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Free AWS Cloud Practitioner practice questions

10 free sample questions for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam, each with an explanation that starts with why a wrong answer is wrong. No account needed. Try the first one now.

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A new engineer asks how the AWS Management Console, the AWS CLI, and the AWS SDKs relate to each other. Which statement is correct?

Why that one is wrong. The CLI and SDKs can create, change, and delete resources just as the console can.

Why that one is wrong. All tools act on the same resources in the account.

Why that one is wrong. SDKs and the CLI cover a wide range of AWS services.

Why A is right. The console, CLI, and SDKs are different interfaces to the same underlying AWS APIs, so they act on the same resources.

Console, CLI, SDKs, and infrastructure-as-code tools all call the same AWS APIs; choose the interface that fits the task.

What the exam covers

  • Cloud Concepts (24%)
  • Security and Compliance (30%)
  • Cloud Technology and Services (34%)
  • Billing, Pricing, and Support (12%)

A few more sample questions

Sample question 1. When an application assumes an IAM role, it receives credentials that expire after a limited time. Which AWS service issues these temporary security credentials?

  1. AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
  2. AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS)
  3. AWS Secrets Manager
  4. Amazon Cognito user pools for app sign-in

Sample question 2. A company owns a fixed number of Oracle processor licenses and runs the software both on servers in its own data center and on EC2 instances. Auditors want one view of license consumption across both environments, and the company wants new EC2 launches blocked when they would exceed its entitlement. Which service fits?

  1. AWS Config with a custom rule per license
  2. AWS Marketplace license subscriptions
  3. AWS License Manager
  4. AWS Organizations service control policies

Sample question 3. A startup moves an image-thumbnail job from an always-on EC2 instance to AWS Lambda. The finance lead asks what the Lambda part of the bill will depend on. Which answer is accurate?

  1. The number of hours the function is deployed, whether or not it is invoked
  2. The number of requests and how long each run lasts
  3. The number of vCPUs and the instance type chosen for the function
  4. A flat monthly fee per function, regardless of how often it runs

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