12 questions covering Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, and EC2 Instance Store
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Storage Quiz
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1. A company runs a video streaming platform that serves content to millions of users globally. The content is accessed frequently and requires low-latency retrieval. Which S3 storage class should they use?
2. A hospital must retain patient records for 8 years to comply with healthcare regulations. The records are accessed once or twice per year for audits. Which storage class minimizes cost?
3. An organization uploads daily logs to S3 Standard. Logs are heavily accessed for the first month, then rarely queried. They want to reduce costs without manual intervention. What should they configure?
4. Which S3 storage class automatically monitors access patterns and moves objects between frequent and infrequent tiers without retrieval fees?
5. A company generates thumbnail images as secondary copies of on-premises data. The data is easily re-creatable and does not require multi-AZ resilience. Which storage class is most cost-effective?
6. Which statement about S3 bucket names is correct?
7. A company transfers 500 GB of data into an S3 bucket and later downloads 100 GB to their on-premises data center. Which data transfer incurs a charge?
8. A web application runs on a single EC2 instance and needs fast, persistent block storage for its boot volume. Which service should be used?
9. Which EBS volume type is the lowest-cost option for large volumes of infrequently accessed data?
10. A team runs a content management system across 10 EC2 instances in multiple Availability Zones. All instances need concurrent read-write access to the same shared files. Which storage service meets this requirement?
11. A video processing pipeline generates large temporary files during rendering. These files can be recreated and are only needed during active processing. Which storage option provides the highest performance?
12. What happens to data stored on EC2 Instance Store when the associated EC2 instance is stopped?
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