A company runs a data analytics workload that uses a custom ETL job on a single EC2 instance. The job runs daily and processes data from an Amazon S3 bucket. The company wants to reduce operational overhead and improve scalability. Which modernization opportunity should the company implement?

Use Amazon EMR to run the ETL job.

Use AWS Data Pipeline to run the ETL job.

Use AWS Lambda to run the ETL job.

Use AWS Glue to run the ETL job.

A company runs a static website on EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. The website has low traffic but the company wants to reduce costs and operational overhead. Which modernization approach should the company choose?

Use Amazon S3 website hosting with Amazon CloudFront.

Use AWS Elastic Beanstalk to host the website.

Use AWS Amplify to host the website.

Use Amazon Lightsail to host the website.

A company is planning to modernize several applications. They have limited resources and want to minimize risk. Which factor is most important to consider when prioritizing modernization initiatives?

The cost of the AWS services used in the current environment

The number of developers available in the company

The age of the existing application code

The dependencies between different modernization efforts

A company is modernizing a legacy application by refactoring it into microservices. The company has a strict compliance requirement that all changes must be reversible within 24 hours. The application is used by multiple business units with different release schedules. Which implementation plan should the company follow?

Use a strangler fig pattern, migrating one microservice at a time with feature flags.

Migrate all microservices at once and rely on database backups for rollback.

Use a blue/green deployment for the entire application.

Refactor the entire application in a development environment and then deploy to production.

A company is considering migrating a legacy application to AWS. The application currently runs on a single server with a self-managed database. The company wants to evaluate the benefits of modernization. Which benefit is a direct result of moving the database to a managed service like Amazon RDS?

Operational efficiency through reduced database administration tasks

Elimination of all database-related costs

Guaranteed performance improvement for all queries

Automatic migration of the application code to a serverless architecture

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A company runs a data analytics workload that uses a custom ETL job on a single EC2 instance. The job runs daily and processes data from an Amazon S3 bucket. The company wants to reduce operational overhead and improve scalability. Which modernization opportunity should the company implement?
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A company runs a static website on EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. The website has low traffic but the company wants to reduce costs and operational overhead. Which modernization approach should the company choose?
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A company is planning to modernize several applications. They have limited resources and want to minimize risk. Which factor is most important to consider when prioritizing modernization initiatives?
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A company is modernizing a legacy application by refactoring it into microservices. The company has a strict compliance requirement that all changes must be reversible within 24 hours. The application is used by multiple business units with different release schedules. Which implementation plan should the company follow?
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A company is considering migrating a legacy application to AWS. The application currently runs on a single server with a self-managed database. The company wants to evaluate the benefits of modernization. Which benefit is a direct result of moving the database to a managed service like Amazon RDS?
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