AWS Five Pillars of Well Architected Framework

Question 1

What are the AWS Five Pillars of Well Architected Framework?

Answer 1

• Operational Excellence
• Security
• Reliability
• Performance Efficiency
• Cost Optimization

Question 2

Pillar: Operational Excellence

Answer 2

• Plan for and anticipate failure
• Script operations as code
• Deploy small, reversible changes
• Learn from failure and refine

Question 3

Pillar: Security

Answer 3

• Automate security tasks
• Encrypt data in transit and at rest
• Assign only the least privileges required
• Track who did what and when
• Ensure security at all application layers

Question 4

Pillar: Reliability

Answer 4

• Recover from failure automatically
• Reduce idle resources
• Scale horizontally for resilience
• Manage change through automation
• Test recovery procedures

Question 5

Pillar: Performance Efficiency

Answer 5

• Use serverless architectures first
• Delegate tasks to a cloud vendor
• Use multi-region deployments
• Experiment with virtual resources

Question 6

Pillar: Cost Optimization

Answer 6

• Utilize consumption-based pricing
• Measure overall efficiency
• Implement Cloud Financial Management
• Pay only for resources your application requires