Solutions Architect Associate (Page 13)

A company built a food ordering application that captures user data and stores it for future analysis.The application’s static front end is deployed on an AmazonEC2 instance.The front-end application sends the requests to the backend application running on separate EC2 instance.The backend application then stores the data in Amazon RDS.What should a solutions architect do to decouple the architecture and make it scalable?Read More →

A video game company is deploying a new gaming application to its global users.The company requires a solution that will provide near real-time reviews and rankings of the players.A solutions architect must design a solution to provide fast access to the data.The solution must also ensure the data persists on disks in the event that the company restarts the application.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A solutions architect needs to design a managed storage solution for a company’s application that includes high-performance machine learning functionality.This application runs on AWS Fargate and the connected storage needs to have concurrent access to files and deliver high performance.Which storage option should the solutions architect recommend?Read More →

A large company wants to provide its globally located developers separate, limited size, managed PostgreSQL databases for development purposes.The databases will be low volume.The developers need the databases only when they are actively working.Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A bicycle sharing company is developing a multi-tier architecture to track the location of its bicycles during peak operating hours.The company wants to use these data points in its existing analytics platform.A solutions architect must determine the most viable multi-tier option to support this architecture.The data points must be accessible from the REST API.Which action meets these requirements for storing and retrieving location data?Read More →

A company uses an Amazon RDS for MySQL instance.To prepare for end-of-year processing, the company added a read replica to accommodate extra read-only queries from the company’s reporting tool.The read replica CPU usage was 60% and the primary instance CPU usage was 60%.After end-of-year activities are complete, the read replica has a constant 25% CPU usage.The primary instance still has a constant 60% CPU usage.The company wants to rightsize the database and still provide enough performance for future growth.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company has an application that calls AWS Lambda functions.A code review shows that database credentials are stored in a Lambda function’s source code, which violates the company’s security policy.The credentials must be securely stored and must be automatically rotated on an ongoing basis to meet security policy requirements.What should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements in the MOST secure manner?Read More →

A weather forecasting company collects temperature readings from various sensors on a continuous basis.An existing data ingestion process collects the readings and aggregates the readings into larger Apache Parquet files.Then the process encrypts the files by using client-side encryption with KMS managed keys (CSE-KMS).Finally, the process writes the files to an Amazon S3 bucket with separate prefixes for each calendar day.The company wants to run occasional SQL queries on the data to take sample moving averages for a specific calendar day.Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company is managing health records on-premises.The company must keep these records indefinitely, disable any modifications to the records once they are stored, and granularly audit access at all levels.The chief technology officer (CTO) is concerned because there are already millions of records not being used by any application, and the current infrastructure is running out of space.The CTO has requested a solutions architect design a solution to move existing data and support future records.Which services can the solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?Read More →

A company wants to isolate its workloads by creating an AWS account for each workload.The company needs a solution that centrally manages networking components for the workloads.The solution also must create accounts with automatic security controls (guardrails).Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →