Determine high-performing and/or scalable storage solutions.
18 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
18 total · page 1 of 1Migrating 70 TB On-Premises NFS Data to Amazon S3
This question tests choosing the optimal data migration method to Amazon S3 for 70 TB of static video files when speed and minimal network bandwidth a
Extending SMB Storage with S3 File Gateway Lifecycle
This SAA-C03 scenario asks how to extend an on-premises SMB file server's capacity while keeping recently accessed files fast and adding lifecycle man
Fastest Way to Aggregate Global S3 Data into One Bucket?
For aggregating 500 GB per day from high-bandwidth sites on multiple continents into a single Amazon S3 bucket, S3 Transfer Acceleration combined with
Which S3 Storage Solution Meets Call Transcript Retrieval Requirements?
This question tests cost-effective Amazon S3 storage tiering for call transcripts that need fast random retrieval for one year and infrequent access a
Which S3 encryption, replication, and serverless SQL design has least overhead?
This SAA-C03 question tests the least-overhead way to encrypt, cross-Region replicate, and SQL-query data in Amazon S3. It establishes that configurin
Cost-Effective Data Migration for 150TB Over Limited Bandwidth
Determines the most cost-effective mechanism to migrate 150TB of on-premises data to AWS within a month using limited 100 Mbps bandwidth, identifying
Shared HA Storage for EKS Fargate
Amazon EFS provides a highly available, fault-tolerant, and shared storage solution for Amazon EKS Fargate clusters. This page establishes that using
Preserving Shopping Cart Data with ElastiCache Redis
Amazon ElastiCache for Redis is the optimal solution for preserving shopping cart data and user sessions in a scalable AWS application. This page expl
Shared Storage for Multi-AZ Web App with Strong Consistency
This question evaluates the selection of scalable storage solutions for a multi-AZ web application requiring strong consistency and frequent updates.
Improving EBS Storage Performance with LVM Striping
This question addresses how to overcome the IOPS cap of a single Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) EBS volume by using Logical Volume Management (LVM) stripi
How to design AWS RDS MySQL for high-volume write imports?
A high-volume MySQL write workload is best migrated to Amazon RDS for MySQL with Provisioned IOPS SSD storage, monitored via CloudWatch so IOPS can be
Cost-Effective Caching for Repeated DB Reads
This question evaluates how to offload repeated read workloads from Amazon Aurora using a cost-effective caching layer. The correct solution is implem
AWS Storage Gateway Cached vs Stored Volumes
Determines the optimal AWS Storage Gateway configuration for on-premises block storage integration with low-latency access to frequently accessed data
How Can EC2 Instances Share CMS Content with Least Lag?
This SAA-C03 question asks how to keep website assets synchronized across EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group with the least possible lag. The corr
How to Share 25 GB Files Across EC2 Instances and Multiple AZs?
When EC2 applications must store and retrieve 25 GB files that are shared across many instances and multiple Availability Zones without copying files
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
Shared File Storage for Multi-AZ EC2 Instances
Amazon EFS is the recommended solution for sharing data across multiple EC2 instances in different Availability Zones while keeping data within the VP
Most Cost-Effective Low-Latency On-Premises Access to Amazon S3?
An on-premises media rendering application needs low-latency access to data that now lives in Amazon S3, at the lowest possible cost. Amazon S3 File G