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

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15 questionsDomain: Troubleshooting
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What the exam tests

What to know about Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting 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 Troubleshooting 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

Troubleshooting questions

15 questions · select your answer, then reveal the explanation

Question 1mediummulti select
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Which THREE of the following are best practices for securing an SAP system on AWS? (Choose THREE.)

Question 2hardmulti select
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An SAP administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP NetWeaver system running on AWS. The system uses an Oracle database. The CPU utilization of the database server is consistently below 30%, but application response times are slow. Which THREE checks should the administrator perform to identify the bottleneck?

Question 3hardmultiple 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 4hardmultiple choice
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An SAP administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP HANA database running on an r5.24xlarge instance. The database is I/O bound during high load periods. The administrator has already verified that the EBS volumes are not saturated. What should the administrator check next?

Question 5hardmultiple choice
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A company runs SAP S/4HANA on AWS with a multi-tier landscape (DEV, QAS, PRD). The PRD system uses a clustered setup with two application servers behind an Application Load Balancer. The database is a single-node HANA on an r5.24xlarge instance. The administrator receives an alert that the PRD application is slow. CloudWatch metrics show high CPU utilization on the two application servers (average 95%) and high DB connection count. The ALB shows increased request latency. The database CPU is at 60%. The administrator suspects a SQL query performance issue. What should be the first step to identify the root cause?

Question 6hardmultiple 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 7mediummultiple choice
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An SAP Basis administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP HANA database running on AWS. The database is on an EC2 instance of type r5.12xlarge with 8 x 1 TB EBS io2 Block Express volumes configured for maximum IOPS. The application team reports that batch jobs are taking longer than expected. The administrator checks Amazon CloudWatch metrics and sees that the EBS write latency averages 2 ms, which is within the expected range. However, the CPU utilization is at 95% consistently during batch runs. The HANA index server is using 70% of the CPU. The administrator also notices that the HANA threads are mostly waiting on 'lock wait' events. What is the MOST likely cause of the performance issue?

Question 8easymultiple 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 9hardmultiple choice
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An SAP system administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP application server running on an EC2 instance. The /usr/sap directory is on an EBS volume. The administrator notices high I/O wait times. Which action should be taken to improve I/O performance?

Question 10hardmultiple choice
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A company is troubleshooting an issue where SAP users cannot log in to the SAP GUI. The SAP application server is running on an EC2 instance behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The ALB is configured to use the HTTPS listener on port 443. Which configuration is most likely causing the issue?

Question 11mediummultiple choice
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An SAP Basis administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP application server running on an Amazon EC2 instance. The administrator notices high CPU utilization. Which AWS tool can provide detailed insights into the CPU usage at the process level without installing additional agents?

Question 12hardmultiple choice
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An SAP Basis administrator is troubleshooting a slow-running SAP HANA query. The administrator wants to identify which SQL statements are consuming the most CPU time in the HANA database. Which SAP HANA view or tool should they query?

Question 13mediumdrag order
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Drag and drop the steps to troubleshoot an SAP HANA database connection failure from an SAP application in AWS into the correct order.

Drag steps to the numbered slots on the right, or tap a step then tap a slot.

Steps
Order
1Step 1
2Step 2
3Step 3
4Step 4
5Step 5
Question 14easymultiple choice
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A DevOps engineer is troubleshooting an AWS CodePipeline that fails at the Deploy stage. The pipeline deploys a static website to an S3 bucket configured for website hosting. The error message indicates 'Access Denied' when the pipeline tries to upload files. Which IAM policy should be attached to the CodePipeline service role to resolve this?

Question 15hardmulti select
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A company runs SAP S/4HANA on AWS using a multi-ABAP application server setup with a central services instance (ASCS) and enqueue replication. After a recent OS patching, the secondary application server fails to start, with errors indicating it cannot connect to the enqueue replication server (ERS). The ERS process is running on the ASCS instance. The network team confirms that security groups and NACLs are properly configured. Which THREE steps should be taken to resolve this issue? (Choose three.)

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Frequently asked questions

What does the PAS-C01 exam test about Troubleshooting?
Troubleshooting 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 Troubleshooting questions in a focused session?
Yes — the session launcher on this page draws every question from the Troubleshooting domain. Use a 10-question session first to gauge your baseline, then move to 20 or 30 once the weak spots are clear.
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