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A company uses Amazon S3 to store large files that are frequently accessed for the first 30 days after upload. After 30 days, access frequency drops significantly but users still need retrieval within minutes. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize storage costs while ensuring low-latency access for frequently accessed files and automatic optimization for changing access patterns. Which S3 storage class configuration should the company use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Distractor review
Use S3 Standard for all objects, and manually move older objects to S3 Standard-IA after 30 days.
Manual moves are error-prone and incur overhead. Also, S3 Standard is more expensive for infrequently accessed data.
B
Best answer
Use S3 Intelligent-Tiering
S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically optimizes costs by moving objects between frequent and infrequent access tiers based on usage. It provides low latency and no retrieval charges, making it ideal for data with fluctuating access patterns.
C
Distractor review
Use S3 Standard-IA for all objects, and accept higher retrieval costs for the first 30 days.
Standard-IA has per-GB retrieval charges and is not cost-effective for frequently accessed data.
D
Distractor review
Use S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
Glacier Instant Retrieval is for long-lived, rarely accessed data that needs immediate retrieval. It has a minimum storage duration charge and is not optimal for data that is frequently accessed for the first 30 days.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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More questions from this exam
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Question 1
A company uses Amazon CloudFront to deliver content to a global audience. The origin is an Application Load Balancer in us-east-1. The SysOps administrator wants to reduce costs by minimizing the number of requests that reach the origin server. Which action should the administrator take?
Question 2
A company runs a batch processing application on Amazon EC2 that runs for 2 hours every night. The workload can tolerate interruptions. Which EC2 purchasing option provides the lowest cost for this use case?
Question 3
A SysOps administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an Amazon RDS DB instance and receive an alarm when CPU utilization exceeds 80% for 5 consecutive minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?
Question 4
A company runs a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application uses session stickiness (sticky sessions) to maintain user sessions. The SysOps administrator notices that when instances are replaced during a scale-in or failure event, users lose their session data. The administrator needs to preserve session data across instance failures without losing stickiness benefits. What should the administrator do?
Question 5
A company runs a production web application on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application experiences a predictable and steady workload 24/7. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize compute costs for this instance while ensuring it remains available during the expected workload. Which EC2 purchasing option should the administrator use?
Question 6
A company has a VPC with public and private subnets. The private subnets host application servers that need to make outbound HTTPS connections to the internet. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution that provides outbound internet connectivity while preventing inbound connections from the internet. Additionally, the solution must allow the company to control which domains the application servers can access. Which solution should the administrator implement?
FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SOA-C02 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Use S3 Intelligent-Tiering — S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves objects between two access tiers (frequent and infrequent) based on changing access patterns, with no retrieval charges and low per-object monitoring fee. It is ideal for data with unknown or changing patterns. Option A (Standard only) would be more expensive for infrequently accessed data. Option B (Standard-IA) would incur retrieval charges and is not optimal for frequently accessed data. Option D (Glacier) has a retrieval time of minutes to hours and is not suitable for data that needs quick retrieval even after 30 days.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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