Core AWS services and concepts for building and deploying applications, tested on AWS Developer Associate.
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- What is Amazon EC2?
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A web service providing resizable compute capacity in the cloud
- What is an AMI?
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Amazon Machine Image, a pre-configured template containing OS, application software, and settings
- What is Amazon S3?
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Simple Storage Service, an object storage service for storing and retrieving data
- What is an S3 bucket?
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A container that holds objects (files) stored in S3
- What does S3 versioning enable?
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Keeping multiple versions of an object to recover from unintended overwrites or deletions
- What is an S3 lifecycle policy?
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A set of rules that automatically transition or delete objects based on age or other criteria
- What is AWS Lambda?
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A compute service that runs code in response to events without provisioning servers
- What languages does Lambda support?
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Python, Node.js, Java, Go, C#, Ruby, and custom runtimes
- What is the maximum execution time for a Lambda function?
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15 minutes (900 seconds)
- What is Amazon RDS?
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Relational Database Service, a managed database service for relational databases
- Which database engines does RDS support?
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MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database, and SQL Server
- What is Amazon DynamoDB?
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A fully managed NoSQL database service with fast and predictable performance
- What are the two billing modes in DynamoDB?
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Provisioned (reserved capacity) and on-demand (pay-per-request)
- What is AWS IAM?
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Identity and Access Management service for managing users, groups, roles, and permissions
- What is an IAM policy?
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A JSON document that defines permissions to access AWS resources