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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.

31. A company has a complex environment with multiple AWS accounts and on-premises data centers. They need to establish a secure and reliable connection between their on-premises network and their AWS environment. Which AWS service or combination of services would be MOST appropriate?

1. AWS Direct Connect for a dedicated network connection and AWS Site-to-Site VPN for backup connectivity.

2. AWS Site-to-Site VPN for a secure connection over the public internet.

3. AWS Direct Connect for a dedicated network connection and AWS Transit Gateway to connect multiple VPCs.

4. AWS Client VPN for secure access to AWS resources from individual clients.

32. A financial services company is building a high-frequency trading platform on AWS. They need to minimize latency and ensure the lowest possible network round-trip time between different components of the system. Which strategy is MOST effective in achieving this?

1. Deploy all components in different Availability Zones within the same AWS Region.

2. Deploy all components in a single Availability Zone within the same AWS Region, utilizing placement groups.

3. Deploy components in multiple AWS Regions closest to the stock exchanges.

4. Use AWS Global Accelerator to route traffic to the closest endpoint.

33. A company needs to implement a CI/CD pipeline for deploying applications to AWS. They want to automate the build, test, and deployment process. Which AWS service or combination of services would be MOST suitable for this purpose?

1. AWS CodeCommit for source control, AWS CodeBuild for building, AWS CodeDeploy for deployment, and AWS CodePipeline for orchestration.

2. AWS CodeCommit for source control, Jenkins on EC2 for building and testing, and AWS CloudFormation for deployment.

3. AWS CodeCommit for source control, AWS CodeBuild for building, and AWS CloudFormation for deployment.

4. AWS CodePipeline for orchestration, using S3 for storing build artifacts and EC2 instances for deployment.

34. A company is using AWS Organizations to manage multiple accounts. They need to delegate administrative access to specific users within each member account without granting them full administrator privileges. Which approach is the MOST secure and scalable way to achieve this?

1. Create IAM users in the management account and grant them cross-account access to all member accounts using IAM roles.

2. Create IAM users in each member account and grant them the necessary permissions using IAM policies.

3. Use AWS IAM Access Analyzer to identify unused roles and permissions in the management account.

4. Use AWS IAM Identity Center (Successor to AWS SSO) to centrally manage user identities and grant them federated access to member accounts with specific permission sets.

35. A company is building a serverless application using AWS Lambda and API Gateway. They need to implement authentication and authorization for the API endpoints. Which approach provides the MOST secure and scalable solution?

1. Implement custom authentication and authorization logic within each Lambda function.

2. Use API Gateway Lambda authorizers (formerly known as custom authorizers) to authenticate and authorize requests before they reach the Lambda functions.

3. Store user credentials in an S3 bucket and validate them in each Lambda function.

4. Use API Gateway's built-in API key authentication without any additional authorization.

36. A financial services company needs to build a highly scalable and available API for processing transactions. The API must support millions of requests per second and provide consistent response times. They want to use serverless technologies to minimize operational overhead. Which architecture provides the MOST scalable and cost-effective solution?

1. API Gateway -> Lambda -> Aurora PostgreSQL

2. API Gateway -> Lambda -> DynamoDB

3. Elastic Load Balancer -> EC2 instances -> Aurora PostgreSQL

4. Elastic Load Balancer -> EC2 instances -> DynamoDB

37. A global logistics company is building a real-time tracking system for shipments. They need to ingest and process a high volume of data from various sources, including GPS devices, sensors, and APIs. Which AWS service is MOST suitable for building a scalable and reliable data ingestion pipeline?

1. Amazon SQS for queuing messages and processing them in batches.

2. Amazon SNS for sending notifications to subscribers.

3. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams for real-time data streaming and processing.

4. Amazon S3 for storing data and processing it later.

38. A media company is building a video streaming platform. They need to store large video files and deliver them globally with low latency. The platform should also be able to handle unpredictable traffic spikes. Which storage and delivery solution is MOST appropriate?

1. Store videos in EBS volumes attached to EC2 instances and use Auto Scaling Group to handle traffic spikes.

2. Store videos in S3 and use CloudFront for content delivery.

3. Store videos in EFS and use Route 53 for global routing.

4. Store videos in Glacier and use Direct Connect for content delivery.

39. A company is migrating its monolithic application to a microservices architecture in AWS. They need to choose a service to orchestrate and manage their containerized microservices. Which AWS service is MOST suitable for this purpose?

1. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for scaling the application instances.

2. AWS Lambda for running serverless functions.

3. Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) or Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) for container orchestration.

4. Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) for messaging between microservices.

40. A healthcare company is building a data analytics platform for processing sensitive patient data. They need to ensure that all data is encrypted at rest and in transit and that access to the data is strictly controlled. Which combination of services provides the MOST secure solution?

1. S3 with server-side encryption (SSE-S3) and IAM roles for access control.

2. S3 with client-side encryption using KMS and VPC endpoints for S3 access.

3. EBS volumes with EBS encryption and Network ACLs for access control.

4. Glacier with server-side encryption (SSE-S3) and IAM users for access control.

41. A gaming company is launching a new online game. They anticipate a large surge in traffic during the launch week. They need to ensure that their database can handle the increased load and that the game remains responsive. They are using a relational database. Which approach provides the MOST scalable and resilient database solution?

1. Use a single RDS instance with vertical scaling enabled.

2. Use RDS Multi-AZ deployment for high availability.

3. Use Aurora Read Replicas to offload read traffic and Aurora Auto Scaling for write capacity.

4. Use DynamoDB with global tables.

42. A company is developing an application that requires highly available and durable key-value storage with low latency. The application needs to support a large number of concurrent requests and provide consistent performance. Which AWS service is BEST suited for this use case?

1. Amazon S3

2. Amazon EBS

3. Amazon DynamoDB

4. Amazon Glacier

43. A company is designing a new data ingestion pipeline to process streaming data from IoT devices. They need a solution that can handle high volumes of data with low latency and provide real-time analytics. Which service is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. AWS Batch

2. AWS Kinesis Data Streams

3. AWS SQS

4. AWS Glue

44. A development team is building a serverless application that processes image uploads. After an image is uploaded to S3, they need to trigger a series of processing steps, including resizing, watermarking, and generating thumbnails. What is the MOST efficient and scalable way to orchestrate these steps?

1. Use SQS to queue the processing steps and have a Lambda function poll the queue.

2. Use Step Functions to define a state machine that orchestrates the Lambda functions.

3. Use CloudWatch Events to schedule the Lambda functions.

4. Use SNS to publish a message to multiple Lambda functions.

45. A company is building a mobile application that allows users to upload photos. They need a solution that can automatically resize and optimize the photos for different devices and network conditions. Which combination of services provides the MOST efficient solution?

1. S3, Lambda, and CloudFront

2. EC2, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancer

3. EBS, Docker, and ECS

4. S3, EC2, and CloudFront

46. A company is building a data lake to store and analyze large volumes of data from various sources. They need to ensure that the data is properly cataloged and that users can easily discover and query the data. Which service should they use to create a metadata catalog for their data lake?

1. AWS Glue Data Catalog

2. Amazon S3 Inventory

3. Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights

4. AWS CloudTrail

47. A company is building a real-time dashboard that displays data from multiple sources. They need to ensure that the dashboard is always up-to-date and that users can access the latest data with minimal delay. Which approach is MOST suitable for building this dashboard?

1. Use AWS Batch to periodically refresh the data.

2. Use AWS Glue to transform and load the data into a data warehouse.

3. Use AWS Kinesis Data Analytics to process streaming data and update the dashboard in real time.

4. Use AWS SQS to queue the data and process it in batches.

48. A company wants to improve the security of their web application. They need to protect against common web exploits, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). Which AWS service can they use to provide this protection?

1. AWS Shield

2. AWS WAF

3. AWS GuardDuty

4. AWS Inspector

49. A company is migrating their on-premises data warehouse to AWS. They need a solution that can handle large volumes of structured data and provide fast query performance. Which service is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. Amazon RDS

2. Amazon DynamoDB

3. Amazon Redshift

4. Amazon S3

50. A company is building a global application that needs to store session data. They require low latency access to the session data from multiple regions. Which AWS service is MOST suitable for this requirement?

1. Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ deployment

2. Amazon ElastiCache with Redis and global datastore

3. Amazon S3 with cross-region replication

4. Amazon DynamoDB with global tables

51. A company is deploying a new microservices application using ECS on Fargate. They want to implement blue/green deployments to minimize downtime during updates. What is the MOST effective way to achieve this?

1. Use a single ECS service and update the task definition in place.

2. Create two ECS services, one for blue and one for green, and use an Application Load Balancer to switch traffic between them.

3. Use AWS CodeDeploy to deploy the new version of the application to the existing ECS service.

4. Use AWS CloudFormation to update the ECS service.

52. A large e-commerce company is migrating their monolithic application to a microservices architecture on AWS. They require strict data consistency across several microservices and need to minimize latency. They are using Aurora PostgreSQL as their database. Which approach offers the BEST solution for maintaining data consistency across microservices with minimal impact on performance?

1. Implement eventual consistency using asynchronous messaging with SQS.

2. Use two-phase commit (2PC) across all microservices using XA transactions.

3. Implement the Saga pattern with local transactions and compensate operations using a message broker like SNS/SQS.

4. Use a single Aurora PostgreSQL database instance for all microservices.

53. A financial company requires immutable storage of their audit logs for compliance reasons. These logs need to be retained for a minimum of 7 years. Which AWS service and configuration BEST meets this requirement?

1. S3 with versioning enabled and lifecycle policies to Glacier after 7 years.

2. S3 with Object Lock enabled in Governance mode and a 7-year retention period.

3. Glacier Vault Lock configured with a 7-year retention period.

4. EBS snapshots with a 7-year retention policy.

54. A SaaS provider is building a multi-tenant application on AWS. They need to isolate data and resources for each tenant to ensure security and prevent data leakage. Which architecture provides the STRONGEST isolation?

1. Use a single AWS account and separate tenants using IAM roles.

2. Use a single VPC and separate tenants using security groups.

3. Use separate AWS accounts for each tenant.

4. Use a single RDS database and separate tenants using database schemas.

55. A global e-commerce company wants to improve the performance of its website by caching static content closer to its users. They have users all over the world. Which AWS service provides the BEST solution for this requirement?

1. Amazon S3

2. Amazon EC2

3. Amazon CloudFront

4. Amazon RDS

56. A large financial institution is migrating its on-premises infrastructure to AWS. They have strict regulatory requirements that mandate data residency within specific geographical regions. They also require a highly available and scalable data analytics platform that can process petabytes of data. Which approach provides the MOST compliant and cost-effective solution?

1. Deploy a single Amazon EMR cluster in the AWS Region closest to the on-premises data center, replicating data using AWS DataSync.

2. Deploy multiple Amazon EMR clusters across different AWS Regions, each dedicated to processing data for a specific geographical area, using cross-region replication for disaster recovery.

3. Deploy a single Amazon EMR cluster in a central AWS Region and use AWS Data Pipeline to move data between different geographical regions before processing.

4. Deploy multiple Amazon EMR clusters across different AWS Regions, each dedicated to processing data for a specific geographical area, leveraging AWS Glue Data Catalog and cross-region read replicas for metadata and data access.

57. A company is building a serverless application with Lambda functions and API Gateway. They want to implement robust error handling and retry mechanisms to ensure that requests are processed reliably. Which approach is MOST suitable for handling errors and retries in this architecture?

1. Implement retry logic directly in the Lambda functions.

2. Use API Gateway's retry capabilities.

3. Use SQS as a dead-letter queue (DLQ) for failed requests and retry them manually.

4. Configure a Lambda function to be invoked asynchronously and configure a DLQ on the function.

58. A solutions architect is designing a multi-tier web application. They want to decouple the web tier from the database tier to improve scalability and fault tolerance. Which AWS service can be used to decouple the web tier and the database tier?

1. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

2. Amazon SQS

3. Amazon CloudFront

4. Amazon VPC

59. An organization is implementing a hybrid cloud architecture with applications running both on-premises and in AWS. They need to ensure seamless network connectivity and secure data transfer between the two environments. Which AWS service or combination of services is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. AWS Direct Connect and VPN connections.

2. AWS CloudFront and S3 Transfer Acceleration.

3. AWS Storage Gateway and Amazon FSx.

4. AWS Route 53 and Amazon CloudWatch.

60. Your company is migrating a large number of servers to AWS. They want to reduce the operational overhead of managing individual EC2 instances. Which of the following compute options is the MOST appropriate for this scenario?

1. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

2. AWS Fargate

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

4. Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) with EC2 launch type

61. A company is deploying a new application that requires high availability and fault tolerance. They want to ensure that the application can withstand the failure of an entire AWS Availability Zone (AZ) without any downtime. Which architectural pattern is MOST suitable for this requirement?

1. Deploy the application in a single AZ with multiple EC2 instances behind a load balancer.

2. Deploy the application across multiple AZs with EC2 instances behind a load balancer, using a database service that supports multi-AZ deployments, and using a storage service with cross-AZ replication.

3. Deploy the application in a single AWS Region with auto-scaling enabled.

4. Use AWS Lambda to deploy the application as serverless functions.

62. A large enterprise is migrating its on-premises applications to AWS. They have multiple business units, each with its own AWS account. Security requirements mandate that all network traffic between these accounts must be inspected for malicious activity. Which solution provides the MOST centralized and scalable approach to meet this requirement?

1. Establish VPC peering connections between all accounts and use VPC Flow Logs for traffic inspection.

2. Route all inter-account traffic through a centralized VPC with AWS Network Firewall and Transit Gateway.

3. Implement AWS CloudTrail in each account and analyze logs for suspicious network activity.

4. Use AWS Security Hub to aggregate security findings from all accounts and identify potential network threats.

63. A research institution is using AWS to process large datasets for genomic analysis. They need to optimize the cost of their storage infrastructure while ensuring that frequently accessed data is readily available. Which storage solution provides the MOST cost-effective and performant option?

1. Store all data in Amazon S3 Standard for immediate access.

2. Store all data in Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive for the lowest storage cost.

3. Use Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering to automatically move data between different storage tiers based on access patterns.

4. Store all data on Amazon EBS volumes attached to EC2 instances.

64. A financial services company with strict regulatory compliance requirements needs to share data between its different AWS accounts, each representing a separate legal entity. The data must be encrypted at rest and in transit, and access must be strictly controlled based on the principle of least privilege. Which combination of AWS services provides the MOST secure and compliant solution?

1. S3 bucket replication with KMS encryption and IAM policies for access control.

2. AWS Data Exchange with cross-account access using resource access manager and S3 server side encryption.

3. AWS Storage Gateway with Volume Gateway configured in each account and IAM roles for authentication.

4. AWS PrivateLink for secure data transfer and AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for encryption key management with cross account grants.

65. A pharmaceutical company needs to deploy a highly available and secure application that processes sensitive patient data. They have a complex regulatory environment and require strict control over data encryption and key management. Which AWS service combination would be MOST suitable for managing encryption keys and ensuring compliance?

1. AWS KMS with AWS CloudHSM for key generation and storage, using AWS IAM for access control.

2. AWS KMS with customer-managed keys (CMKs) stored in AWS CloudHSM, using AWS IAM roles for application access.

3. AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for key generation and storage, using AWS IAM for access control.

4. AWS Secrets Manager for key storage and rotation, using AWS IAM for access control.

66. A global organization uses multiple AWS accounts to isolate different environments (development, staging, production) and business units. They want to implement a centralized logging solution to collect and analyze logs from all accounts. Which AWS service or combination of services provides the MOST scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution?

1. AWS CloudTrail configured to log to a central S3 bucket in the management account, with S3 cross-account access granted to all other accounts.

2. Amazon CloudWatch Logs with cross-account subscriptions to a central CloudWatch Logs group in the management account, with Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose delivering logs to S3.

3. AWS Config to continuously monitor resource configurations across all accounts and send notifications to a central SNS topic.

4. AWS IAM Access Analyzer configured in the management account to analyze resource policies across all accounts.

67. A media company is migrating its video transcoding workflow to AWS. They need to support various video formats and resolutions, and they require a solution that can automatically scale based on demand. Which AWS service offers the MOST appropriate solution for video transcoding?

1. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group with FFmpeg installed on each instance.

2. AWS Lambda functions triggered by S3 events, using FFmpeg for transcoding.

3. AWS Elemental MediaConvert with serverless transcoding presets.

4. Amazon ECS cluster with a transcoding container running FFmpeg.

68. A company is migrating its monolithic application to a microservices architecture on AWS. They have decided to use multiple AWS accounts for each microservice to improve security and isolation. However, they are facing challenges with cross-service communication and authentication. Which solution provides the MOST secure and scalable approach to address these challenges?

1. Establish VPC peering connections between all microservice accounts and use IAM roles for cross-account authentication.

2. Use AWS API Gateway with custom authorizers and VPC endpoints to route requests between microservices.

3. Implement a service mesh using AWS App Mesh with mutual TLS authentication and centralized traffic management.

4. Use AWS Simple Queue Service (SQS) for asynchronous communication between microservices and IAM policies for access control.

69. A global e-commerce company wants to implement a data lake to analyze customer behavior across different regions. They have data stored in various formats (e.g., CSV, JSON, Parquet) in multiple S3 buckets. What is the MOST efficient and scalable approach to query and analyze this data?

1. Use Amazon Athena to query the data directly in S3, specifying the data format and schema for each query.

2. Use Amazon Redshift Spectrum to query the data directly in S3, creating external tables with predefined schemas.

3. Ingest all data into an Amazon Redshift cluster and use SQL queries to analyze the data.

4. Use AWS Glue to crawl the data in S3, create a central data catalog, and then use Amazon Athena or Redshift Spectrum to query the data.

70. A healthcare company has separate AWS accounts for different departments (e.g., Research, Patient Care, Finance). They need to share de-identified patient data between these accounts for research purposes, while adhering to strict HIPAA compliance requirements. What is the MOST secure and compliant solution to share this data?

1. Use S3 bucket replication with cross-account access and server-side encryption using AWS KMS. Implement Data Lifecycle Policies to delete data after a defined period.

2. Utilize AWS Lake Formation to create a centralized data lake and grant access to different departments based on IAM roles. Implement fine-grained access control using Lake Formation's data filtering capabilities.

3. Implement AWS Glue to transform and move the data to a shared S3 bucket. Control access via IAM policies and S3 bucket policies.

4. Employ AWS Storage Gateway to create a virtual tape library in each account and replicate the data to a central tape archive.

71. A healthcare organization is migrating its patient data to AWS. They need to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations and protect sensitive patient information. Which AWS service is BEST suited for encrypting data at rest and in transit?

1. Amazon CloudWatch Logs for monitoring data access.

2. AWS CloudTrail for auditing API calls.

3. AWS KMS for managing encryption keys and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) for SSL/TLS certificates.

4. AWS IAM for controlling access to resources.

72. A large enterprise is adopting a multi-account AWS strategy with hundreds of accounts. They need a solution to automate the provisioning and configuration of these accounts, ensuring consistency and compliance with their security policies. Which AWS service is BEST suited for this purpose?

1. AWS CloudFormation with custom scripts to create and configure accounts.

2. AWS Organizations with Service Control Policies (SCPs) and AWS CloudFormation StackSets.

3. AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS SSO) to manage user identities and access.

4. AWS Systems Manager Automation to run playbooks across all accounts.

73. A company has a large number of AWS accounts managed through AWS Organizations. They need to implement a consistent set of security policies across all accounts. What is the MOST effective way to achieve this?

1. Configure AWS Config rules in each account individually.

2. Use AWS IAM to define permissions and attach them to users and roles in each account.

3. Use AWS Organizations service control policies (SCPs) to define the maximum permissions for all accounts.

4. Create a custom script to automate the deployment of security policies to each account.

74. An organization has multiple AWS accounts, each managed by different teams. They want to implement a centralized cost allocation strategy to accurately track spending for each team and project. Which approach provides the MOST granular and accurate cost allocation?

1. Enable AWS Cost Explorer and analyze the cost data based on account ID.

2. Use AWS Budgets to set spending limits for each account and track actual vs. budgeted costs.

3. Implement AWS Cost Allocation Tags and apply them consistently to all resources in each account. Use Cost Explorer to analyze costs based on these tags.

4. Create separate AWS accounts for each team and project to isolate costs.

75. A company with a multi-account AWS environment needs to centrally manage security policies and compliance across all accounts. They require a solution that provides visibility into security posture, automates compliance checks, and remediates non-compliant resources. Which AWS service or combination of services BEST addresses these requirements?

1. AWS IAM Access Analyzer and AWS Trusted Advisor.

2. AWS Security Hub, AWS Config, and AWS Systems Manager Automation.

3. AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch Events.

4. AWS GuardDuty and AWS WAF.

FAQs

1. What is the AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification?

It is an advanced-level certification that validates your ability to design distributed systems and applications on the AWS platform at scale.

2. Who should take the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

Cloud professionals with at least two years of experience designing AWS architectures who want to validate their advanced technical skills.

3. What are the benefits of AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification?

It enhances your credibility, opens doors to senior-level roles, and demonstrates deep expertise in AWS architecture and best practices.

4. Is the AWS Solutions Architect Professional worth it?

Yes, it's one of the most respected certifications in cloud computing, often leading to higher-paying jobs and career growth.

5. What are the prerequisites for AWS Solutions Architect Professional?

There are no formal prerequisites, but it is recommended that candidates hold the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification and have at least two years of experience.

6. What is the format of the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

The exam consists of 75 multiple-choice and multiple-response questions, taken online or at a test center.

7. How many questions are in the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

There are 75 questions in total.

8. What is the passing score for AWS Solutions Architect Professional?

AWS does not publish an exact passing score, but it's estimated to be around 750 out of 1000.

9. What is the duration of the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

You have 180 minutes (3 hours) to complete the exam.

10. What types of questions are asked in AWS Solutions Architect Professional?

Scenario-based, multiple-choice, and multiple-response questions that assess your ability to design scalable, resilient cloud architectures.

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Use CertiMaan’s practice tests, study guides, and simulated exams along with AWS’s official training and whitepapers.

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13. Are there free practice tests for AWS Solutions Architect Professional?

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14. How long does it take to prepare for AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

It typically takes 6–8 weeks of dedicated study depending on your prior experience.

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It's possible but challenging. Hands-on experience with AWS and structured resources from CertiMaan significantly increase your chances.

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Yes, CertiMaan offers updated dumps, mock tests, and full-length practice exams tailored for the SAP-C02 version.

17. What is the cost of AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification exam?

The exam costs $300 USD.

18. How to register for the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

Register through the AWS Training and Certification portal using your AWS account.

19. Can I take the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam online?

Yes, you can take the exam online via a proctored environment or at a testing center.

20. What is the retake policy for AWS Solutions Architect Professional?

You can retake the exam after 14 days if you don’t pass on your first attempt.

21. How long is the AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification valid?

It is valid for three years from the date of certification.

22. How to renew AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification?

You must retake and pass the latest version of the exam before your current certification expires.

23. Is the AWS SAP-C02 certification updated regularly?

Yes, AWS updates its certifications to reflect changes in services, best practices, and industry standards.

24. What jobs can I get with AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification?

You can work as a Senior Cloud Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, or Cloud Infrastructure Consultant.

25. What is the salary after AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification?

Certified professionals often earn between $130,000 and $160,000 USD annually, depending on role and experience.

26. Is AWS Solutions Architect Professional in demand in 2025?

Yes, it remains highly in demand due to continued cloud adoption across industries.

27. How does this certification help in cloud career growth?

It validates your advanced AWS skills, enhances your resume, and boosts opportunities for leadership roles in cloud architecture.

28. What industries hire AWS Certified Solutions Architects?

Common industries include finance, healthcare, tech, e-commerce, education, and government.

29. Can beginners take the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam?

While not recommended for absolute beginners, determined learners can attempt it with enough preparation from CertiMaan and AWS resources.