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A mobile game studio is launching a new multiplayer game. To support a global player base, the studio needs to deploy their game backend across multiple regions worldwide to reduce latency for international players. Additionally, the studio wants to eliminate the overhead of buying, racking, and cooling physical hardware in their own facilities.
Which of the following AWS Cloud benefits directly align with these requirements? (Select TWO.)
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Which of the following AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) components is specifically designed to provide temporary security credentials for AWS services or federated users?
A software developer needs to write a custom microservice that reads and writes messages in an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue. Concurrently, a financial administrator needs to perform a one-time visual audit of the company's AWS spending patterns over the last quarter and configure an email alert for when estimated charges exceed a set threshold. Which of the following AWS interaction methods represent the most appropriate choices for these two scenarios? (Select TWO.)
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A software-as-a-service (SaaS) company is designing a backend component to process user-uploaded PDF documents. The processing job runs a proprietary executable that requires a custom Linux library. Each document takes between 2 to 5 seconds to process. The workload is highly unpredictable; the platform receives around 50 uploads scattered throughout a typical day, but can experience brief spikes of up to 1,000 uploads. The company requires a serverless compute option with zero idle costs and sub-second scaling responsiveness to minimize user wait times. Which AWS compute service should the company select to host this component?
A company wants to automate its AWS resource management tasks using command-line shell scripts, and also wants to integrate AWS service operations directly into a custom Java application. Which of the following methods should the company use to meet these requirements? (Select TWO).
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A financial services organization is migrating a containerized application to AWS. The application requires custom kernel-level configurations and third-party security agents to be installed directly on the underlying host operating system for compliance auditing. The team wants to utilize container orchestration to manage the application but must retain full root access to the virtualization host. Which AWS compute option is the most appropriate to satisfy these requirements?
Lumina Learning plans to migrate its on-premises student information portal to the AWS Cloud. The database currently runs on a self-managed Oracle database server. To minimize licensing fees and operational overhead, the company decides to migrate the database to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL while keeping the application server's core code unchanged. Which migration strategy is Lumina Learning using?
A retail company is migrating its microservices-based application to AWS. Each microservice is packaged as a Docker container. The company wants to run these containers without provisioning, configuring, or scaling the underlying virtual servers, and wishes to pay only for the vCPU and memory resources requested by the running containers. Which AWS compute option or launch type best meets these requirements?
A new hospitality booking startup wants to launch an online reservation platform. The team wants to ensure the platform can automatically scale to handle seasonal spikes in user traffic without overprovisioning hardware. Additionally, the startup wants to focus its resources on developing customer-facing features rather than managing physical server racks and power supplies. Which of the following are benefits of the AWS Cloud that directly align with the startup's goals? (Select TWO.)
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A financial institution is deploying a payment gateway on AWS. The institution's compliance policy dictates that all customer transactions must be encrypted at rest using single-tenant cryptographic hardware under the institution's exclusive control. Additionally, all transactional data must be encrypted in transit across all application tiers.
Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following are responsibilities of the customer to meet these security requirements? (Select TWO.)
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A startup is configuring access permissions for a newly deployed multi-tier application. An Amazon EC2 instance needs to retrieve configuration files from an Amazon S3 bucket, while an external systems administrator requires temporary access to troubleshoot EC2 configurations. Which two of the following options represent AWS-recommended practices for securing these access requirements?
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An education technology company is preparing for an independent audit to verify its compliance with international security standards. The compliance team needs to obtain official documentation regarding the security of the AWS physical infrastructure and understand which compliance tasks remain the responsibility of the company. Which of the following actions should the company take to meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)
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A company wants to grant a team of new developers access to manage AWS resources. All developers in the team require the same permissions. Which of the following actions align with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) security best practices to accomplish this? (Select TWO.)
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An online education platform stores student grades and profile details on AWS. To comply with privacy standards, the platform must ensure that data is encrypted both at rest and in transit. Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following actions are responsibilities of the customer? (Select TWO.)
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A cloud administrator is designing the network security architecture for a multi-tier application. The administrator needs to implement a firewall barrier at the boundary of a subnet that evaluates traffic flow in both directions independently (stateless). Which AWS resource must be used to achieve this?
A pharmaceutical research firm is deploying an application that uses Amazon DynamoDB to store proprietary drug discovery data. Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following tasks is the responsibility of the customer?
An educational technology (EdTech) platform experiences extreme traffic fluctuations, with massive user login spikes during midterms and finals, but minimal activity during summer breaks. Historically, the company had to pre-purchase and configure physical servers to handle peak demand, resulting in underutilized infrastructure for most of the year. By moving to AWS, the platform can automatically scale its resources up and down to match user demand dynamically. Which benefit of the AWS Cloud does this business case describe?
A systems administrator needs to deploy a workload on a virtual machine in AWS. The administrator requires full administrative control over the guest operating system, including the ability to apply custom kernel patches and configure directory services. Which AWS compute service should the administrator use to meet these requirements?
A financial technology organization is designing a disaster recovery strategy. The cloud engineering team must meet two primary requirements:
1. Define and deploy identical multi-tier environments across multiple AWS Regions automatically using templated configurations.
2. Build a custom internal monitoring portal that programmatically queries the deployment state and resource metadata of these environments.
Which combination of AWS deployment and operating methods will satisfy these requirements? (Select TWO.)
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ApexMart, a retail company, is planning to migrate its legacy on-premises web server to AWS EC2 instances with no changes to the application code or configuration. The company also wants to transition its IT budget from upfront hardware investments to a pay-as-you-go model. Which two of the following statements correctly describe the migration strategy used for the web server and the financial benefit of this migration?
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