Solutions Architect Associate (Page 94)

A company runs its production workload on Amazon EC2 instances with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes.A solutions architect needs to analyze the current EBS volume cost and to recommend optimizations.The recommendations need to include estimated monthly saving opportunities.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company running an on-premises application is migrating the application to AWS to increase its elasticity and availability.The current architecture uses aMicrosoft SQL Server database with heavy read activity.The company wants to explore alternate database options and migrate database engines, if needed.Every 4 hours, the development team does a full copy of the production database to populate a test database.During this period, users experience latency.What should a solutions architect recommend as replacement database?Read More →

A company wants to restrict access to the content of its web application.The company needs to protect the content by using authorization techniques that are available on AWS.The company also wants to implement a serverless architecture for authorization and authentication that has low login latency.The solution must integrate with the web application and serve web content globally.The application currently has a small user base, but the company expects the application’s user base to increase.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company is running a highly sensitive application on Amazon EC2 backed by an Amazon RDS database.Compliance regulations mandate that all personally identifiable information (PII) be encrypted at rest.Which solution should a solutions architect recommend to meet this requirement with the LEAST amount of changes to the infrastructure?Read More →

A company has migrated a fleet of hundreds of on-premises virtual machines (VMs) to Amazon EC2 instances.The instances run a diverse fleet of Windows Server versions along with several Linux distributions.The company wants a solution that will automate inventory and updates of the operating systems.The company also needs a summary of common vulnerabilities of each instance for regular monthly reviews.What should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?Read More →

An ecommerce company has noticed performance degradation of its Amazon RDS based web application.The performance degradation is attributed to an increase in the number of read-only SQL queries triggered by business analysts.A solutions architect needs to solve the problem with minimal changes to the existing web application.What should the solutions architect recommend?Read More →

A company runs an application on Amazon EC2 instances in a private subnet.The application needs to store and retrieve data in Amazon S3 buckets.According to regulatory requirements, the data must not travel across the public internet.What should a solutions architect do to meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?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 uses Amazon S3 to host its static website.The company wants to add a contact form to the webpage.The contact form will have dynamic server-side components for users to input their name, email address, phone number, and user message.The company expects fewer than 100 site visits each month.The contact form must notify the company by email when a customer fills out the form.Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company’s operations team has an existing Amazon S3 bucket configured to notify an Amazon SQS queue when new objects are created within the bucket.The development team also wants to receive events when new objects are created.The existing operations team workflow must remain intact.Which solution would satisfy these requirements?Read More →