2024 AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS
ARCHITECT ASSOCIATE SAA-C03
TERMS EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
The Six Pillars of Well-Architected Framework - CORRECT-
ANSWERSOperational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance
Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability
Region - CORRECT-ANSWERSPhysical location with two or more availability
zones
Availability Zone (AZ) - CORRECT-ANSWERSOne or more discrete data
centers
Active Directory - CORRECT-ANSWERSIf lift and shift, pick Managed Microsoft
AD. If AD is staying on-premises, select AD Connector
Cross-account role access - CORRECT-ANSWERSallows to grant permissions
to users or services across account. Always a better solution than creating
unnecessary IAM credentials
Cost Management - CORRECT-ANSWERSTrack cost using tags, Cost Explore,
and AWS Budgets. Get ahead with threshold SNS, automate responses.
Cost and Usage Reports - CORRECT-ANSWERSDaily cost reports
Cost Explorer - CORRECT-ANSWERSVery in-depth cost reports
AWS Compute Optimizer - CORRECT-ANSWERSGenerates recommendations
on implementing more accurate compute sizes based on your actual needs
Trusted Advisor - CORRECT-ANSWERSa tool that helps you optimize your
AWS resources and improve the security. It free, but it is strictly an auditing
tool. Use EventBridge to kick off a Lambda function to solve the problem.
,AWS Control Tower - CORRECT-ANSWERSused to implement compliance and
account governance within multi-account environments. Leverage
preventive or detective guardrails.
AWS - CORRECT-ANSWERSLicense Manager: Provides a simplified way to
manage licenses from supported vendors to prevent license abuse and
overcharges. Works in AWS and on-premises
AWS Service Catalog - CORRECT-ANSWERSAllows end users to provision pre-
approved products and services via shared catalog portfolios. Written in
CloudFormation
AWS Proton - CORRECT-ANSWERSCan Empower developers to automate and
provision of their entire application stack for container-based or serverless
architecture.
The Well-Architected Tool - CORRECT-ANSWERSused to document
architectural decision and their measurements against well-established
industry best practices
AWS Health - CORRECT-ANSWERSA dashboard and service that provides
notifications of both public and account-specific events. Questions about EC2
hardware maintenance reboots will leverage this service
Snowfamily - CORRECT-ANSWERSPhysically transferring data, Best used in
situation where internet is slow
Snowcone - CORRECT-ANSWERSPhysically transport, 8 TB HDD, 14 TB SSD, 4
GB Ram, 4 vCPUs, not usually the answer on the test.
Snowmobile - CORRECT-ANSWERSPhysically transport, 100 PB TB HDD, None
SSD, not usually the answer on the test
Storage Gateway - CORRECT-ANSWERSa fully managed service that
connects an on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage. Runs
locally on VM on-premises
File Gateway - CORRECT-ANSWERSProvides a file-based interface to object
storage in Amazon S3, allowing you to store and retrieve files as objects in
S3 using standard file system APIs and protocols. Perfect for out of space
, Volume Gateway - CORRECT-ANSWERSProvides block-level storage volumes
that can be used as iSCSI devices, allowing you to store and retrieve data
using block-based storage protocols such as iSCSI.
Tape Gateway - CORRECT-ANSWERSProvides a virtual tape library (VTL) that
can be used to store data on virtual tapes in Amazon S3, allowing you to use
your existing tape backup infrastructure with the scalability and durability of
the cloud.
DataSync - CORRECT-ANSWERSan agent-based solution that excels at one-
time migrations of files into AWS
Elastic File System (EFS data migration) - CORRECT-ANSWERSa fully
managed, a cloud-based file storage service that is designed to be a simple
and cost-effective solution for storing and accessing file data in the cloud
that makes it easy to set up, scale, and store file data
FSx - CORRECT-ANSWERScloud-based file storage service that is designed to
provide high-performance file storage for applications that require high I/O
performance and low latency
Transfer Family - CORRECT-ANSWERSAllows you to use legacy file transfer
protocols to give older applications the ability to read and write from S3
Migration Hub - CORRECT-ANSWERSan organizational tool that gives you a
way to organize all your steps. You'll need other tools to complete the
migration though
Database Migration Services - CORRECT-ANSWERSthe go-to tool for any sort
of database migration. Works for on-premises to the cloud, or for moving
data between different RDS databases
Server Migration Services - CORRECT-ANSWERSmigrate VMs out of
datacenter into AWS
Application Discovery Service - CORRECT-ANSWERSQuickly migrates entire
application to cloud. Agentless discovery can be used via OVA to vSphere.
Agent-based discovery collects detailed information of VMs on Linux and
Windows OS.
Application Migration Service (MGN) - CORRECT-ANSWERSLift-and-shift
service for migrating infrastructure to AWS. Replicates source servers into
non-disruptive cutovers. Recovery Time Objective (RTO) in minutes and
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of sub-seconds
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