- (Exam Topic 3)
A company is launching a new application in the AWS Cloud. The application will run on an Amazon EC2 instance. More EC2 instances will be needed when the workload increases.
Which AWS service or tool can the company use to launch the number of EC2 instances that will be needed to handle the workload?

1. A. Elastic Load Balancing
2. B. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
3. C. AWS App2Container (A2C)
4. D. AWS Systems Manager

Correct Answer: B
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is an AWS feature that automatically optimizes the number of EC2 instances (by scaling up or scaling down) available to your workloads or app based on workloads' performance and
pre-defined conditions. Your team firstly creates Auto Scaling Groups, which comprises EC2 instances.

- (Exam Topic 1)
A company needs a centralized, secure way to create and manage cryptographic keys. The company will use the keys across a wide range of AWS services and applications. The company needs to track and document when the keys are created, used, and deleted.
Which AWS service or feature will meet these requirements?

1. A. AWS Secrets Manager
2. B. AWS License Manager
3. C. AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
4. D. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)

Correct Answer: D
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) makes it easy for you to create and manage cryptographic keys and control their use across a wide range of AWS services and in your applications. AWS KMS is a secure and resilient service that uses hardware security modules that have been validated under FIPS 140-2, or are in the process of being validated, to protect your keys. AWS KMS is integrated with AWS CloudTrail to provide you with logs of all key usage to help meet your regulatory and compliance needs.

- (Exam Topic 3)
Which characteristic of the AWS Cloud helps users eliminate underutilized CPU capacity?

1. A. Agility
2. B. Elasticity
3. C. Reliability
4. D. Durability

Correct Answer: B

- (Exam Topic 3)
A company needs to organize its resources and track AWS costs on a detailed level. The company needs to categorize costs by business department, environment, and application.
Which solution will meet these requirements?

1. A. Access the AWS Cost Management console to organize resources, set an AWS budget, and receive notifications of unintentional usage.
2. B. Use tags to organize the resource
3. C. Activate cost allocation tags to track AWS costs on a detailed level.
4. D. Create Amazon CloudWatch dashboards to visually organize and track costs individually.
5. E. Access the AWS Billing and Cost Management dashboard to organize and track resource consumption on a detailed level.

Correct Answer: A

- (Exam Topic 1)
Which AWS service allows for file sharing between multiple Amazon EC2 instances?

1. A. AWS Direct Connect
2. B. AWS Snowball Edge
3. C. AWS Backup
4. D. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

Correct Answer: D
Amazon EFS provides shared file storage for use with compute instances in the AWS Cloud and on-premises servers. Applications that require shared file access can use Amazon EFS for reliable file storage delivering high aggregate throughput to thousands of clients simultaneously.