Definitions

Question 1

What is Amazon WorkSpaces?

Answer 1

Managed, secure cloud desktop service.

Question 2

What is Amazon ElastiCache?

Answer 2

Fully managed, in-memory caching service supporting flexible, real-time use cases.

Question 3

What is Amazon CloudWatch?

Answer 3

Monitoring and management service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.

Question 4

What is AWS Config?

Answer 4

Service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources.

Question 5

What is Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

Answer 5

Logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

Question 6

What is EC2-Other?

Answer 6

Includes multiple service-related usage types, tracking costs associated Amazon EBS volumes and snapshots, elastic IP addresses, NAT gateways, data transfer, and more.

Question 7

What is a Spot instance?

Answer 7

An instance that uses spare EC2 capacity that is available for less than the On-Demand price.

Question 8

What is an immersions day workshop?

Answer 8

An initiative that emulates an on-premise environment which allows customers to execute a migration to AWS.

Question 9

Who is DXC Technology?

Answer 9

A Global IT services company that is focused on helping clients with their mission-critical system and leading digital transformation.

Question 10

What is instance Scheduler?

Answer 10

Configuration of start and stop schedules for Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS.

Question 11

What is Amazon ECS?

Answer 11

A highly scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers on a managed cluster of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances.

Question 12

What is AWS Fargate?

Answer 12

A technology on Amazon ECS to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters of Amazon EC2 instances.

Question 13

What is Amazon ECS Cloudwatch Container Insights?

Answer 13

Service that collects, aggregates, and summarizes metrics and logs from your containerized applications and microservices.

Question 14

What is AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Answer 14

Amazon’s block-level storage solution used with the EC2 cloud service to store persistent data.

Question 15

What are EBS Snapshots?

Answer 15

Point-in-time copy of your data

Question 16

What is Amortized cost?

Answer 16

When you distribute one-time reservation costs across the billing period that is affected by that cost.

Question 17

What is Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka?

Answer 17

A fully managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data.

Question 18

What is Apache Spark?

Answer 18

An open-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing.

Question 19

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Managed, secure cloud desktop service.

Answer 19

What is Amazon WorkSpaces?

Question 20

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Fully managed, in-memory caching service supporting flexible, real-time use cases.

Answer 20

What is Amazon ElastiCache?

Question 21

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Monitoring and management service that provides data and actionable insights for AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.

Answer 21

What is Amazon CloudWatch?

Question 22

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Service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources.

Answer 22

What is AWS Config?

Question 23

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Logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

Answer 23

What is Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)?

Question 24

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Includes multiple service-related usage types, tracking costs associated Amazon EBS volumes and snapshots, elastic IP addresses, NAT gateways, data transfer, and more.

Answer 24

What is EC2-Other?

Question 25

# Reversed An instance that uses spare EC2 capacity that is available for less than the On-Demand price.

Answer 25

What is a Spot instance?

Question 26

# Reversed An initiative that emulates an on-premise environment which allows customers to execute a migration to AWS.

Answer 26

What is an immersions day workshop?

Question 27

# Reversed A Global IT services company that is focused on helping clients with their mission-critical system and leading digital transformation.

Answer 27

Who is DXC Technology?

Question 28

# Reversed Configuration of start and stop schedules for Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS.

Answer 28

What is instance Scheduler?

Question 29

# Reversed A highly scalable, high performance container management service that supports Docker containers on a managed cluster of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances.

Answer 29

What is Amazon ECS?

Question 30

# Reversed A technology on Amazon ECS to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters of Amazon EC2 instances.

Answer 30

What is AWS Fargate?

Question 31

# Reversed Service that collects, aggregates, and summarizes metrics and logs from your containerized applications and microservices.

Answer 31

What is Amazon ECS Cloudwatch Container Insights?

Question 32

# Reversed Amazon's block-level storage solution used with the EC2 cloud service to store persistent data.

Answer 32

What is AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Question 33

# Reversed Point-in-time copy of your data

Answer 33

What are EBS Snapshots?

Question 34

# Reversed When you distribute one-time reservation costs across the billing period that is affected by that cost.

Answer 34

What is Amortized cost?

Question 35

# Reversed A fully managed service that enables you to build and run applications that use Apache Kafka to process streaming data.

Answer 35

What is Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka?

Question 36

# Reversed An open-source unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing.

Answer 36

What is Apache Spark?

Question 37

What is AWS Lambda?

Answer 37

A serverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for virtually any type of application or backend service without provisioning or managing servers.

Question 38

What is RI Utilization?

Answer 38

The percentage of purchased RI hours consumed by instances during a period of time

Question 39

What is RI Coverage?

Answer 39

The percentage of running instance hours that are covered by RIs.

Question 40

# Reversed A serverless, event-driven compute service that lets you run code for virtually any type of application or backend service without provisioning or managing servers.

Answer 40

What is AWS Lambda?

Question 41

# Reversed The percentage of purchased RI hours consumed by instances during a period of time

Answer 41

What is RI Utilization?

Question 42

# Reversed The percentage of running instance hours that are covered by RIs.

Answer 42

What is RI Coverage?

Question 43

What is AWS Eventbridge?

Answer 43

A serverless event bus service that helps connect external SaaS providers with your own applications and AWS services.

Question 44

What is AWS Control Tower?

Answer 44

Automates the setup of a new landing zone using best-practices blueprints for identity, federated access, and account structure.

Question 45

What is an Landing Zone?

Answer 45

A well-architected, multi-account AWS environment based on security and compliance best practices.

Question 46

What is AWS Organizations?

Answer 46

Helps you centrally manage and govern your environment as you grow and scale your AWS resources

Question 47

What are Savings Plans?

Answer 47

Flexible pricing model that offer low prices on AWS usage, in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1- or 3-year term.