 question bank to see all topics.
Are these real exam questions or dumps?
These are original practice questions written to test the same concepts the PAS-C01 exam covers. They are not copied from any real exam or dump site.