Solutions Architect Associate (Page 61)

A company currently stores symmetric encryption keys in a hardware security module (HSM).A solutions architect must design a solution to migrate key management to AWS.The solution should allow for key rotation and support the use of customer provided keys.Where should the key material be stored to meet these requirements?Read More →

What should a solutions architect do to ensure that all objects uploaded to an Amazon S3 bucket are encrypted?Read More →

A recent analysis of a company’s IT expenses highlights the need to reduce backup costs.The company’s chief information officer wants to simplify the on- premises backup infrastructure and reduce costs by eliminating the use of physical backup tapes.The company must preserve the existing investment in the on- premises backup applications and workflows.What should a solutions architect recommend?Read More →

A company is migrating its multi-tier on-premises application to AWS.The application consists of a single-node MySQL database and a multi-node web tier.The company must minimize changes to the application during the migration.The company wants to improve application resiliency after the migration.Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)Read More →

A company hosts an application on an Amazon EC2 instance that requires a maximum of 200 GB storage space.The application is used infrequently, with peaks during mornings and evenings.Disk I/O varies, but peaks at 3,000 IOPS.The chief financial officer of the company is concerned about costs and has asked a solutions architect to recommend the most cost-effective storage option that does not sacrifice performance.Which solution should the solutions architect recommend?Read More →

A company is required to use cryptographic keys in its on-premises key manager.The key manager is outside of the AWS Cloud because of regulatory and compliance requirements.The company wants to manage encryption and decryption by using cryptographic keys that are retained outside of the AWS Cloud and that support a variety of external key managers from different vendors.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company’s application hosted on Amazon EC2 instances needs to access an Amazon S3 bucket.Due to data sensitivity, traffic cannot traverse the internet.How should a solutions architect configure access?Read More →

A company wants to standardize its Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume encryption strategy.The company also wants to minimize the cost and configuration effort required to operate the volume encryption check.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company has two applications it wants to migrate to AWS.Both applications process a large set of files by accessing the same files at the same time.Both applications need to read the files with low latency.Which architecture should a solutions architect recommend for this situation?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 →