D319 AWS Cloud Architecture - Set 3 - Part 1

Correct Answer: Amazon Kinesis

Amazon Kinesis enables real-time processing of streaming data and is often used for real-time analytics of large data streams.

Correct Answer: S3 Server-Side Encryption (SSE)

S3 Server-Side Encryption automatically encrypts data stored in Amazon S3 using AWS managed keys.

Correct Answer: 5 minutes

The default maximum execution time for an AWS Lambda function is 5 minutes, but it can be adjusted up to 15 minutes.

Correct Answer: AWS Batch

AWS Batch is used to efficiently run hundreds of thousands of batch computing jobs, helping users schedule and manage batch workloads.

Correct Answer: To specify resource creation order

The "DependsOn" attribute in AWS CloudFormation ensures that certain resources are created in the order specified by the user.

Correct Answer: Detecting and protecting sensitive data

Amazon Macie is an AWS service that automatically discovers, classifies, and protects sensitive data like PII stored in AWS.

Correct Answer: Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a relational database but has capabilities that support both MySQL and PostgreSQL, and can scale to handle NoSQL workloads with Aurora Serverless.

Correct Answer: AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation allows users to model and set up AWS resources so they can manage infrastructure as code.

Correct Answer: AWS Fargate

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers, allowing users to run containers without managing servers or clusters.

Correct Answer: AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda allows you to run code in response to events, such as changes in data or user requests, without provisioning or managing any servers.

Correct Answer: AWS IAM

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) enables multi-factor authentication (MFA) to provide additional security for user accounts.

Correct Answer: 14 days

The maximum retention period for messages in Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is 14 days.

Correct Answer: Amazon SageMaker

Amazon SageMaker provides tools for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.

Correct Answer: Automating code deployment

AWS CodePipeline is a continuous integration and delivery service for automating code deployment pipelines.

Correct Answer: Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon ElastiCache provides in-memory caching for faster retrieval of data in distributed systems.

Correct Answer: Security "of" the cloud

AWS is responsible for securing the infrastructure that runs AWS services, including hardware, software, networking, and facilities.

Correct Answer: AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Trusted Advisor provides real-time best practices and recommendations to optimize AWS resources.

Correct Answer: AWS Organizations

AWS Organizations allows you to centrally manage policies and control access across multiple AWS accounts.

Correct Answer: Horizontal scaling

Horizontal scaling refers to adding or removing instances to handle load, as opposed to vertical scaling, which increases the power of existing instances.

Correct Answer: Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch provides real-time monitoring for AWS resources and applications running on AWS.