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Free AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Practice Test

Prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam with this free practice test. Randomly generated and customizable, this test allows you to choose the number of questions.

  • Questions: 15
  • Time: 15 minutes (60 seconds per question)
  • Included Objectives:
    • Design Secure Architectures
    • Design Resilient Architectures
    • Design High-Performing Architectures
    • Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Question 1 of 15

An organization utilizes AWS to encrypt its sensitive data. The security policies state that the encryption keys must be rotated on a regular basis to mitigate the risk of key compromise. Which approach should be implemented to fulfill this requirement while ensuring seamless decryption of both new and existing datasets?

  • Enable automatic key rotation for the encryption service.

  • Remove existing keys at each cycle and establish fresh keys for new encryption operations.

  • Generate and import key material from an external source into the existing key setup on a set schedule.

  • Manually create a new key and re-encrypt all data periodically.

Question 2 of 15

A healthcare company stores patient information that includes sensitive records in Amazon S3. They are subject to strict compliance regulations and need an automated way to classify their data at scale and be alerted of any potential exposure risks. Which service should they implement for continuous analysis of their stored content and to receive automated security alerts in case of unsecured sensitive data?

  • Adopt Amazon Macie for content analysis and automated alerts on insecure data storage.

  • Implement Amazon GuardDuty for continuous threat detection and data classification in S3.

  • Use Amazon Cognito to manage patient identity verification and to secure sensitive records.

  • Configure AWS Secrets Manager for rotating credentials and alerting on data exposure.

Question 3 of 15

Which service facilitates the setup and governance of a multi-account environment by offering automated deployment of baseline environments and compliance auditing against standard best practices?

  • Organizations

  • Security Hub

  • Control Tower

  • Identity and Access Management

Question 4 of 15

Which service feature should you use to manage a large number of concurrent database connections that often experience unpredictable spikes in connection requests, while ensuring minimal changes to the existing applications?

  • Elastic Load Balancing

  • Amazon ElastiCache

  • AWS Direct Connect

  • Amazon RDS Proxy

Question 5 of 15

Which service provides user authentication and access control for web and mobile applications, enabling the integration of sign-up and sign-in functionalities?

  • Amazon Cognito

  • Amazon Key Management Service

  • Amazon GuardDuty

  • Amazon Identity and Access Management

Question 6 of 15

A company is storing highly sensitive customer data in Amazon S3 and requires that the data be encrypted at rest. The Chief Security Officer mandates that the encryption solution must allow the company to have full control over the key management process and the ability to rotate encryption keys on a regular basis. Which of the following would BEST meet these requirements?

  • Use default S3 server-side encryption (SSE-S3) which employs managed keys

  • Encrypt the data client-side before uploading it to Amazon S3

  • Use Amazon S3's object lock feature with versioning enabled

  • Use an AWS managed key in AWS KMS without enabling key rotation

  • Use a Customer Managed Key in AWS Key Management Service (KMS) with key rotation enabled

Question 7 of 15

A fintech startup's web portal has stringent security requirements, demanding SSL termination at the load balancer to offload SSL processing from the web servers. The application also requires the capability to route client requests based on custom HTTP headers and to utilize WebSockets for real-time updates. Considering these criteria, which load balancing option should you, as a solutions architect, suggest for this startup's architecture?

  • Network Load Balancer (NLB)

  • AWS Global Accelerator

  • Amazon CloudFront

  • Application Load Balancer (ALB)

Question 8 of 15

Selecting Amazon Neptune for managing relational data structures ensures optimal performance compared to other database services offered by AWS.

  • True

  • False

Question 9 of 15

What is a recommended security measure to prevent unauthorized access to AWS accounts?

  • Enabling multi-factor authentication for all user accounts

  • Enforcing complex password requirements

  • Enforcing IP whitelisting for all user logins

  • Regularly rotating IAM credentials

Question 10 of 15

A digital education provider wants to enhance its platform by offering features that will convert lecture transcriptions into structured data for content categorization and sentiment metrics. The solution should autonomously discover relevant topics and gauge the lecturers' tone. Which service should be utilized to process and analyze the textual information to meet these requirements?

  • The text-to-speech service

  • The language translation service

  • The media conversion service

  • The natural language processing service

Question 11 of 15

A corporation wants to enable its security team to audit resources in all of its subsidiary companies' accounts with minimum necessary permissions. What method should be recommended to facilitate this requirement while adhering to security best practices?

  • Distribute the superuser credentials for each environment, restricting their use to the audit tasks.

  • Apply granular resource policies across all services in each environment, allowing audit-level access.

  • Implement a centralized identity management service, allowing the team to use roles with 'Audit' policy attachments in each of the subsidiary's environments.

  • Create distinct profiles for team members within each subsidiary's environment, assigning them individual access keys for manual rotation.

Question 12 of 15

A company wishes to improve the fault tolerance of their on-premises legacy web application that is currently unable to handle unpredictable increases in user traffic, leading to frequent downtimes. Which service would assist in managing the incoming network traffic more effectively, facilitating higher application uptime with minimal modifications to the existing application?

  • Lambda

  • Elastic Load Balancing

  • Direct Connect

  • Simple Storage Service

Question 13 of 15

Which service provides the capability to perform automated security assessments to help identify vulnerabilities, ensure compliance with best practices, and monitor ongoing application activities for irregular patterns?

  • AWS Trusted Advisor

  • AWS Config

  • AWS Shield

  • AWS Inspector

Question 14 of 15

A company requires minimal data loss and rapid recovery of its critical systems in the event of a disaster, but they operate with a limited budget for DR. Which of the following disaster recovery strategies would be most appropriate for this company's needs?

  • Active-Active Failover

  • Pilot Light

  • Warm Standby

  • Backup and Restore

Question 15 of 15

A company requires a database that is highly compatible with Oracle and provides advanced features for fault tolerance and uptime. Which of the following database engines should they consider implementing to meet these specific needs?

  • PostgreSQL

  • Amazon Aurora

  • MySQL

  • Amazon Redshift