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A company is creating a new application that will store a large amount of data.The data will be analyzed hourly and will be modified by several Amazon EC2 Linux instances that are deployed across multiple Availability Zones.The needed amount of storage space will continue to grow for the next 6 months.Which storage solution should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?Read More →

A company has an application that collects data from IoT sensors on automobiles.The data is streamed and stored in Amazon S3 through Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose.The data produces trillions of S3 objects each year.Each morning, the company uses the data from the previous 30 days to retrain a suite of machine learning (ML) models.Four times each year, the company uses the data from the previous 12 months to perform analysis and train other ML models.The data must be available with minimal delay for up to 1 year.After 1 year, the data must be retained for archival purposes.Which storage solution meets these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A solutions architect needs to design a highly available application consisting of web, application, and database tiers.HTTPS content delivery should be as close to the edge as possible, with the least delivery time.Which solution meets these requirements and is MOST secure?Read More →

A company is designing a shared storage solution for a gaming application that is hosted in the AWS Cloud.The company needs the ability to use SMB clients to access data.The solution must be fully managed.Which AWS solution meets these requirements?Read More →

A company has an application workflow that uses an AWS Lambda function to download and decrypt files from Amazon S3.These files are encrypted using AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) keys.A solutions architect needs to design a solution that will ensure the required permissions are set correctly.Which combination of actions accomplish this? (Choose two.)Read More →

A company that runs its application on AWS uses an Amazon Aurora DB cluster as its database.During peak usage hours when multiple users access and read the data, the monitoring system shows degradation of database performance for the write queries.The company wants to increase the scalability of the application to meet peak usage demands.Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?Read More →

A company’s solutions architect is designing an AWS multi-account solution that uses AWS Organizations.The solutions architect has organized the company’s accounts into organizational units (OUs).The solutions architect needs a solution that will identify any changes to the OU hierarchy.The solution also needs to notify the company’s operations team of any changes.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →

A company hosts a data lake on Amazon S3.The data lake ingests data in Apache Parquet format from various data sources.The company uses multiple transformation steps to prepare the ingested data.The steps include filtering of anomalies, normalizing of data to standard date and time values, and generation of aggregates for analyses.The company must store the transformed data in S3 buckets that data analysts access.The company needs a prebuilt solution for data transformation that does not require code.The solution must provide data lineage and data profiling.The company needs to share the data transformation steps with employees throughout the company.Which solution will meet these requirements?Read More →

A company is using an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to present its application to the internet.The company finds abnormal traffic access patterns across the application.A solutions architect needs to improve visibility into the infrastructure to help the company understand these abnormalities better.What is the MOST operationally efficient solution that meets these requirements?Read More →

A company hosts a database that runs on an Amazon RDS instance that is deployed to multiple Availability Zones.The company periodically runs a script against the database to report new entries that are added to the database.The script that runs against the database negatively affects the performance of a critical application.The company needs to improve application performance with minimal costs.Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?Read More →