Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures.
45 practice questions under this official exam objective (SAA-C03), each with the answer key, an option-by-option explanation and instant feedback.
Questions under this objective
45 total · page 2 of 3How to Proactively Scale an Auto Scaling Group for an Annual Holiday Peak
This SAA-C03 question asks how to proactively add EC2 capacity before a predictable annual holiday traffic spike. The answer is a recurring scheduled
Hybrid ECS with Fargate and Anywhere
This scenario requires a unified container orchestration strategy across on-premises and AWS environments using Amazon ECS. The correct configuration
High Availability and Scalability with ALB and Auto Scaling
This question addresses how to achieve high availability and scalability for a web application on AWS without code changes. The correct solution combi
Which Load Balancer and Scaling Combo Best Serves a TCP App?
A TCP-based application spread across two Availability Zones needs both high availability and automatic scaling at the lowest cost, which points to a
Migrating Legacy Cron Jobs to AWS with Minimal Refactoring
This question addresses migrating legacy cron jobs to AWS using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler and AWS Fargate to handle execution times exceeding Lambd
SNS Topic for Scalable Partner Notifications
This question evaluates the use of Amazon SNS for decoupling systems and scaling asynchronous notifications to a dynamic list of subscribers.
Orchestrating AWS Glue DataBrew with Step Functions
This question tests the selection of a managed workflow orchestration service to handle parallel execution, specific ordering, and error handling for
Refactoring Monolith to Microservices with ECS
This page explains how to refactor a monolithic, tightly coupled application into scalable microservices using Amazon ECS to minimize downtime and imp
Scaling EC2 Based on SQS Queue Depth
This question addresses how to scale EC2 instances in a decoupled architecture using Amazon SQS as a buffer. The correct solution leverages target tra
Serverless Orderly Processing with Kinesis and Lambda
This question tests designing a serverless architecture that processes data in order while minimizing management overhead. The correct solution uses A
Designing Asynchronous ML Microservices with ECS and SQS
This question evaluates the design of a scalable, loosely coupled architecture for asynchronous machine learning workloads using Amazon ECS and Amazon
AWS Outposts for On-Premises Hadoop and Spark Processing
This question tests designing scalable architectures using AWS Outposts to maintain on-premises data processing. The correct solution leverages Amazon
Least Overhead Modular Architecture with Structured Data
This question tests the ability to design a scalable, modular architecture using serverless container services like AWS Fargate while maintaining stru
Decoupling Monolithic App with Auto Scaling and RDS Read Replicas
This question addresses how to resolve high CPU utilization and read performance bottlenecks in a monolithic AWS application using Auto Scaling and RD
Resilient Web Application Architecture with SQS and Auto Scaling
This question addresses designing a scalable and decoupled architecture for order processing using AWS services. It establishes that combining an Appl
Serverless AuthZ/AuthN with Lambda@Edge and CloudFront
This question addresses the design of a globally accessible, serverless web application using Amazon Cognito for authentication and Lambda@Edge for au
AWS HPC Networking and Storage Solutions
This question addresses the design of tightly coupled High Performance Computing (HPC) environments by identifying the optimal AWS services for low-la
Amazon EKS Observability with CloudWatch and X-Ray
This question addresses observability for microservices on Amazon EKS, requiring both metrics collection and distributed tracing. The correct solution
Least-Overhead Managed Image Processing Workflow on AWS?
This SAA-C03 scenario asks for the lowest-operational-overhead way to run a growing multi-step image processing pipeline on AWS without managing serve
Most Scalable Automated Survey Sentiment Analysis on AWS?
This SAA-C03 question tests a scalable, serverless pipeline for high-volume survey sentiment analysis with 12-month retention. The page establishes th