Storage Solutions | AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate MCQs
AWS Storage Solutions: Practice MCQs with Multiple Answers
Mastering Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, and AWS Storage Gateway is critical for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. These scenario-based questions cover key aspects of AWS Storage services, including storage classes, lifecycle policies, security configurations, and hybrid storage setups. The questions are designed for a deeper understanding of AWS storage solutions.
Amazon S3: Buckets, Storage Classes, Lifecycle Policies, and Versioning
1. A company needs to store both frequently accessed data and data that is rarely accessed. Which of the following combinations of S3 storage classes is most cost-effective? (Select all that apply)
a) S3 Standard for frequently accessed data
b) S3 Glacier for rarely accessed data
c) S3 Standard-IA for infrequent access data
d) S3 One Zone-IA for infrequent access data
e) S3 Intelligent-Tiering for both
2. You need to automate the archival of data in an S3 bucket that hasn’t been accessed in over 30 days to S3 Glacier. Which steps should you take to automate this process? (Select all that apply)
a) Enable versioning on the bucket
b) Use an S3 lifecycle policy
c) Set up an event notification on the bucket
d) Set the storage class for objects to S3 Glacier
e) Use cross-region replication
3. Your company’s developers deleted files from an S3 bucket, and you need to recover the deleted data. Which options can be used to recover this data? (Select all that apply)
a) Use S3 versioning
b) Use Amazon S3 replication
c) Restore from a backup using AWS Backup
d) Restore from S3 Glacier
e) Restore from the S3 bucket’s trash
S3 Security: Bucket Policies, ACLs, and Encryption
4. You need to encrypt sensitive data stored in S3 using a managed key. Which encryption options should you consider? (Select all that apply)
a) SSE-S3
b) SSE-KMS
c) SSE-C
d) Client-side encryption with KMS keys
e) IAM role-based encryption
5. A company wants to ensure that only users with specific IAM roles can access an S3 bucket. Which of the following actions can you take to restrict access? (Select all that apply)
a) Apply an S3 bucket policy that allows access only for specific IAM roles
b) Set an S3 ACL to grant permissions to IAM roles
c) Use an S3 event notification to track access
d) Enable S3 Block Public Access
e) Configure a VPC endpoint for S3 access
6. You need to log all access requests to an S3 bucket, including both successful and failed attempts. Which AWS services can you use to achieve this? (Select all that apply)
a) AWS CloudTrail
b) AWS Config
c) Amazon CloudWatch
d) AWS IAM
e) AWS Lambda
Amazon EBS: Types, Snapshots, and Performance Optimization
7. You need to choose the best EBS volume type for a high-performance transactional workload requiring low latency and high IOPS. Which of the following options are suitable? (Select all that apply)
a) Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2)
b) General Purpose SSD (gp3)
c) Cold HDD (sc1)
d) Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
e) General Purpose SSD (gp2)
8. You want to optimize performance for your EBS volumes by ensuring the data is stored across multiple AZs. Which of the following should you do? (Select all that apply)
a) Use EBS Multi-Attach to connect volumes to multiple instances
b) Use Amazon EBS Elastic Volumes to change volume types
c) Enable snapshots to protect data
d) Use Amazon EC2 instance store volumes
e) Configure your application to use a RAID setup
9. A company is using EBS volumes for production workloads and needs to back up the data. Which methods can be used to back up the data efficiently? (Select all that apply)
a) Use AWS Backup to schedule automatic backups
b) Manually create EBS snapshots
c) Use Amazon S3 replication
d) Enable EBS volume encryption
e) Use EBS snapshots with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
Amazon EFS: Shared File Systems
10. Which workloads are best suited for Amazon EFS? (Select all that apply)
a) Shared file storage for web applications
b) High-performance transactional databases
c) Data lakes for analytics
d) Machine learning model training
e) Content management systems
11. A team needs to access a shared file system from multiple EC2 instances across different Availability Zones. Which AWS service is the most appropriate? (Select all that apply)
a) Amazon EFS
b) Amazon FSx for Lustre
c) Amazon S3
d) Amazon Elastic File System
e) Amazon EBS
Amazon FSx: Managed File Storage
12. You need a managed file storage solution optimized for Windows-based workloads that supports SMB protocol. Which FSx service should you choose? (Select all that apply)
a) FSx for Windows File Server
b) FSx for Lustre
c) FSx for NetApp ONTAP
d) FSx for OpenZFS
e) FSx for Amazon S3
13. A research team needs to process large amounts of data in parallel for a high-performance computing (HPC) workload. Which FSx service is ideal for this requirement? (Select all that apply)
a) FSx for Lustre
b) FSx for Windows File Server
c) FSx for OpenZFS
d) FSx for NetApp ONTAP
e) FSx for Hadoop
AWS Storage Gateway: Hybrid Cloud Solutions
14. You want to use AWS Storage Gateway for file sharing between on-premises and AWS. Which type of Storage Gateway should you use? (Select all that apply)
a) File Gateway
b) Volume Gateway
c) Tape Gateway
d) Object Gateway
e) Block Gateway
15. A company wants to back up its on-premises tape data to AWS using Storage Gateway. Which type of Storage Gateway would you recommend? (Select all that apply)
a) Tape Gateway
b) File Gateway
c) Volume Gateway
d) Object Gateway
e) Cloud Storage Gateway
Mixed Scenario Questions
16. A company needs to store and archive critical data with infrequent access, while still allowing for quick retrieval when needed. Which AWS storage solution(s) should they use? (Select all that apply)
a) S3 Glacier
b) S3 One Zone-IA
c) Amazon EBS
d) Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
e) S3 Intelligent-Tiering
17. A company is looking to optimize their EBS volumes for large-scale data analytics workloads. Which options should they consider? (Select all that apply)
a) EBS Provisioned IOPS (io1 or io2)
b) EBS Cold HDD (sc1)
c) EBS General Purpose SSD (gp3)
d) EBS Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)
e) Amazon EFS
18. A company requires a shared file system with low-latency access from multiple EC2 instances. Which AWS service should they use? (Select all that apply)
a) Amazon EFS
b) Amazon FSx for Lustre
c) Amazon S3
d) Amazon EC2 instance store
e) Amazon Elastic File System
Answer Key
| Qno | Answer (Option with text) |
|---|---|
| 1 | a) S3 Standard for frequently accessed data, c) S3 Standard-IA for infrequent access data, d) S3 One Zone-IA for infrequent access data |
| 2 | b) Use an S3 lifecycle policy, d) Set the storage class for objects to S3 Glacier |
| 3 | a) Use S3 versioning, c) Restore from a backup using AWS Backup, d) Restore from S3 Glacier |
| 4 | b) SSE-KMS, d) Client-side encryption with KMS keys |
| 5 | a) Apply an S3 bucket policy that allows access only for specific IAM roles, d) Enable S3 Block Public Access |
| 6 | a) AWS CloudTrail, b) AWS Config |
| 7 | a) Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2), b) General Purpose SSD (gp3) |
| 8 | a) Use EBS Multi-Attach to connect volumes to multiple instances, b) Use Amazon EBS Elastic Volumes to change volume types, c) Enable snapshots to protect data |
| 9 | a) Use AWS Backup to schedule automatic backups, b) Manually create EBS snapshots |
| 10 | a) Shared file storage for web applications, c) Data lakes for analytics, e) Content management systems |
| 11 | a) Amazon EFS, e) Amazon EBS |
| 12 | a) FSx for Windows File Server |
| 13 | a) FSx for Lustre |
| 14 | a) File Gateway, b) Volume Gateway |
| 15 | a) Tape Gateway |
| 16 | a) S3 Glacier, b) S3 One Zone-IA |
| 17 | a) EBS Provisioned IOPS (io1 or io2), d) EBS Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) |
| 18 | a) Amazon EFS, b) Amazon FSx for Lustre |