AWS Cloud Technical Essentials Week One Quiz Answers

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AWS Cloud Technical Essentials Week One Quiz Answers

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Question 1

What are the four main factors you should take into consideration when choosing a Region?

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Latency, security, high availability, and resiliency

Latency, high availability, taxes, and compliance

Latency, taxes, speed, and compliance

Latency, price, service availability, and compliance

2.

Question 2

True or false: Every action you take in AWS is an API call.

1 / 1 point

True

False

3.

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Regions, Availability Zones and data centers?

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Regions are clusters of Availability Zones. Availability Zones are clusters of data centers. 

Availability Zones are clusters of Regions. Regions are clusters of data centers.

Data centers are clusters of Regions. Regions are clusters of Availability Zones. 

Data centers are cluster of Availability Zones. Regions are clusters of Availability Zones. 

4.

Question 4

Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?

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Run and maintain your own data centers.

Increase time-to-market.

Go global in minutes.

Overprovision for scale.

5.

Question 5

True or false: In the cloud, instead of physically managing hardware, you use services.

1 / 1 point

True

False

6.

Question 6

Which of the following is a best practice when securing the AWS root user?

1 / 1 point

Enable MFA for the root user

Using the root user for routine administrative tasks

Disabling or deleting the access keys associated with the root user

A and B

A and C

7.

Question 7

Users in your company are authenticated in your corporate network and want to be able to use AWS without having to sign in again. Which AWS authentication option should you use?

1 / 1 point

IAM Role

IAM Group

IAM User

AWS Root User

8.

Question 8

Which of the following can be found in an IAM policy?

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Effect

Action

Object

A and B

B and C

9.

Question 9

True or false: IAM policies can restrict the actions of the AWS root user.

1 / 1 point

True

False

10.

Question 10

Using a username and password, as well as a one-time passcode, to log in to an account is an example of multi-factor authentication.

1 / 1 point

True

False