Determine high-performing database solutions.
11 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
11 total · page 1 of 1Storing and Retrieving Bicycle Location Data via REST API
This SAA-C03 scenario requires a multi-tier serverless architecture where bicycle location data is stored and exposed through a REST API for consumpti
Reducing RDS Reads with High Availability
This SAA-C03 scenario asks how to cut a heavy read load on multiple Amazon RDS databases while preserving high availability. Amazon ElastiCache for Re
Aurora Multi-AZ Auto Scaling for Read-Heavy Ecommerce DB
This SAA-C03 scenario asks how to replace a struggling self-managed MySQL EC2 database with a service that scales read capacity automatically and stay
Three-Tier MySQL Migration to AWS with PITR
This SAA-C03 question tests how to migrate a three-tier MySQL application to AWS with the fewest changes while enabling point-in-time recovery. The co
Which Caching Layer Fixes Slow RDS Metadata Reads for a Mobile Game?
A mobile game whose metadata reads from Amazon RDS struggles with load times, and metrics show that scaling the database alone will not fix it. The so
Designing Highly Available and Scalable EC2 and MySQL Solutions
This guide explains how to design a highly available and automatically scalable architecture for Amazon EC2 applications and MySQL databases using AWS
Migrating RDS MySQL to Aurora PostgreSQL with DMS
This page explains how to migrate an Amazon RDS for MySQL instance to an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL cluster using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) a
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
Aurora Custom Endpoint for Selective Replica Routing
Learn how to use Amazon Aurora Custom Endpoints to route read-only workloads to specific replicas with different specifications, ensuring optimal perf
How Do You Stop Lambda from Overloading a Private RDS PostgreSQL Database?
Unpredictable traffic hitting Lambda functions that talk directly to a private Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL instance can exhaust the database's connectio
Aurora Read Replicas for Reporting Performance
This page explains how to offload reporting workloads from a primary database using Amazon Aurora MySQL read replicas. It establishes that utilizing t