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Management And Technical Operations
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Which THREE services allow you to restrict network access in a cloud VPC?
Hard2A company requires that all cloud logs be retained for seven years for legal compliance. Which service should they configure to ensure logs are moved to the cheapest storage class long-term?
Hard3Which THREE factors influence cloud resource scalability decisions?
Medium4Which THREE cloud service models require different levels of operational management from the customer?
Easy5Which TWO of the following are benefits of using tags on cloud resources?
Medium6Which of the following is an example of 'Infrastructure as Code'?
Easy7Which THREE items should be included in an incident response plan?
Hard8Your team needs to share a large, sensitive file with an external partner. What is the secure way to share this file in the cloud?
Medium9You are troubleshooting a connectivity issue where an application cannot reach a database. Which tool allows you to trace the network path and identify the specific point of failure?
Medium10A security audit requires that all database queries be logged and stored securely. Which feature should be enabled to meet this requirement in a relational database service?
Hard11A developer needs to monitor real-time CPU utilization across a fleet of virtual machines in Azure. Which service should be used to capture and visualize these metrics?
Easy12Which TWO components are essential for a robust cloud disaster recovery plan?
Hard13Which TWO of the following are benefits of using a Content Delivery Network (CDN)?
Medium14Which cloud operation task is primarily responsible for ensuring that the cloud environment adheres to corporate security and regulatory standards?
Easy15Which TWO of the following are common cloud monitoring tasks?
Easy16Which document is essential to review to understand the scope and limitations of a cloud provider's commitment to service uptime?
Easy17A database is experiencing high I/O wait times. Which resource change is most appropriate?
Medium18Which THREE items are considered part of cloud resource maintenance?
Easy19Which THREE actions are best practices for securing a cloud virtual machine?
Hard20You have a fleet of instances that need to automatically update their software patches. What is the best cloud-native approach to manage this?
Hard21You notice that the latency of your web application is increasing. You have determined the database is the bottleneck. What is the most effective way to improve read performance?
Hard22An administrator wants to ensure that a storage bucket is not accidentally deleted. Which feature should be enabled?
Easy23A system administrator needs to automatically replace unhealthy EC2 instances in an AWS Auto Scaling group. Which component must be configured?
Medium24Which TWO of the following are key considerations for cloud operational compliance?
Hard25You are tasked with automating a script that runs every night at 2 AM to clean up temporary files. Which service is most appropriate for triggering this task?
Medium26Which TWO of the following are valid strategies for cloud data migration?
Hard27Which TWO of the following are common cloud deployment patterns?
Medium28A developer needs to update a database schema without losing any existing data. Which concept is essential for this operational task?
Medium29Which protocol is most commonly used for secure, encrypted remote management of Linux-based virtual machines in the cloud?
Medium30You are designing a high-availability architecture. Which configuration ensures that your application is resilient to the failure of an entire physical data center?
Hard31You have a microservices architecture. How can you effectively manage the deployment of configuration changes across hundreds of containers without manual intervention?
Medium32You are notified that an unused storage volume is incurring costs. What is the standard operational procedure to stop these charges?
Easy33Which metric should you monitor to determine if your application's load balancer is struggling with concurrent user connections?
Medium34Which THREE services are typically involved in cloud infrastructure automation?
Medium35You need to restrict outgoing network traffic from a private subnet to only specific API endpoints. Which security component should be configured?
Medium36Your organization uses a 'Shared Responsibility Model'. Which of the following is typically the customer's responsibility in the cloud?
Hard37You are responsible for managing access keys for service accounts. You suspect a key has been compromised. What is the immediate operational step to take?
Hard38You need to ensure that all virtual machines follow a consistent naming convention and have specific tags for cost tracking. What service should you use to enforce this?
Medium39Which TWO things should be checked when a cloud service is exceeding its budget?
Easy40Which THREE factors are primary drivers for cloud cost management?
Easy41Your organization requires that a specific cloud environment be isolated from the internet, yet it must access a private service hosted on another cloud provider. Which networking configuration is most appropriate?
Hard42When a cloud service experiences a global outage, which document should you check to verify the current status of the provider's infrastructure?
Easy43An administrator is setting up a new cloud account. What is the first security best practice they should implement?
Easy44Which THREE of the following are necessary to manage multi-cloud deployments effectively?
Medium45What is the primary benefit of using a Managed Service (like RDS) over a self-managed database on a virtual machine?
Easy46A cloud administrator is tasked with reducing idle resource costs in AWS. Which tool should be configured to provide specific rightsizing recommendations for EC2 instances based on historical utilization data?
Medium47You are migrating a legacy application to the cloud. The application requires an OS that is no longer supported by the provider. Which migration strategy is most appropriate?
Hard48You are managing a multi-cloud environment using Terraform. You need to ensure that the infrastructure state is locked to prevent concurrent modifications during CI/CD pipeline runs. Which backend component should you implement to achieve state locking?
Hard49You are utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates. You notice that a specific resource update is causing service downtime. Which deployment pattern should you adopt to verify updates in a controlled environment before rolling out to production?
Hard50You want to receive an email alert whenever your monthly cloud spending exceeds $500. Which service should you configure?
Easy51You are managing a fleet of cloud servers and notice that CPU usage is consistently at 95% during peak hours. What operational action should you take to restore performance?
Easy52You are implementing a disaster recovery strategy. You need to ensure that database backups are stored in a different geographic region than the primary production database. What is this concept known as in cloud management?
Medium53An organization is migrating to a hybrid cloud model. They require a dedicated, private connection between their on-premises data center and the cloud provider to reduce latency. Which service should be provisioned?
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