AWS Resource Groups and Tagging

Question 1

What are tags in AWS?

Answer 1

Key / Value pairs attached to AWS resources

Question 2

What do tags represent?

Answer 2

Metadata (Data about data)

Question 3

Can tags be inherited?

Answer 3

Sometimes. During autoscaling, CloudFormation, and Elastic Beanstalk operations.

Question 4

What is a resource group?

Answer 4

A mechanism to group resources using assigned tags.

Question 5

What basic information do resource groups contain?

Answer 5

Examples include: Region, Name, Health Checks

Question 6

Can resource groups show IP addresses for EC2 instances?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

Can resource groups show port configurations for ELB?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Can resource groups show database engines for RDS?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

Can resource groups show Applications installed in EC2 instances?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

How many types of resource groups exist in AWS?

Answer 10

2

Question 11

What are the resource groups that exist in AWS?

Answer 11

Classic Resource Groups

AWS Systems Manager

Question 12

True or False: AWS Systems Manager resources are global?

Answer 12

False: They are regional. For global resource groupings, use classic resource groups.

Question 13

Can you execute commands against your resources in AWS Systems Manager resource groups?

Answer 13

Yes.

Question 14

What context are Classic Resource Groups? Regional, Account, Global, etc

Answer 14

Global.

Question 15

In what context do AWS System Manager resources exist? Regional, Account, Global, etc

Answer 15

Regional.

Question 16

Should you tag everything that can be tagged?

Answer 16

Yes!