AWS Solution Architect Professional Exam Questions – SAP-C02 ( 2025 )

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AWS Solution Architect Professional Exam Questions List :

1. A company is building a real-time data analytics platform on AWS. They need to ingest, process, and analyze large volumes of streaming data with low latency. Which combination of AWS services is BEST suited for this use case?

1. Amazon S3, Amazon EMR, and Amazon Redshift.

2. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics, and Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.

3. Amazon SQS, Amazon EC2, and Amazon RDS.

4. Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda, and Amazon DynamoDB.

2. A company wants to migrate its on-premises data warehouse to AWS. They need a fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service that offers fast query performance and integrates with their existing business intelligence tools. Which AWS service is the BEST choice?

1. Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

2. Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

3. Amazon Redshift

4. Amazon DynamoDB

3. A company is using AWS Organizations to manage multiple accounts. They need to ensure that all IAM users across all accounts have multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled. How can they enforce this requirement centrally?

1. Create an IAM policy and attach it to all IAM users in all accounts.

2. Enable MFA at the AWS Organizations level.

3. Use AWS IAM Access Analyzer to identify users without MFA enabled.

4. Create a Service Control Policy (SCP) that denies access to AWS resources if MFA is not enabled.

4. A company is migrating their on-premises applications to AWS. They want to assess the readiness of their applications for cloud migration and identify any potential compatibility issues or dependencies. Which AWS service can help them with this assessment?

1. AWS Trusted Advisor

2. AWS Systems Manager

3. AWS Application Discovery Service

4. AWS Config

5. A company is building a data warehouse solution on AWS and requires the ability to provide different levels of access control to data based on user roles and responsibilities. Some users need full access to all data, while others only need access to specific datasets. Which approach is MOST appropriate for implementing granular access control in this scenario?

1. Create separate AWS accounts for each user role.

2. Use database views and stored procedures to restrict access to specific data.

3. Implement row-level security (RLS) and column-level security (CLS) within the data warehouse database, combined with IAM policies to control access to the data warehouse service itself.

4. Encrypt the data warehouse database and provide decryption keys to only authorized users.

6. Your organization is migrating a large number of file servers to AWS. They need a solution to synchronize data between the on-premises file servers and an AWS storage service efficiently and securely. The solution should also support ongoing replication after the initial migration. Which AWS service is the MOST suitable for this use case?

1. AWS Storage Gateway

2. AWS Snowball Edge

3. AWS DataSync

4. AWS Transfer Family

7. An organization is using multiple AWS accounts for different environments (development, staging, production). They want to automate the deployment of infrastructure and applications across these accounts using a single pipeline. Which AWS service is BEST suited for orchestrating this multi-account deployment?

1. AWS CloudFormation StackSets

2. AWS CodeCommit

3. AWS CodeBuild

4. AWS IAM

8. A company has a complex application with numerous dependencies that they want to migrate to AWS. They are looking for a strategy that minimizes disruption and allows them to migrate components gradually. Which migration strategy would be the MOST appropriate?

1. Rehost (Lift and Shift)

2. Replatform (Lift, Tinker, and Shift)

3. Refactor (Re-architect)

4. Repurchase (Drop and Shop)

9. A global organization needs to deploy a web application with regional specific content. They need to ensure low latency access for users worldwide while complying with data residency requirements for specific regions. Which architectural pattern and set of AWS services would BEST achieve this?

1. Deploy the application in a single AWS region, use CloudFront for global content delivery and use Lambda@Edge to dynamically serve regional content based on user location.

2. Deploy the application in multiple AWS regions, use Route 53 geoproximity routing, store static assets on S3 with cross-region replication, and dynamically serve regional content using regional application servers.

3. Deploy the application in a single AWS region, use S3 Transfer Acceleration for content upload and CloudFront for global content delivery.

4. Deploy the application globally using AWS Global Accelerator and use DynamoDB global tables for data replication.

10. A company is planning to migrate a large number of applications to AWS. They want to centrally manage the migration process, track progress, and ensure consistency across all migrations. Which AWS service can help them achieve this?

1. AWS Organizations

2. AWS Migration Hub

3. AWS Service Catalog

4. AWS CloudFormation

5. Overall explanation

11. A large enterprise is migrating its on-premises data center to AWS. They have several applications that require access to a shared file system. The file system needs to be highly available, scalable, and accessible from both Windows and Linux-based EC2 instances. Which AWS service is BEST suited for this requirement?

1. Amazon EBS with RAID configuration.

2. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System).

3. Amazon S3.

4. AWS Storage Gateway.

12.  A large enterprise is migrating hundreds of applications to AWS. To optimize costs and ensure efficient resource utilization across all applications, they want to implement a tagging strategy. Which AWS service can assist in enforcing tagging policies and generating compliance reports?

1. AWS IAM

2. AWS CloudTrail

3. AWS Config

4. AWS Resource Groups

13. A company has a large number of microservices deployed on AWS. They need to implement a centralized logging solution that allows them to easily search, analyze, and visualize logs from all microservices across multiple AWS accounts. Which AWS service BEST addresses this requirement?

1. Amazon CloudWatch Logs.

2. Amazon S3.

3. AWS CloudTrail.

4. Correct answer

5. Amazon OpenSearch Service (formerly Elasticsearch Service).

14. You are tasked with migrating an application to AWS that relies heavily on shared storage. The application requires low latency access to the storage from multiple EC2 instances. Which AWS service is the MOST appropriate solution?

1. Amazon S3

2. Amazon EBS

3. Amazon EFS

4. AWS Storage Gateway

15. Your company is migrating a large on-premises Oracle database to AWS. The database is 10 TB in size and requires minimal downtime during the migration. You need a solution that offers automated schema and code conversion, and data replication. Which AWS service is the MOST suitable for this migration?

1. AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

2. AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) in conjunction with AWS DMS

3. AWS Snowball Edge

4. AWS DataSync

16. A company is migrating their on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to AWS. They need a solution that allows users to securely access their desktops and applications from any device. They also need to centrally manage the desktop environment and ensure data security. Which AWS service is the BEST choice?

1. Amazon AppStream 2.0

2. Amazon WorkDocs

3. Amazon WorkMail

4. Amazon WorkSpaces

17. A financial services company is modernizing its monolithic application to a microservices architecture on AWS. They need to deploy these microservices using containers and require a solution that offers deep integration with other AWS services and provides a fully managed container orchestration service. Which AWS service should they use?

1. Amazon EC2 with Docker

2. Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) with EC2 launch type

3. Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

4. AWS Fargate with Amazon ECS or EKS

18. Your company is adopting a microservices architecture. You need a secure and efficient way to manage secrets, such as database credentials and API keys, used by these microservices. Which AWS service is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. AWS IAM Role

2. AWS Certificate Manager

3. AWS Secrets Manager

4. AWS Key Management Service (KMS)

19. You are migrating a large number of virtual machines from your on-premises VMware environment to AWS. You need to minimize downtime and automate the migration process. Which AWS service provides the MOST streamlined and automated approach for this task?

1. AWS VM Import/Export

2. AWS Application Discovery Service

3. AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)

4. AWS CloudEndure Migration

20.  A large multinational corporation needs to deploy a globally distributed application with low latency access for users in different geographical regions. They have strict data sovereignty requirements, meaning data generated in a specific region must remain within that region. Which AWS service(s) combination would best satisfy these requirements while minimizing operational overhead?

1. Deploy the application in a single AWS Region using Route 53 for latency-based routing and implement data replication across regions using cross-region read replicas.

2. Deploy the application in multiple AWS Regions using Route 53 for Geo DNS routing, storing data within each region using regional AWS services like DynamoDB or Aurora, and implementing inter-region data replication strategies with strict data residency rules.

3. Deploy the application in a single AWS Region using a global CDN like Amazon CloudFront to cache static content and Route 53 for latency-based routing.

4. Deploy the application across all AWS Regions storing data in a global DynamoDB table using the Global Tables feature.

21.  An organization is undergoing a migration to AWS and needs to maintain its existing on-premises Active Directory (AD) infrastructure for authentication and authorization. They also want to leverage AWS managed services. What is the MOST efficient and secure way to integrate their on-premises AD with AWS?

1. Create a new AD forest in AWS and manually synchronize users and groups between the on-premises AD and the AWS AD.

2. Use AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory (Managed Microsoft AD) and establish a trust relationship with the on-premises AD.

3. Use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users and roles and manually map them to on-premises AD user accounts.

4. Expose the on-premises Active Directory directly to the internet to allow AWS services to connect to it.

22.  A company wants to transform its application to be serverless. The application consists of multiple API endpoints and business logic. What is the optimal service for hosting the business logic?

1. Amazon EC2

2. AWS Lambda

3. Amazon ECS

4. Amazon EKS

23. A financial services company needs to build a highly secure and compliant environment on AWS. They have strict requirements for data encryption, access control, and audit logging. Which of the following approaches would provide the MOST comprehensive security and compliance posture?

1. Use default AWS encryption for S3 and EBS, enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all IAM users, and enable basic CloudTrail logging.

2. Implement encryption at rest and in transit using KMS, implement least privilege access control using IAM roles and policies, enable comprehensive CloudTrail logging with integration with CloudWatch Logs and Security Hub, and use AWS Config to continuously monitor resource configurations against compliance rules.

3. Rely on AWS's shared responsibility model and assume that AWS takes care of all security and compliance aspects.

4. Implement network security groups (NSGs) to restrict access to EC2 instances and databases.

24. A company is expanding its AWS footprint globally and needs to comply with various data privacy regulations across different countries. They require a solution that allows them to automatically identify, classify, and protect sensitive data stored in S3. Which AWS service BEST addresses this requirement?

1. AWS CloudTrail

2. Amazon Macie

3. AWS Config

4. Amazon GuardDuty

25. A company is migrating a large monolithic application to AWS. They want to break it down into microservices over time. What is the MOST suitable architectural pattern to enable this gradual decomposition?

1. Implement a 'Strangler Fig' application pattern, gradually replacing functionalities of the monolith with new microservices. Route traffic to these microservices using API Gateway while keeping the monolith intact initially.

2. Perform a 'Big Bang' migration, rewriting the entire application as microservices before deploying it to AWS.

3. Lift and shift the entire monolith to a large EC2 instance and optimize it within the EC2 environment.

4. Re-platform the monolith to containers and deploy it to Amazon ECS, without breaking it down further.

26. A company has a multi-tenant SaaS application deployed on AWS. They need to ensure that each tenant's data is completely isolated from other tenants' data to meet strict security and compliance requirements. Which isolation strategy is MOST appropriate in this scenario?

1. Shared database with tenant ID as a column in all tables.

2. Separate database schemas for each tenant within a shared database instance.

3. Separate AWS accounts for each tenant.

4. Use IAM roles to restrict access to specific data based on tenant ID.

27. An organization has multiple AWS accounts organized under AWS Organizations. They want to centrally manage their security policies, ensuring that all accounts adhere to a baseline set of security standards. What AWS service is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. AWS IAM

2. AWS CloudTrail

3. AWS Security Hub

4. AWS Organizations with Service Control Policies (SCPs)

28. A global retail company has multiple AWS accounts for different business units (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Operations). They need to centralize their security logging and monitoring across all accounts to meet compliance requirements. Which AWS service combination provides the MOST scalable and secure solution?

1. AWS CloudTrail configured in each account, sending logs to a central S3 bucket in the management account using S3 cross-account access.

2. AWS CloudTrail configured in each account, sending logs to a central CloudWatch Logs group in the management account using CloudWatch cross-account subscriptions.

3. AWS Organizations with AWS Security Hub enabled and configured to aggregate findings across all member accounts.

4. AWS Organizations with AWS Control Tower enabled and using AWS Config rules to enforce security policies across all accounts.

29. A company is building a data lake on AWS using S3. They need to ensure that data is encrypted both in transit and at rest, and that access to the data is strictly controlled. Which of the following combinations of services would BEST meet these requirements?

1. S3 with server-side encryption using S3 managed keys (SSE-S3) and IAM policies for access control.

2. S3 with server-side encryption using KMS managed keys (SSE-KMS), TLS for data in transit, VPC Endpoints for S3, and IAM policies with fine-grained access control using S3 Access Points.

3. S3 with client-side encryption and S3 bucket policies.

4. S3 with server-side encryption using customer-provided keys (SSE-C) and IAM role-based access control.

30. A company is deploying a multi-tier web application in AWS. They need to ensure high availability and fault tolerance for the application's database tier. Which database deployment strategy is MOST suitable for achieving this?

1. Deploy a single Amazon RDS instance in a single Availability Zone.

2. Deploy a single Amazon RDS instance with Read Replicas in multiple Availability Zones.

3. Deploy an Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployment with automatic failover.

4. Deploy a self-managed database server on an EC2 instance with EBS snapshots for backup and recovery.