Solutions Architect Associate (Page 41)

A company is designing an application where users upload small files into Amazon S3.After a user uploads a file, the file requires one-time simple processing to transform the data and save the data in JSON format for later analysis.Each file must be processed as quickly as possible after it is uploaded.Demand will vary.On some days, users will upload a high number of files.On other days, users will upload a few files or no files.Which solution meets these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company runs an on-premises application that is powered by a MySQL database.The company is migrating the application to AWS to increase the application’s elasticity and availability.The current architecture shows heavy read activity on the database during times of normal operation.Every 4 hours, the company’s development team pulls a full export of the production database to populate a database in the staging environment.During this period, users experience unacceptable application latency.The development team is unable to use the staging environment until the procedure completes.A solutions architect must recommend replacement architecture that alleviates the application latency issue.The replacement architecture also must give the development team the ability to continue using the staging environment without delay.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company is storing sensitive user information in an Amazon S3 bucket.The company wants to provide secure access to this bucket from the application tier running on Amazon EC2 instances inside a VPC.Which combination of steps should a solutions architect take to accomplish this? (Choose two.)Read More →

A company has applications that run on Amazon EC2 instances in a VPC.One of the applications needs to call the Amazon S3 API to store and read objects.According to the company’s security regulations, no traffic from the applications is allowed to travel across the internet.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company is using a SQL database to store movie data that is publicly accessible.The database runs on an Amazon RDS Single-AZ DB instance.A script runs queries at random intervals each day to record the number of new movies that have been added to the database.The script must report a final total during business hours.The company’s development team notices that the database performance is inadequate for development tasks when the script is running.A solutions architect must recommend a solution to resolve this issue.Which solution will meet this requirement with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company uses Amazon S3 to store its confidential audit documents.The S3 bucket uses bucket policies to restrict access to audit team IAM user credentials according to the principle of least privilege.Company managers are worried about accidental deletion of documents in the S3 bucket and want a more secure solution.What should a solutions architect do to secure the audit documents?Read More →

A company has several web servers that need to frequently access a common Amazon RDS MySQL Multi-AZ DB instance.The company wants a secure method for the web servers to connect to the database while meeting a security requirement to rotate user credentials frequently.Which solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company has a production web application in which users upload documents through a web interface or a mobile app.According to a new regulatory requirement.new documents cannot be modified or deleted after they are stored.What should a solutions architect do to meet this requirement?Read More →

A company wants to reduce the cost of its existing three-tier web architecture.The web, application, and database servers are running on Amazon EC2 instances for the development, test, and production environments.The EC2 instances average 30% CPU utilization during peak hours and 10% CPU utilization during non-peak hours.The production EC2 instances run 24 hours a day.The development and test EC2 instances run for at least 8 hours each day.The company plans to implement automation to stop the development and test EC2 instances when they are not in use.Which EC2 instance purchasing solution will meet the company’s requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company hosts a serverless application on AWS.The application uses Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and an Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL database.The company notices an increase in application errors that result from database connection timeouts during times of peak traffic or unpredictable traffic.The company needs a solution that reduces the application failures with the least amount of change to the code.What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements?Read More →