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Question 1 of 9

1. Question
Developers regularly create and update CloudFormation stacks using API calls. For security reasons you need to ensure that users are restricted to a specified template. How can this be achieved?
- Store the template on Amazon S3 and use a bucket policy to restrict access
- Create an IAM policy with a Condition: TemplateURL parameter
- Create an IAM policy with a Condition: StackPolicyURL parameter
- Create an IAM policy with a Condition: ResourceTypes parameter
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2. Question
An application running video-editing software is using significant memory on an Amazon EC2 instance. How can a user track memory usage on the Amazon EC2 instance?
- Call Amazon CloudWatch to retrieve the memory usage metric data that exists for the EC2 instance
- Assign an IAM role to the EC2 instance with an IAM policy granting access to the desired metric
- Use an instance type that supports memory usage reporting to a metric by default
- Install the CloudWatch agent on the EC2 instance to push memory usage to an Amazon CloudWatch custom metric
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3. Question
A Solutions Architect is creating an AWS CloudFormation template that will provision a new EC2 instance and new EBS volume. What must be specified to associate the block store with the instance?
- Both the EC2 logical ID and the EBS logical ID
- The EC2 logical ID
- Both the EC2 physical ID and the EBS physical ID
- The EC2 physical ID
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4. Question
An event in CloudTrail is the record of an activity in an AWS account. What are the two types of events that can be logged in CloudTrail? (Select TWO.)
- System Events which are also known as instance level operations
- Management Events which are also known as control plane operations
- Platform Events which are also known as hardware level operations
- Data Events which are also known as data plane operations
- Control Events which are also known as data plane operations
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5. Question
A Solutions Architect has deployed a number of AWS resources using CloudFormation. Some changes must be made to a couple of resources within the stack. Due to recent failed updates, the Solutions Architect is a little concerned about the effects that implementing updates to the resources might have on other resources in the stack.

What is the easiest way to proceed cautiously?
- Use OpsWorks to manage the configuration changes
- Use a direct update
- Deploy a new stack to test the changes
- Create and execute a change set
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6. Question
A manager is concerned that the default service limits my soon be reached for several AWS services. Which AWS tool can a Solutions Architect use to display current usage and limits?
- Amazon CloudWatch
- AWS Dashboard
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Systems Manager
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7. Question
A security team wants to limit access to specific services or actions in all of the team’s AWS accounts. All accounts belong to a large organization in AWS Organizations. The solution must be scalable and there must be a single point where permissions can be maintained.

What should a solutions architect do to accomplish this?
- Create an ACL to provide access to the services or actions
- Create a security group to allow accounts and attach it to user groups
- Create cross-account roles in each account to deny access to the services or actions
- Create a service control policy in the root organizational unit to deny access to the services or actions
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8. Question
A security officer requires that access to company financial reports is logged. The reports are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket. Additionally, any modifications to the log files must be detected.

Which actions should a solutions architect take?
- Use S3 server access logging on the bucket that houses the reports with the read and write data events and the log file validation options enabled
- Use S3 server access logging on the bucket that houses the reports with the read and write management events and log file validation options enabled
- Use AWS CloudTrail to create a new trail. Configure the trail to log read and write data events on the S3 bucket that houses the reports. Log these events to a new bucket, and enable log file validation
- Use AWS CloudTrail to create a new trail. Configure the trail to log read and write management events on the S3 bucket that houses the reports. Log these events to a new bucket, and enable log file validation
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9. Question
A web application in a three-tier architecture runs on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances. Performance issues have been reported and investigations point to insufficient swap space. The operations team requires monitoring to determine if this is correct.

What should a solutions architect recommend?
- Configure an Amazon CloudWatch SwapUsage metric dimension. Monitor the SwapUsage dimension in the EC2 metrics in CloudWatch
- Use EC2 metadata to collect information, then publish it to Amazon CloudWatch custom metrics. Monitor SwapUsage metrics in CloudWatch
- Install an Amazon CloudWatch agent on the instances. Run an appropriate script on a set schedule. Monitor SwapUtilization metrics in CloudWatch
- Enable detailed monitoring in the EC2 console. Create an Amazon CloudWatch SwapUtilization custom metric. Monitor SwapUtilization metrics in CloudWatch
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