Theory Practice Set - 1

Question 1

What is Amazon CloudFront

Answer 1

It is an AWS CDN service that uses a global network of edge locations to deliver content quickly and securely to users worldwide.

Question 2

What is NoSQL database

Answer 2

It is an non-relational database designed to store and retrieve unstructured or semi-structured data,

Question 3

What is AWS Region

Answer 3

Its an Logical Entity , a geographically separate area where AWS has one or more data centers, called Availability Zones

Question 4

What is Availability Zone (AZ)

Answer 4

Group of separate data centers within an AWS Region,

designed with independent power, cooling, and networking, connected to other AZs in the same region with low-latency links under 100kms range

Question 5

Problem which is difficult to solve without cloud computing

Question 6

What is share responsibility model

Question 7

Advantages of cloud computing

Answer 7

Pay as you go
Go global in minutes
Stop spending money running and managing maintaining data centres

Question 8

What is elasticity and scalability

Answer 8

Elasticity - resources can be quickly scared up or down to meet changing demands

Scalability - easy to scale EC2 instances both vertically (increase more power to machines) or horizontally (adding more machines) depending on workload

Question 9

What is the difference between characteristic and advantage

Question 10

How elasticity and scalability work in real in AWS