1. Which AWS service is used to store objects with unlimited scalability?
A) EBS
B) S3
C) EC2
D) RDS
Answer: B
2. What does Amazon RDS provide?
A) Object storage
B) Managed relational database
C) File transfer
D) DNS service
Answer: B
3. Which storage type is best for high‑performance block storage?
A) S3
B) EFS
C) EBS
D) Glacier
Answer: C
4. What does AWS Lambda allow you to do?
A) Provision VMs
B) Run code without managing servers
C) Store objects
D) Manage user access
Answer: B
5. Which service is used for content delivery?
A) Route 53
B) CloudFront
C) Elasticache
D) SNS
Answer: B
6. Which database is NoSQL?
A) RDS
B) DynamoDB
C) Aurora
D) Redshift
Answer: B
7. Which AWS service offers managed Kubernetes?
A) ECS
B) EKS
C) Lambda
D) Batch
Answer: B
8. What is a VPC?
A) Virtual PC
B) Virtual Private Cloud
C) Virtual Public Cluster
D) Volume Provisioned Cloud
Answer: B
9. Which service provides DNS?
A) S3
B) CloudFront
C) Route 53
D) API Gateway
Answer: C
10. Which database engine is AWS Aurora compatible with?
A) MySQL & PostgreSQL
B) Oracle only
C) SQL Server only
D) MongoDB
Answer: A
11. What is the AWS Well‑Architected Framework?
A) A pricing calculator
B) A set of architectural best practices
C) A storage service
D) A database
Answer: B
12. Which service enables sending emails?
A) SNS
B) SES
C) SQS
D) CloudWatch
Answer: B
13. Which compute service requires managing servers?
A) EC2
B) Lambda
C) Fargate
D) Batch
Answer: A
14. What does Auto Scaling do?
A) Increase storage
B) Automatically adjust compute capacity
C) Increase bandwidth
D) Manage credentials
Answer: B
15. What type of database is Amazon Redshift?
A) OLTP
B) NoSQL
C) Data warehouse
D) Document store
Answer: C
16. Which service is best for in‑memory caching?
A) RDS
B) DynamoDB
C) Elasticache
D) S3
Answer: C
17. Which AWS service is used for message queuing?
A) SNS
B) SQS
C) SES
D) CloudTrail
Answer: B
18. Which service logs API activity?
A) CloudWatch
B) CloudTrail
C) Config
D) GuardDuty
Answer: B
19. What does IAM stand for?
A) Internet Access Management
B) Identity and Access Management
C) Internal API Manager
D) Instance Authorization Method
Answer: B
20. What feature provides automatic key rotation for KMS keys?
A) Manual rotation
B) Automatic rotation
C) IAM policies
D) CloudTrail logs
Answer: B
21. Which AWS service helps detect unauthorized behavior?
A) IAM
B) GuardDuty
C) CloudWatch
D) WAF
Answer: B
22. What type of IP does an internet‑facing ELB use?
A) Private
B) Public
C) Link‑local
D) None
Answer: B
23. Which storage class is lowest cost for infrequently accessed data?
A) S3 Standard
B) S3 Glacier
C) EBS GP2
D) EFS
Answer: B
24. What is the main benefit of multi‑AZ deployments?
A) Lower cost
B) Higher performance
C) High availability
D) Increased storage size
Answer: C
25. What does CloudFormation do?
A) Manual provisioning
B) Infrastructure as Code
C) User management
D) Data analytics
Answer: B
26. Which tool helps centralize logs?
A) CloudWatch
B) EC2
C) SES
D) S3
Answer: A
27. Which service provides GraphQL API?
A) API Gateway REST only
B) AppSync
C) CloudFront
D) SNS
Answer: B
28. Which AWS storage option is file‑based?
A) EBS
B) EFS
C) S3
D) Glacier
Answer: B
29. Which AWS service is for data analytics at petabyte scale?
A) DynamoDB
B) Redshift
C) RDS
D) ElastiCache
Answer: B
30. What protocol does S3 support for hosting websites?
A) FTP
B) HTTPS
C) SMTP
D) SSH
Answer: B
31. Which service allows private connectivity to AWS without internet?
A) NAT Gateway
B) Direct Connect
C) CloudFront
D) ELB
Answer: B
32. Which compute option is truly serverless?
A) EC2
B) Fargate
C) Lambda
D) ECS on EC2
Answer: C
33. Which AWS service manages certificates?
A) Secrets Manager
B) Certificate Manager
C) KMS
D) IAM
Answer: B
34. What database engine does Aurora NOT natively support?
A) PostgreSQL
B) MySQL
C) Oracle
D) Both A & B
Answer: C
35. Which tool audits configuration changes?
A) CloudTrail
B) Config
C) CloudWatch
D) GuardDuty
Answer: B
36. Which AWS service delivers real‑time streaming data?
A) Kinesis
B) SQS
C) SNS
D) DynamoDB
Answer: A
37. What is the default tenancy for EC2 instances?
A) Dedicated
B) Shared
C) Host
D) Isolated
Answer: B
38. Which encryption type does S3 support?
A) SSE‑S3
B) SSE‑KMS
C) SSE‑C
D) All of the above
Answer: D
39. What is AWS WAF used for?
A) Firewall for applications
B) File archiving
C) Caching
D) DNS
Answer: A
40. Which service automatically blocks suspicious traffic?
A) Inspector
B) Shield Advanced
C) CloudWatch
D) CloudTrail
Answer: B
41. What mechanism ensures data integrity during transit?
A) Encryption
B) IAM
C) Tagging
D) Route 53
Answer: A
42. Which service is for extracting insights from logs?
A) CloudWatch Logs Insights
B) CloudTrail
C) IAM
D) SES
Answer: A
43. What does SQS FIFO provide?
A) Unordered messages
B) First‑In‑First‑Out
C) No duplicates
D) High throughput only
Answer: B
44. Which AWS service provisions private keys and certificates?
A) KMS
B) Certificate Manager
C) Secrets Manager
D) IAM
Answer: B
45. What type of instance pricing is lowest if committed?
A) On‑Demand
B) Spot
C) Reserved
D) Dedicated
Answer: C
46. Which AWS service can orchestrate workflows?
A) Step Functions
B) Lambda
C) SNS
D) S3
Answer: A
47. Which database supports key‑value store?
A) RDS
B) DynamoDB
C) Redshift
D) Aurora
Answer: B
48. Which tool helps analyze security posture?
A) Trusted Advisor
B) Inspector
C) GuardDuty
D) CloudWatch
Answer: A
49. Which service stores secrets like database passwords?
A) IAM
B) Secrets Manager
C) KMS
D) CloudFront
Answer: B
50. Which AWS service manages API versions, throttling & endpoints?
A) API Gateway
B) SNS
C) SQS
D) Lambda
Answer: A
Scoring Guide
- 40–50 Correct: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Ready
- 30–39 Correct: Good, but review services and best practices
- Below 30: Focus on core AWS services and architecture principles
Conclusion
This 50-question quiz covers the essential AWS services, architecture best practices, and security concepts needed for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. By testing yourself on topics like compute, storage, networking, databases, security, and serverless architectures, you can identify strengths and areas that need improvement.
Mastering these concepts ensures you can:
- Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable systems.
- Choose the right AWS service for each use case.
- Apply security best practices using IAM, KMS, WAF, and GuardDuty.
- Optimize costs and performance with Auto Scaling, Reserved Instances, and S3 storage classes.
Consistent practice with quizzes like this, along with hands-on experience in AWS, is key to passing the exam confidently and becoming a proficient cloud architect.
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