Labour Day Sale - Limited Time 70% Discount Offer - Ends in 0d 00h 00m 00s - Coupon code: mxmas70

Home > Amazon Web Services > AWS Certified Associate > SOA-C02

SOA-C02 AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) Question and Answers

Question # 4

A SysOps administrator uses AWS Systems Manager Session Manager to connect to instances After the SysOps administrator launches a new Amazon EC2 instance the EC2 instance does not appear in the Session Manager list of systems that are available for connection. The SysOps administrator verities that Systems Manager Agent is installed updated and running on the EC2 instance

What is the reason for this issue?

A.

The SysOps administrator does not have access to the key pair that is required for connection

B.

The SysOps administrator has not attached a security group to the EC2 instance to allow SSH on port 22.

C.

The EC2 instance does not have an attached IAM role that allows Session Manager to connect to the EC2 instance.

D.

The EC2 instance ID has not been entered into the Session Manager configuration

Full Access
Question # 5

A company is using an Amazon DynamoDB table for data. A SysOps administrator must configure replication of the table to another AWS Region for disaster recovery.

What should the SysOps administrator do to meet this requirement?

A.

Enable DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX).

B.

Enable DynamoDB Streams, and add a global secondary index (GSI).

C.

Enable DynamoDB Streams, and-add a global table Region.

D.

Enable point-in-time recovery.

Full Access
Question # 6

A company has a stateful web application that is hosted on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. The instances run behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB) that has a single target group. The ALB is configured as the origin in an Amazon CloudFront distribution. Users are reporting random logouts from the web application.

Which combination of actions should a SysOps administrator take to resolve this problem? (Select TWO.)

A.

Change to the least outstanding requests algorithm on the ALB target group.

B.

Configure cookie forwarding in the CloudFront distribution cache behavior.

C.

Configure header forwarding in the CloudFront distribution cache behavior.

D.

Enable group-level stickiness on the ALB listener rule.

E.

Enable sticky sessions on the ALB target group.

Full Access
Question # 7

A SysOps administrator needs to develop a solution that provides email notification and inserts a record into a database every time a file is put into an Amazon S3 bucket.

What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

A.

Set up an S3 event notification that targets an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic Create two subscriptions for the SNS topic Use one subscription to send the email notification Use the other subscription to invoke an AWS Lambda function that inserts the record into the database

B.

Set up an Amazon CloudWatch alarm that enters ALARM state whenever an object is created in the S3 bucket Configure the alarm to invoke an AWS Lambda (unction that sends the email notification and inserts the record into the database

C.

Create an AWS Lambda function to send the email notification and insert the record into the database whenever a new object is detected in the S3 bucket invoke the function every minute with an Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) scheduled rule.

D.

Set up two S3 event notifications Target a separate AWS Lambda function with each notification Configure one function to send the email notification Configure the other function to insert the record into the database

Full Access
Question # 8

An Amazon EC2 instance needs to be reachable from the internet. The EC2 instance is in a subnet with the following route table:

Which entry must a SysOps administrator add to the route table to meet this requirement?

A.

A route for 0.0.0.0/0 that points to a NAT gateway

B.

A route for 0.0.0.0/0 that points to an egress-only internet gateway

C.

A route for 0.0.0.0/0 that points to an internet gateway

D.

A route for 0.0.0.0/0 that points to an elastic network interface

Full Access
Question # 9

A company stores files on 50 Amazon S3 buckets in the same AWS Region The company wants to connect to the S3 buckets securely over a private connection from its Amazon EC2 instances The company needs a solution that produces no additional cost

Which solution will meet these requirements?

A.

Create a gateway VPC endpoint lor each S3 bucket Attach the gateway VPC endpoints to each subnet inside the VPC

B.

Create an interface VPC endpoint (or each S3 bucket Attach the interface VPC endpoints to each subnet inside the VPC

C.

Create one gateway VPC endpoint for all the S3 buckets Add the gateway VPC endpoint to the VPC route table

D.

Create one interface VPC endpoint for all the S3 buckets Add the interface VPC endpoint to the VPC route table

Full Access
Question # 10

A SysOps administrator is unable to launch Amazon EC2 instances into a VPC because there are no available private IPv4 addresses in the VPC. Which combination of actions must the SysOps administrator take to launch the instances? (Select TWO.)

A.

Associate a secondary IPv4 CIDR block with the VPC

B.

Associate a primary IPv6 CIDR block with the VPC

C.

Create a new subnet for the VPC

D.

Modify the CIDR block of the VPC

E.

Modify the CIDR block of the subnet that is associated with the instances

Full Access
Question # 11

A webpage is stored in an Amazon S3 bucket behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). Configure the SS bucket to serve a static error page in the event of a failure at the primary site.

1. Use the us-east-2 Region for all resources.

2. Unless specified below, use the default configuration settings.

3. There is an existing hosted zone named lab-

751906329398-26023898.com that contains an A record with a simple routing policy that routes traffic to an existing ALB.

4. Configure the existing S3 bucket named lab-751906329398-26023898.com as a static hosted website using the object named index.html as the index document

5. For the index-html object, configure the S3 ACL to allow for public read access. Ensure public access to the S3 bucketjs allowed.

6. In Amazon Route 53, change the A record for domain lab-751906329398-26023898.com to a primary record for a failover routing policy. Configure the record so that it evaluates the health of the ALB to determine failover.

7. Create a new secondary failover alias record for the domain lab-751906329398-26023898.com that routes traffic to the existing 53 bucket.

Full Access
Question # 12

If your AWS Management Console browser does not show that you are logged in to an AWS account, close the browser and relaunch the

console by using the AWS Management Console shortcut from the VM desktop.

If the copy-paste functionality is not working in your environment, refer to the instructions file on the VM desktop and use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V or Command-C , Command-V.

Configure Amazon EventBridge to meet the following requirements.

1. use the us-east-2 Region for all resources,

2. Unless specified below, use the default configuration settings.

3. Use your own resource naming unless a resource

name is specified below.

4. Ensure all Amazon EC2 events in the default event

bus are replayable for the past 90 days.

5. Create a rule named RunFunction to send the exact message every 1 5 minutes to an existing AWS Lambda function named LogEventFunction.

6. Create a rule named SpotWarning to send a notification to a new standard Amazon SNS topic named TopicEvents whenever an Amazon EC2

Spot Instance is interrupted. Do NOT create any topic subscriptions. The notification must match the following structure:

Input Path:

{“instance” : “$.detail.instance-id”}

Input template:

“ The EC2 Spot Instance has been on account.

Full Access
Question # 13

A company is migrating its production file server to AWS. All data that is stored on the file server must remain accessible if an Availability Zone becomes unavailable or when system maintenance is performed. Users must be able to interact with the file server through the SMB protocol. Users also must have the ability to manage file permissions by using Windows ACLs.

Which solution will net these requirements?

A.

Create a single AWS Storage Gateway file gateway.

B.

Create an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Multi-AZ file system.

C.

Deploy two AWS Storage Gateway file gateways across two Availability Zones. Configure an Application Load Balancer in front of the file gateways.

D.

Deploy two Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Single-AZ 2 file systems. Configure Microsoft Distributed File System Replication (DFSR).

Full Access
Question # 14

A company uses Amazon S3 to aggregate raw video footage from various media teams across the US. The company recently expanded into new geographies in Europe and Australia. The technical teams located in Europe and Australia reported delays when uploading large video tiles into the destination S3 bucket m toe United States.

What are the MOST cost-effective ways to increase upload speeds into the S3 bucket? (Select TWO.)

A.

Create multiple AWS Direct Connect connections between AWS and branch offices in Europe and Australia tor He uploads into the destination S3 bucket

B.

Create multiple AWS Site-to-Site VPN connections between AWS and branch offices in Europe and Australia for file uploads into the destination S3 bucket.

C.

Use Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration for file uploads into the destination S3 bucket.

D.

Use AWS Global Accelerator for file uploads into the destination S3 bucket from the branch offices in Europe and Australia.

E.

Use multipart uploads for file uploads into the destination S3 bucket from the branch offices in Europe and Australia.

Full Access
Question # 15

A company is deploying a third-party unit testing solution that is delivered as an Amazon EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI). All system configuration data is stored in Amazon DynamoDB. The testing results are stored in Amazon S3.

A minimum of three EC2 instances are required to operate the product. The company's testing team wants to use an additional three EC2 Instances when the Spot Instance prices are at a certain threshold. A SysOps administrator must Implement a highly available solution that provides this functionality.

Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?

A.

Define an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group by using a launch configuration. Use the provided AMI In the launch configuration. Configure three On-Demand Instances and three Spot Instances. Configure a maximum Spot Instance price In the launch configuration.

B.

Define an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group by using a launch template. Use the provided AMI in the launch template. Configure three On-Demand Instances and three Spot Instances. Configure a maximum Spot Instance price In the launch template.

C.

Define two Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups by using launch configurations. Use the provided AMI in the launch configurations. Configure three On-Demand Instances for one Auto Scaling group. Configure three Spot Instances for the other Auto Scaling group. Configure a maximum Spot Instance price in the launch configuration for the Auto Scaling group that has Spot Instances.

D.

Define two Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups by using launch templates. Use the provided AMI in the launch templates. Configure three On-Demand

Instances for one Auto Scaling group. Configure three Spot Instances for the other Auto Scaling group. Configure a maximum Spot Instance price in the launch template for the Auto Scaling group that has Spot Instances.

Full Access
Question # 16

A company has a mobile app that uses Amazon S3 to store images The images are popular for a week, and then the number of access requests decreases over time The images must be highly available and must be immediately accessible upon request A SysOps administrator must reduce S3 storage costs for the company Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

A.

Create an S3 Lifecycle policy to transition the images to S3 Glacier after 7 days

B.

Create an S3 Lifecycle policy to transition the images to S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA) after 7 days

C.

Create an S3 Lifecycle policy to transition the images to S3 Standard after 7 days

D.

Create an S3 Lifecycle policy to transition the images to S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA) after 7 days

Full Access
Question # 17

While setting up an AWS managed VPN connection, a SysOps administrator creates a customer gateway resource in AWS The customer gateway device resides in a data center with a NAT gateway in front of it

What address should be used to create the customer gateway resource?

A.

The private IP address of the customer gateway device

B.

The MAC address of the NAT device in front of the customer gateway device

C.

The public IP address of the customer gateway device

D.

The public IP address of the NAT device in front of the customer gateway device

Full Access
Question # 18

A SysOps administrator is deploying a test site running on Amazon EC2 instances. The application requires both incoming and outgoing connectivity to the internet.

Which combination of steps are required to provide internet connectivity to the EC2 instances? (Choose two.)

A.

Add a NAT gateway to a public subnet.

B.

Attach a private address to the elastic network interface on the EC2 instance.

C.

Attach an Elastic IP address to the internet gateway.

D.

Add an entry to the route table for the subnet that points to an internet gateway.

E.

Create an internet gateway and attach it to a VPC.

Full Access
Question # 19

A company wants to build a solution for its business-critical Amazon RDS for MySQL database. The database requires high availability across different geographic locations. A SysOps administrator must build a solution to handle a disaster recovery (DR) scenario with the lowest recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO).

Which solution meets these requirements?

A.

Create automated snapshots of the database on a schedule. Copy the snapshots to the DR Region.

B.

Create a cross-Region read replica for the database.

C.

Create a Multi-AZ read replica for the database.

D.

Schedule AWS Lambda functions to create snapshots of the source database and to copy the snapshots to a DR Region.

Full Access
Question # 20

A company hosts an online shopping portal in the AWS Cloud. The portal provides HTTPS security by using a TLS certificate on an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB). Recently, the portal suffered an outage because the TLS certificate expired. A SysOps administrator must create a solution to automatically renew certificates to avoid this issue in the future.

What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?

A.

Request a public certificate by using AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). Associate the certificate from ACM with the ELB. Write a scheduled AWS Lambda function to renew the certificate every 18 months.

B.

Request a public certificate by using AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). Associate the certificate from ACM with the ELB. ACM will automatically manage the renewal of the certificate.

C.

Register a certificate with a third-party certificate authority (CA). Import this certificate into AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). Associate the certificate from ACM with the ELB. ACM will automatically manage the renewal of the certificate.

D.

Register a certificate with a third-party certificate authority (CA). Configure the ELB to import the certificate directly from the CA. Set the certificate refresh cycle on the ELB to refresh when the certificate is within 3 months of the expiration date.

Full Access
Question # 21

A company is using an AWS KMS customer master key (CMK) with imported key material The company references the CMK by its alias in the Java application to encrypt data The CMK must be rotated every 6 months

What is the process to rotate the key?

A.

Enable automatic key rotation for the CMK and specify a period of 6 months

B.

Create a new CMK with new imported material, and update the key alias to point to the new CMK.

C.

Delete the current key material, and import new material into the existing CMK

D.

Import a copy of the existing key material into a new CMK as a backup, and set the rotation schedule for 6 months

Full Access
Question # 22

A SysOps administrator must create an IAM policy for a developer who needs access to specific AWS services. Based on the requirements, the SysOps administrator creates the following policy:

Which actions does this policy allow? (Select TWO.)

A.

Create an AWS Storage Gateway.

B.

Create an IAM role for an AWS Lambda function.

C.

Delete an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue.

D.

Describe AWS load balancers.

E.

Invoke an AWS Lambda function.

Full Access
Question # 23

A company hosts its website in the us-east-1 Region. The company is preparing to deploy its website into the eu-central-1 Region. Website visitors who are located in Europe should access the website that is hosted in eu-central-1. All other visitors access the website that is hosted in us-east-1. The company uses Amazon Route 53 to manage the website's DNS records.

Which routing policy should a SysOps administrator apply to the Route 53 record set to meet these requirements?

A.

Geolocation routing policy

B.

Geoproximity routing policy

C.

Latency routing policy

D.

Multivalue answer routing policy

Full Access