1.2 AWS Well-Architected Framework

Question 1

What are the 6 Pillars of the AWS Well-Architecture Framework

Answer 1

1. Operational Excellence
2. Security
3. Reliability
4. Performance Efficiency
5. Cost Optimization
6. Sustainability

Question 2

What is Parallelization?

Answer 2

How to divide a job into its simplest form and then distribute that load to multiple components to handle the demand.

Question 3

Provide an example of Parallelization

Answer 3

Breaking down a large dataset Ito smaller chunks that can be processed simultaneously

Question 4

Explain the Pillar of Operational excellence

Answer 4

The ability to support development and run workloads effectively, gaining insight into operations, continuously improving, supporting processes and procedures to deliver business value.

Question 5

Explain the pillar of Security

Answer 5

Encompasses the ability to protect data, systems, and assets to take advantage of cloud tech to improve your security

Question 6

Explain the pillar of Reliability

Answer 6

The ability of a workload to perform its intended function correctly and consistently when its expected to.

Question 7

Explain the pillar of Cost Optimization

Answer 7

The ability to run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point

Question 8

Explain the pillar of Sustainability

Answer 8

Focuses on environmental impact, especially energy consumption and efficiency

Question 9

Explain the performance efficiency pillar

Answer 9

Using computing resources efficiently to meet requirements and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technology evolves.

Question 10

What is the AWS Well-Architecture Framework?

Answer 10

The AWS Well Architectured Framework which provides a consistent set of best practices for customers and partners to evaluate architectures, and provides a set of questions you can use to evaluate how well an architecture is aligned to AWS best practices.