ST-2 Sample MCQ
ST-2 Sample MCQ
5) Which volume type is designed for frequently accessed workloads and provides
a balance of price and performance?
a. General Purpose SSD (gp2)
b. Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
c. Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
d. Magnetic (standard)
13) Which of the following is NOT an instance type offered by Amazon EC2?
a. T2
b. M5
c. R4
d. X1
14) Which AWS service can be used to monitor the status and health of VPN
connections?
a. AWS CloudTrail
b. AWS CloudWatch
c. Amazon VPC Flow Logs
d. AWS VPN CloudHub
15) Which AWS service enables you to publish custom metrics to Amazon
CloudWatch?
a. AWS Lambda
b. AWS S3
c. Amazon RDS
d. Amazon EC2
16) Which of the following database engines is not supported by Amazon RDS?
a. MYSQL
b. Postgress
c. MongoDB
d. Oracle
17) Which load balancer type operates at the transport layer (Layer 4) of the
OSI model?
a. Network Load Balancer
b. Application Load Balancer
c. Classic Load Balancer
d. None of the above
22) Which AWS service allows you to create and manage a virtual private
cloud (VPC)?
a. AWS CloudTrail
b. AWS config
c. AWS CloudFormation
d. Amazon VPC
25) What is the maximum size of a single object that can be stored in Amazon
S3?
a. 1 GB
b. 5 GB
c. 10 GB
d. 5TB
27) Which AWS service is responsible for managing backups in Amazon RDS?
a. Amazon S3
b. Amazon RDS itself
c. Amazon Glacier
d. Amazon EBS
28) What feature allows you to create point-in-time snapshots of Amazon EBS
volumes?
a. Amazon Glacier
b. Amazon S3
c. Amazon EBS Snapshots
d. Amazon CloudWatch
29) Which VPN protocol is commonly used with AWS VPN?
a. SSL/TLS VPN
b. PPTP VPN
c. IPsec VPN
d. L2TP VPN
30) Which AWS service allows you to reserve capacity for EC2 instances and
reduce costs?
a. AWS Cost Explorer
b. AWS Budgets
c. AWS Trusted Advisor
d. AWS Savings Plans
31) Which AWS service provides a fully managed virtual private cloud for
running containerized applications?
a. Amazon EC2
b. Amazon S3
c. Amazon VPC
d. Amazon ECS
34) Which of the following instance types in Amazon EC2 is optimized for high-
performance databases and large-scale in-memory caching?
a. T2 instances
b. M5 instances
c. R5 instances
d. C5 instances
36) What is the default durability level provided by Amazon S3 for storing
objects?
a. 99.90%
b. 99.99%
c. 99.999999999% (11 9's)
d. 99.9999999% (9 9's)
37) Which AWS service can be integrated with Amazon S3 for data transfer
and processing?
a. Amazon EC2
b. Amazon DynamoDB
c. AWS Lambda
d. All of the above
38) Which of the following volume types offers the highest level of
performance?
a. General Purpose SSD (gp2)
b. Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)
c. Cold HDD (sc1)
d. Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
40) Which service is used to create a logically isolated section within the AWS
Cloud?
a. VPC
b. Route53
c. VPN
d. S3
41) Which service provides domain registration and DNS web service?
a. VPC
b. Route53
c. VPN
d. S3
46) Which AWS service is used to route traffic between different VPCs or
networks?
a. VPC Peering
b. Direct Connect
c. VPN
d. Route53
54) Which Elastic Load Balancer type provides support for routing traffic based
on content of the request, such as URL path or host?
a. Application Load Balancer (ALB)
b. Network Load Balancer (NLB)
c. Classic Load Balancer (CLB)
d. None of the above
55) How does Elastic Load Balancing enhance the availability of applications?
a. By distributing incoming traffic across multiple targets
b. By automatically replicating data across multiple regions
c. By encrypting data in transit
d. By implementing firewalls at the network perimeter
59) Which service in AWS is used for managing user access and permissions?
a. S3
b. IAM
c. EC2
d. RDS
72) What is the maximum number of environments allowed per AWS account
in Elastic Beanstalk?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 25
d. There is no limit
96) How can you run a command inside an existing Docker container?
a. docker exec -it container_id /bin/bash
b. docker run -it container_id /bin/bash
c. docker start -it container_id /bin/bash
d. docker attach -it container_id /bin/bash
106) What type of data does Amazon CloudWatch primarily collect and
monitor?
a. Network traffic
b. Log files
c. Performance metrics and logs
d. Storage capacity
113) What is the primary concept in SNS for delivering messages to multiple
subscribers?
a. Channels
b. Topics
c. Queues
d. Buckets
115) Which AWS service provides a fully managed Microsoft Active Directory in
the AWS Cloud?
a. AWS IAM
b. AWS Cognito
c. AWS Directory Service
d. AWS Lambda
116) What does VPC stand for in the context of Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
a. Virtual Private Connection
b. Virtualized Provisioning Control
c. Virtual Private Cloud
d. Visualized Processing Center
118) Which of the following is a valid IP address range for a VPC subnet?
a. 10.0.0.0/8
b. 172.16.0.0/12
c. 192.168.0.0/16
d. All of the above
122) Which of the following is a key consideration for backup and recovery in
the cloud?
a. Color scheme of the interface
b. Speed of internet connection
c. Frequency of backups
d. Type of coffee in the office
124) Which AWS service is primarily used for identity and access management?
a. AWS Lambda
b. Amazon IAM
c. Amazon S3
d. AWS IAM
132) Which AWS tool is used for comprehensive cloud security posture
management?
a. Amazon Inspector
b. AWS Shield
c. AWS Security Hub
d. Amazon Guard Duty
133) What is the main benefit of using Amazon S3 for data storage?
a. Unlimited coffee supply
b. Scalability and durability
c. Instant data deletion
d. Limited storage capacity
145) The AWS Compliance program is designed to help organizations meet what
type of requirements?
a. Coffee quality standards
b. Regulatory compliance
c. Website design trends
d. Social media marketing goals
148) What is the main advantage of using AWS Elastic Beanstalk over AWS EC2
directly?
a. It provides unlimited storage
b. It automatically handles the deployment, from capacity provisioning, load
balancing, and auto-scaling to application health monitoring
c. It offers free domain registration
d. It allows for physical server access
149) What does Amazon Translate provide?
a. Natural language processing
b. Speech recognition
c. Text translation services
d. Fraud detection analysis
159) Amazon EC2 provides scalable computing capacity in the AWS cloud
primarily for what purpose?
a. Email archiving
b. To reduce the time required to obtain and boot new server instances
c. Physical server maintenance
d. Printing services
161) Which AWS service is used for collaborative software development and
version control?
a. AWS Code Commit
b. Amazon S3
c. AWS Lambda
d. Amazon EC2
171) Which AWS service is focused on sending and receiving messages between
software components?
a. Amazon SES
b. Amazon SNS
c. AWS Lambda
d. Amazon SQS
178) In terms of IAM, what is the best practice for granting permissions?
a. Grant full access by default
b. Use IAM roles and temporary credentials when accessing services
c. Share root account credentials with team members
d. Use a single IAM user for all employees
180) Which cloud deployment model provides a high level of security and
control?
A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
182) Which cloud service model offers complete applications to end-users over
the internet?
A. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
B. PaaS (Platform as a Service)
C. SaaS (Software as a Service)
D. Cloud scalability
184) What is the primary use case for Amazon EC2 instances?
A. Storing large amounts of data
B. Running virtual servers
C. Managing relational databases
D. Distributing content
185) What is a key benefit of using Amazon EC2 for computing tasks?
A. High durability
B. Low latency
C. Elasticity of compute capacity
D. Unlimited storage
187) What is the columnar storage used by Amazon Redshift designed for?
Real-time data processing
Analyzing large volumes of data quickly
OLTP applications
Transactional data processing
188) Which AWS service is designed for IoT applications and time series data?
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Timestream
Amazon RDS
Amazon Redshift
190) Which cloud deployment model combines aspects of both public and private
clouds?
A. Public cloud
B. Private cloud
C. Hybrid cloud
D. Community cloud
191) Which service model provides users with access to virtualized hardware
resources over the internet?
A. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
B. PaaS (Platform as a Service)
C. SaaS (Software as a Service)
D. Cloud scalability
194) Which feature of Auto Scaling helps maintain application availability and
performance?
A. Launch configurations
B. Lifecycle hooks
C. Health checks
D. Load balancers
199) What type of cloud service model offers ready-to-use software applications
over the internet?
A. IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
B. PaaS (Platform as a Service)
C. SaaS (Software as a Service)
D. Cloud scalability
204) What are the primary phases in the cloud data lifecycle?
Data generation, data storage
Data collection, data analysis
Data ingestion, data transformation
Data creation, data transmission
206) Which Amazon storage service is designed for low-cost archiving and long-
term backup?
S3 Glacier
S3 Standard
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
S3 One Zone-IA
207) What does the term "Buckets and Objects" refer to in Amazon S3 storage?
Buckets are containers for data objects, and objects are individual files stored within
buckets
Buckets represent data regions, and objects are data partitions within those regions
Buckets are temporary storage areas, and objects are processed data units
Buckets serve as access control mechanisms, and objects are data encryption keys
208) Which storage service is ideal for managing vast amounts of structured data
in the cloud?
Amazon S3
Amazon EBS
Amazon Glacier
Amazon RDS
209) What does IaaS stand for in cloud computing?
A. Internet as a Service
B. Infrastructure as a Service
C. Integration as a Service
D. Interface as a Service
210) Which cloud service model offers development tools and infrastructure to
create and manage applications?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. DaaS
212) Which cloud service model provides software applications over the internet
on a subscription basis?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. MaaS
213) Which cloud service model offers virtualized hardware resources, including
storage and networking?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. XaaS
214) What is the primary use case for Amazon EC2 instances?
A. Storing large amounts of data
B. Running virtual servers
C. Managing relational databases
D. Distributing content