MCQs on S3 Integration with AWS Services | Amazon AWS S3
Amazon S3’s integration with other AWS services enhances its functionality, enabling efficient workflows, content delivery, and data analysis. From serverless workflows with Lambda to content delivery using CloudFront and building data lakes with Glue, Athena, and Redshift, S3’s capabilities are vast. This quiz explores key integrations for optimized cloud solutions.
Using S3 with AWS Lambda for Serverless Workflows
1. Which event type is commonly used to trigger Lambda functions from S3?
a) Object upload events
b) IAM role updates
c) VPC creation events
d) EC2 instance termination
2. What permissions are required for a Lambda function to access an S3 bucket?
a) AdministratorAccess policy
b) A custom policy attached to the Lambda execution role
c) Default read/write permissions
d) CloudFormation permissions
3. What is the maximum timeout for an AWS Lambda function?
a) 30 seconds
b) 15 minutes
c) 10 minutes
d) 1 hour
4. How does S3 pass event data to a Lambda function?
a) Via JSON event payload
b) Using XML response
c) Through SQS queues only
d) By invoking the Lambda manually
5. Which of the following is NOT a valid S3 event for Lambda?
a) s3:ObjectCreated:*
b) s3:ObjectRemoved:*
c) s3:ObjectEncrypted:*
d) s3:ObjectAccessed:*
S3 with Amazon CloudFront for Content Delivery
6. What is the primary role of Amazon CloudFront when used with S3?
a) Encrypting data stored in S3 buckets
b) Improving content delivery speed through edge locations
c) Managing IAM roles for S3 buckets
d) Creating automatic backups for S3
7. What is an origin in the context of CloudFront?
a) The edge location used to cache content
b) The source of the content, such as an S3 bucket
c) The IAM role used for authentication
d) The primary region for S3 replication
8. Which feature of CloudFront helps deliver dynamic content from S3?
a) Lambda@Edge
b) Signed cookies
c) Versioning
d) Transfer acceleration
9. How can you restrict access to S3 objects through CloudFront?
a) Use S3 ACLs
b) Configure signed URLs or signed cookies
c) Attach an EC2 security group
d) Create IAM policies for edge locations
10. Which protocol does CloudFront use to transfer data securely from S3?
a) HTTP only
b) FTP
c) HTTPS
d) SFTP
Data Lakes on AWS: S3 Integration with Glue, Athena, and Redshift
11. What is the primary role of AWS Glue in a data lake?
a) To query data directly
b) To prepare and catalog data for analysis
c) To replicate data between regions
d) To encrypt data at rest
12. Which service allows you to run SQL queries on data stored in S3?
a) Amazon RDS
b) AWS Glue
c) Amazon Athena
d) Amazon EC2
13. How does S3 interact with Amazon Redshift in a data lake?
a) By acting as a primary database
b) By serving as a staging area for Redshift COPY commands
c) By managing data encryption
d) By enabling data replication across clusters
14. Which Glue feature simplifies creating metadata for S3 objects?
a) Glue triggers
b) Glue crawlers
c) Glue workflows
d) Glue jobs
15. What is an advantage of using Athena with S3 for data analysis?
a) Requires no ETL processes
b) Provides automatic data encryption
c) Enables real-time data streaming
d) Requires a dedicated database instance
Advanced Concepts in S3 Integration
16. What is an S3 VPC endpoint used for?
a) Connecting S3 to Lambda securely
b) Enabling private access to S3 from a VPC
c) Running SQL queries in S3
d) Optimizing CloudFront caching
17. Which S3 feature helps accelerate uploads for global users?
a) Transfer Acceleration
b) Object Lock
c) Versioning
d) Bucket ACLs
18. How does Amazon Kinesis integrate with S3?
a) By storing real-time streaming data into S3
b) By querying S3 for streaming data
c) By enabling automatic backups for S3
d) By serving as an IAM role for S3
19. Which service can analyze and visualize S3 data directly?
a) AWS QuickSight
b) Amazon EC2
c) AWS Auto Scaling
d) Elastic Load Balancing
20. What is the function of AWS Lake Formation with S3?
a) To replicate S3 buckets
b) To simplify building secure data lakes on S3
c) To manage EC2 instances
d) To optimize storage classes
Answer Key
| QNo | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 | a) Object upload events |
| 2 | b) A custom policy attached to the Lambda execution role |
| 3 | b) 15 minutes |
| 4 | a) Via JSON event payload |
| 5 | d) s3:ObjectAccessed:* |
| 6 | b) Improving content delivery speed through edge locations |
| 7 | b) The source of the content, such as an S3 bucket |
| 8 | a) Lambda@Edge |
| 9 | b) Configure signed URLs or signed cookies |
| 10 | c) HTTPS |
| 11 | b) To prepare and catalog data for analysis |
| 12 | c) Amazon Athena |
| 13 | b) By serving as a staging area for Redshift COPY commands |
| 14 | b) Glue crawlers |
| 15 | a) Requires no ETL processes |
| 16 | b) Enabling private access to S3 from a VPC |
| 17 | a) Transfer Acceleration |
| 18 | a) By storing real-time streaming data into S3 |
| 19 | a) AWS QuickSight |
| 20 | b) To simplify building secure data lakes on S3 |