CCP Certified Cloud Practitioner 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service provides a managed NoSQL database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance?
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon DynamoDB (Correct answer)
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon ElastiCache
Correct answer: Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.
Question 2: A company wants to run code without provisioning or managing servers. Which AWS service should they use?
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon ECS
- AWS Lambda (Correct answer)
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Correct answer: AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda lets you run code without provisioning servers, charging only for compute time consumed during execution.
Question 3: Which of the following is an AWS global infrastructure component that consists of one or more data centers?
- Availability Zone (Correct answer)
- Edge Location
- Local Zone
- Wavelength Zone
Correct answer: Availability Zone
An Availability Zone is one or more discrete data centers within an AWS Region, each with redundant power, networking, and connectivity.
Question 4: Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which task is AWS responsible for?
- Managing customer data encryption
- Patching the guest operating system on EC2
- Maintaining the physical security of data centers (Correct answer)
- Configuring security groups
Correct answer: Maintaining the physical security of data centers
AWS is responsible for the security OF the cloud, including physical infrastructure, hardware, and data center security.
Question 5: Which AWS pricing model allows customers to commit to a consistent amount of usage for 1 or 3 years in exchange for significant discounts?
- On-Demand Instances
- Spot Instances
- Reserved Instances (Correct answer)
- Dedicated Hosts
Correct answer: Reserved Instances
Reserved Instances offer up to 75% discount compared to On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment.
Question 6: Which AWS service helps you centrally manage billing and access for multiple AWS accounts?
- AWS IAM
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Organizations (Correct answer)
- AWS Config
Correct answer: AWS Organizations
AWS Organizations lets you consolidate multiple AWS accounts into an organization for centralized management and billing.
Question 7: What is the purpose of an Amazon S3 bucket policy?
- To define lifecycle rules for objects
- To control access permissions to the bucket and its objects (Correct answer)
- To enable versioning on the bucket
- To configure cross-region replication
Correct answer: To control access permissions to the bucket and its objects
An S3 bucket policy is a resource-based policy that grants or denies access to the bucket and its objects for specified principals.
CCP Certified Cloud Practitioner 2
Which AWS service provides a managed NoSQL database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance?