Solutions Architect Associate (Page 120)

A company is designing a cloud communications platform that is driven by APIs.The application is hosted on Amazon EC2 instances behind a Network Load Balancer (NLB).The company uses Amazon API Gateway to provide external users with access to the application through APIs.The company wants to protect the platform against web exploits like SQL injection and also wants to detect and mitigate large, sophisticated DDoS attacks.Which combination of solutions provides the MOST protection? (Choose two.)Read More →

A company is backing up on-premises databases to local file server shares using the SMB protocol.The company requires immediate access to 1 week of backup files to meet recovery objectives.Recovery after a week is less likely to occur, and the company can tolerate a delay in accessing those older backup files.What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements with the LEAST operational effort?Read More →

A solutions architect needs to securely store a database user name and password that an application uses to access an Amazon RDS DB instance.The application that accesses the database runs on an Amazon EC2 instance.The solutions architect wants to create a secure parameter in AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.What should the solutions architect do to meet this requirement?Read More →

A company collects data for temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure in cities across multiple continents.The average volume of data that the company collects from each site daily is 500 GB.Each site has a high-speed internet connection.The company wants to aggregate the data from all these global sites as quickly as possible in a single Amazon S3 bucket.The solution must minimize operational complexity.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company’s infrastructure consists of Amazon EC2 instances and an Amazon RDS DB instance in a single AWS Region.The company wants to back up its data in a separate Region.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company has on-premises application that generates a large amount of time-sensitive data that is backed up to Amazon S3.The application has grown and there are user complaints about internet bandwidth limitations.A solutions architect needs to design a long-term solution that allows for both timely backups toAmazon S3 and with minimal impact on internet connectivity for internal users.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

An entertainment company is using Amazon DynamoDB to store media metadata.The application is read intensive and experiencing delays.The company does not have staff to handle additional operational overhead and needs to improve the performance efficiency of DynamoDB without reconfiguring the application.What should a solutions architect recommend to meet this requirement?Read More →

As part of budget planning, management wants a report of AWS billed items listed by user.The data will be used to create department budgets.A solutions architect needs to determine the most efficient way to obtain this report information.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

An application runs on Amazon EC2 instances in private subnets.The application needs to access an Amazon DynamoDB table.What is the MOST secure way to access the table while ensuring that the traffic does not leave the AWS network?Read More →

A company stores user data in AWS.The data is used continuously with peak usage during business hours.Access patterns vary, with some data not being used for months at a time.A solutions architect must choose a cost-effective solution that maintains the highest level of durability while maintaining high availability.Which storage solution meets these requirements?Read More →