Knowledge Check

AWS Storage Quiz

Question 1

True or False? Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage suitable for the storage of flat files like Microsoft Word documents, photos, etc.

• True ✓
• False

Question 2

Amazon S3 replicates all objects: (Select the best answer)

• on multiple volumes within an Availability Zone
• in multiple Availability Zones within the same Region ✓
• across multiple Regions for higher durability
• on multiple S3 buckets

Question 3

Which of the following can be used as a storage class for an S3 object lifecycle policy? (Choose three)

• S3 - Standard Access ✓
• AWS Storage Gateway
• S3 - Infrequent Access ✓
• Simple Storage Service Glacier ✓
• S3 - Reduced Redundancy Storage
• Amazon DynamoDB

Question 4

The name of an S3 bucket must be unique: (Select the best answer)

• worldwide across all AWS accounts ✓
• within a Region
• across all your AWS accounts
• within your AWS account

Question 5

You can use Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) to: (Select the best answer)

• provide simple, scalable, elastic file storage for use only within AWS.
• implement storage for Amazon EC2 instances that multiple virtual machines can access at the same time. ✓
• host a robust CDN to deliver entire web sites with dynamic, static, and streaming content.
• generate user-specific content.

Question 6

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is recommended when data: (Choose two)

• requires object-level storage
• must be quickly accessible, requiring long-term persistence ✓
• requires an encryption solution ✓
• needs to be stored in a different Availability Zone than the one the EC2 instance is in

Question 7

True or False? By default, all data stored in Amazon S3 is viewable by the public.

• True
• False ✓

Question 8

Regarding Amazon S3 Glacier, what is a Vault? (Select the best answer)

• The rules that determine who may (or may not) access archives
• An object (photos, videos, files, or documents)
• A container for storing archives ✓
• A policy that identifies who can access content stored in Glacier

Question 9

True or False? When you create a bucket in Amazon S3, it is associated with a specific AWS Region.

• True ✓
• False

Question 10

Which of the following are features of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)? (Choose two)

• Data on an Amazon EBS volume is lost when the attached instance is stopped.
• Amazon EBS data is automatically backed up to tape.
• Data stored on Amazon EBS is automatically replicated within an Availability Zone. ✓
• Amazon EBS volumes can be encrypted transparently to workloads on the attached instance. ✓