Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) Primer

Amazon EBS is

a block storage

a file storage

an object storage

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__________ is raw storage in which the hardware storage device or drive is presented, as either disk or volume, to be formatted and attached to the compute system for use

File storage

Block storage

Object storage

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The block storage is formatted into predefined continuous segments on the storage device called ________

buckets

blocks

signals

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Hard disk drives (HDDs), slid state drives (SSDs) and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) are all examples of

file storage

object storage

block storage

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A block storage can be usable if it is attached to a compute system without an operating system

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The responses from file and object storages are usually faster than the block storage

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False

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Which AWS service provides statistical data that you can use to view, analyze, and set alarms on the operational behavior of your volumes?

Amazon Detective

AWS Control Tower

Amazon CloudWatch

AWS CloudTrail

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Which Amazon EBS volume types support attachment to multiple Amazon EC2 instances at the same time? (Select TWO.)

Throughput Optimized st1 volumes

General Purpose gp2 volumes

Provisioned IOPS io2 volumes

General Purpose gp3 volumes

Provisioned IOPS io1 volumes

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Which Amazon EBS volume type can be expanded to 64,000 IOPS and 1,000 MB/s throughput and offers a tiered pricing structure?

Provisioned IOPS SSD io1 volumes

Throughput Optimized HDD st1 volumes

Provisioned IOPS SSD io2 volumes

General Purpose SSD gp3 volumes

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What is the main difference between Amazon EC2 instance stores and Amazon EBS volumes?

Instance stores have a higher latency connecting to EC2 instances, Amazon EBS volumes have a lower latency connecting to EC2 instances

Instance stores offer sliding tier performance options, Amazon EBS volumes offer fixed performance tiers

Instance stores are available only in SSD options, Amazon EBS volumes are available in SSD and HDD options

Instance stores are ephemeral (temporary), Amazon EBS volumes are persistent

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Which AWS tool would you use to estimate the cost of an Amazon EBS volume with configured snapshots before implementation?

AWS Compute Optimizer

AWS pricing calculator

Amazon Detective

AWS Control Tower

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What are some of the benefits of using Amazon EBS volumes? (Select THREE.)

Predefine ridged performance

Extensive configuration process

Performance for any workload

Cost-effectiveness

Virtually unlimited scale

Snapshots stored in Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

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Which Amazon EBS volume type provides a baseline of 3,000 IOPS and 125 MB/s throughput and can scale volume size and performance independently?

General Purpose SSD gp2 volumes

Provisioned IOPS SSD io2 volumes

General Purpose SSD gp3 volumes

Throughput Optimized HDD st1 volumes

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What is the required relationship to attach an Amazon EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 instance?

The Amazon EC2 instance and the Amazon EBS volume must be in the same AWS Region and in the same Availability Zone.

The Amazon EC2 instance and the Amazon EBS volume must both be encrypted using the same AWS Key Management Service encryption key.

The Amazon EC2 instance and the Amazon EBS volume must share Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates.

The Amazon EC2 instance and the Amazon EBS volume must be in the same AWS Region but can be in different Availability Zones.

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Which AWS service is tightly integrated with Amazon EBS and is used to create and store incremental copies of the data stored on your EBS volumes?

CloudEndure Disaster Recovery

AWS CloudTrail

AWS DataSync

Amazon EBS Snapshots

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Which AWS service monitors configuration and utilization metrics for your Amazon EBS volumes and generates recommendations of which volumes to modify in order to provide the best price-performance trade-off?

AWS Control Tower

Amazon Inspector

AWS Compute Optimizer

AWS OpsWorks

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Match the EBS technology with the best use case

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EBS Volume

IOPS SSD volumes

General Purpose SSD volumes

HDD-backed volumes

Use Case

strong price/performance ratio suitable for most workloads

high performance application

sequential workloads such as big data analytics engines

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What is a key benefit of Amazon EBS io2 volumes compared to other EBS volumes?

They provide 99.8% durability with an AFR of 0.2%.

They are 2,000 times more reliable than typical commodity disk drives.

They offer 99.999% durability with an AFR of 0.001%, making them ideal for business-critical applications.

They support snapshots for point-in-time backups.

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Amazon EBS is

Correct Answer

Explanation

__________ is raw storage in which the hardware storage device or drive is presented, as either disk or volume, to be formatted and attached to the compute system for use

Correct Answer

Explanation

The block storage is formatted into predefined continuous segments on the storage device called ________

Correct Answer

Explanation

Hard disk drives (HDDs), slid state drives (SSDs) and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) are all examples of

Correct Answer

Explanation

A block storage can be usable if it is attached to a compute system without an operating system

Correct Answer

Explanation

The responses from file and object storages are usually faster than the block storage

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which AWS service provides statistical data that you can use to view, analyze, and set alarms on the operational behavior of your volumes?

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which Amazon EBS volume types support attachment to multiple Amazon EC2 instances at the same time? (Select TWO.)

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which Amazon EBS volume type can be expanded to 64,000 IOPS and 1,000 MB/s throughput and offers a tiered pricing structure?

Correct Answer

Explanation

What is the main difference between Amazon EC2 instance stores and Amazon EBS volumes?

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which AWS tool would you use to estimate the cost of an Amazon EBS volume with configured snapshots before implementation?

Correct Answer

Explanation

What are some of the benefits of using Amazon EBS volumes? (Select THREE.)

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which Amazon EBS volume type provides a baseline of 3,000 IOPS and 125 MB/s throughput and can scale volume size and performance independently?

Correct Answer

Explanation

What is the required relationship to attach an Amazon EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 instance?

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which AWS service is tightly integrated with Amazon EBS and is used to create and store incremental copies of the data stored on your EBS volumes?

Correct Answer

Explanation

Which AWS service monitors configuration and utilization metrics for your Amazon EBS volumes and generates recommendations of which volumes to modify in order to provide the best price-performance trade-off?

Correct Answer

Explanation

Match the EBS technology with the best use case

EBS Volume

Use Case

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What is a key benefit of Amazon EBS io2 volumes compared to other EBS volumes?

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