AWS Serverless Architecture and AWS Lambda

Question 1

What is the maximum execution timeout for an AWS Lambda function?

Accepted Answer

15 minutes

Answer

5 minutes

Answer

30 minutes

Answer

60 minutes

Question 2

Which AWS service allows you to run containers in a serverless manner without managing the underlying servers?

Accepted Answer

AWS Fargate

Answer

Amazon ECS with EC2 launch type

Answer

Amazon EKS on EC2

Answer

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

Question 3

What is the maximum size of a Lambda deployment package uploaded directly (not via Amazon S3)?

Accepted Answer

50 MB

Answer

10 MB

Answer

250 MB

Answer

500 MB

Question 4

Which of the following can act as an event source trigger for an AWS Lambda function?

Accepted Answer

Amazon S3 object creation

Answer

Amazon EC2 instance state change via console

Answer

AWS Direct Connect link establishment

Answer

Amazon VPC peering connection creation

Question 5

In a serverless architecture, what does the term 'cold start' refer to?

Accepted Answer

The initial latency when Lambda initializes a new execution environment after inactivity

Answer

Lambda functions deployed in cold geographic regions

Answer

The cost overhead of running Lambda in reserved concurrency mode

Answer

The process of archiving an idle Lambda function to Glacier

Question 6

Which Lambda concurrency feature pre-initializes execution environments to eliminate cold start latency?

Accepted Answer

Provisioned concurrency

Answer

Reserved concurrency

Answer

On-demand concurrency

Answer

Burst concurrency

Question 7

What is the default memory allocation for a newly created AWS Lambda function?

Accepted Answer

128 MB

Answer

64 MB

Answer

256 MB

Answer

512 MB