Task 4.1: Design Cost-Optimized Storage Solutions SAA-C03 Practice Questions (Page 6)

Questions 26–30

1. 26foundation · easy

   A company needs to migrate several terabytes of on-premises file data to Amazon S3 over a dedicated network connection. The migration must be a one-time transfer, and the company wants to use a managed service that can handle incremental changes and schedule the transfer. Which AWS service is designed for this type of data migration?

   • AAWS DataSync
   • BAWS Storage Gateway File Gateway
   • CAWS Transfer Family
   • DAWS Snowball Edge
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2. 27foundation · easy

   A company wants to automatically delete old log files from an S3 bucket after 90 days. Which S3 feature should be used?

   • AS3 Event Notifications
   • BS3 Lifecycle Policy with expiration action
   • CS3 Object Lock
   • DS3 Server Access Logging
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4. 28foundation · easy

   When designing a cost-optimized storage solution, which factor is most important to consider when sizing an Amazon S3 storage bucket?

   • AThe instance family of the EC2 instances that access the bucket, because S3 charges based on the instance type.
   • BThe expected number of objects and their average size, because S3 pricing is based on the total amount of data stored.
   • CThe number of IAM users who will access the bucket, because S3 charges per user for access permissions.
   • DThe number of Availability Zones used, because S3 replicates data across zones and charges per zone.
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5. 29expert · hard

   A company has an on-premises file server with 20 TB of data. The company wants to use AWS as a backup target and also provide low-latency access to the most recently accessed files for on-premises users. The company wants to minimize the cost of storage and data transfer. Which solution should the company use?

   • AUse AWS DataSync to copy the entire dataset to S3 and access it from S3.
   • BUse AWS Transfer Family to provide SFTP access to S3.
   • CUse EBS snapshots of an on-premises server.
   • DUse AWS Storage Gateway File Gateway with a cache for recently accessed files.
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6. 30foundation · easy

   A company needs to store 10,000 small JSON files in Amazon S3. Which approach minimizes the number of S3 PUT requests?

   • ACreate a single JSON array containing all data and upload it as one object.
   • BUse S3 Transfer Acceleration to upload all files in parallel.
   • CUpload each file using the S3 multipart upload API with a part size of 5 MB.
   • DUse the AWS CLI to run a loop that uploads each file with the put-object command.
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