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What is an AWS Region?
A geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones.
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What is an Availability Zone (AZ)?
One or more isolated data centers within a region.
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What is an Edge Location?
A site for caching content via CloudFront to reduce latency.
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Who is responsible for security of the cloud?
AWS (hardware, infrastructure, hypervisor).
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Who is responsible for security in the cloud?
The customer (data, IAM, OS, encryption).
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What is the recommended IAM principle?
Least privilege.
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What is an IAM User?
An identity with long-term credentials for a person or app.
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What is an IAM Role?
A temporary set of permissions assumed by entities or AWS services.
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Best practice for app access to AWS resources?
Use IAM Roles instead of hard-coded credentials.
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What does IAM Policy do?
Defines permissions.
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How can you increase IAM security?
Enable MFA (multi-factor authentication).
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What does AWS Shield do?
Protects against DDoS attacks.
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What is AWS WAF?
Web Application Firewall for filtering HTTP/HTTPS requests.
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What is AWS CloudTrail?
Logs API calls for auditing.
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What is AWS CloudWatch?
Monitors resources and applications with logs and metrics.
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What is AWS Config?
Tracks resource configurations for compliance.
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What is EC2?
Virtual servers in the cloud.
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What is AWS Lambda?
Serverless compute service running code without managing servers.
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What is Elastic Beanstalk?
Managed platform for deploying applications.
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What is S3?
Scalable object storage.
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What is EBS?
Block storage for EC2.
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What is EFS?
Managed network file system.
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What is Glacier?
Low-cost archival storage.
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What is RDS?
Managed relational database service.
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What is DynamoDB?
Managed NoSQL database.
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What is Redshift?
Data warehousing for analytics.
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What is VPC?
Virtual private cloud—isolated network environment.
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What is Route 53?
DNS service.
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What is CloudFront?
Content Delivery Network (CDN) using Edge Locations.
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What is API Gateway?
Managed service for creating APIs.
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What is On-Demand pricing?
Pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no long-term commitment.
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What is Reserved pricing?
Commit to 1 or 3 years for a discount.
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What are Savings Plans?
Flexible pricing model for committed usage.
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What are Spot Instances?
Use unused EC2 capacity at steep discounts.
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What is the Free Tier?
Limited free usage for 12 months or always free services.
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What is AWS Pricing Calculator?
Estimates monthly costs.
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What is AWS Cost Explorer?
Tracks spending and usage trends.
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What are AWS Budgets?
Set cost limits and receive alerts.
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Where can you view consolidated billing?
Billing Dashboard.
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How to reduce EC2 costs?
Use Spot Instances, Reserved Instances, or Savings Plans.
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How to optimize storage costs?
Use S3 lifecycle policies, Glacier for infrequent access.
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What service to monitor costs?
Cost Explorer.
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Name the 6 Well-Architected Framework pillars.
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Which pillar focuses on minimizing costs?
Cost Optimization.
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What are the four AWS Support Plans?
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Which plan includes a TAM (Technical Account Manager)?
Enterprise.
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Which plan is free?
Basic.
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Which plans offer 24/7 support?
Business and Enterprise.
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What is an AWS Region?
A geographic area containing multiple Availability Zones.
What is an Availability Zone (AZ)?
One or more isolated data centers within a region.
What is an Edge Location?
A site for caching content via CloudFront to reduce latency.
Who is responsible for security of the cloud?
AWS (hardware, infrastructure, hypervisor).
Who is responsible for security in the cloud?
The customer (data, IAM, OS, encryption).
What is the recommended IAM principle?
Least privilege.
What is an IAM User?
An identity with long-term credentials for a person or app.
What is an IAM Role?
A temporary set of permissions assumed by entities or AWS services.
Best practice for app access to AWS resources?
Use IAM Roles instead of hard-coded credentials.
What does IAM Policy do?
Defines permissions.
How can you increase IAM security?
Enable MFA (multi-factor authentication).
What does AWS Shield do?
Protects against DDoS attacks.
What is AWS WAF?
Web Application Firewall for filtering HTTP/HTTPS requests.
What is AWS CloudTrail?
Logs API calls for auditing.
What is AWS CloudWatch?
Monitors resources and applications with logs and metrics.
What is AWS Config?
Tracks resource configurations for compliance.
What is EC2?
Virtual servers in the cloud.
What is AWS Lambda?
Serverless compute service running code without managing servers.
What is Elastic Beanstalk?
Managed platform for deploying applications.
What is S3?
Scalable object storage.
What is EBS?
Block storage for EC2.
What is EFS?
Managed network file system.
What is Glacier?
Low-cost archival storage.
What is RDS?
Managed relational database service.
What is DynamoDB?
Managed NoSQL database.
What is Redshift?
Data warehousing for analytics.
What is VPC?
Virtual private cloud—isolated network environment.
What is Route 53?
DNS service.
What is CloudFront?
Content Delivery Network (CDN) using Edge Locations.
What is API Gateway?
Managed service for creating APIs.
What is On-Demand pricing?
Pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no long-term commitment.
What is Reserved pricing?
Commit to 1 or 3 years for a discount.
What are Savings Plans?
Flexible pricing model for committed usage.
What are Spot Instances?
Use unused EC2 capacity at steep discounts.
What is the Free Tier?
Limited free usage for 12 months or always free services.
What is AWS Pricing Calculator?
Estimates monthly costs.
What is AWS Cost Explorer?
Tracks spending and usage trends.
What are AWS Budgets?
Set cost limits and receive alerts.
Where can you view consolidated billing?
Billing Dashboard.
How to reduce EC2 costs?
Use Spot Instances, Reserved Instances, or Savings Plans.
How to optimize storage costs?
Use S3 lifecycle policies, Glacier for infrequent access.
What service to monitor costs?
Cost Explorer.
Name the 6 Well-Architected Framework pillars.
Which pillar focuses on minimizing costs?
Cost Optimization.
What are the four AWS Support Plans?
Which plan includes a TAM (Technical Account Manager)?
Enterprise.
Which plan is free?
Basic.
Which plans offer 24/7 support?
Business and Enterprise.
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