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Application Development & DevOps Flashcards

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  1. Which AWS service lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers?

    Answer: AWS Lambda

    Lambda runs code in response to events without server management.

  2. What is the maximum execution timeout for a single AWS Lambda function invocation?

    Answer: 15 minutes

    Lambda functions can run for a maximum of 15 minutes per invocation.

  3. Which service is commonly used to create, publish, and manage REST and HTTP APIs for serverless backends?

    Answer: Amazon API Gateway

    API Gateway acts as the front door for APIs that invoke Lambda or other backends.

  4. In a serverless application, which AWS service provides a NoSQL database that scales automatically with single-digit millisecond latency?

    Answer: Amazon DynamoDB

    DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL key-value and document database built for serverless scale.

  5. What framework, built on CloudFormation, simplifies defining serverless resources with a shorthand syntax?

    Answer: AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)

    SAM extends CloudFormation with simplified syntax for Lambda, APIs, and tables.

  6. Which event source can automatically trigger a Lambda function when an object is uploaded?

    Answer: Amazon S3 event notification

    S3 can emit event notifications that invoke Lambda when objects are created or deleted.

  7. What AWS service lets you coordinate multiple Lambda functions into visual serverless workflows with state management?

    Answer: AWS Step Functions

    Step Functions orchestrates components into state-machine-based workflows.