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Question 1 Understand AWS Lambda

Question 1: Understand AWS Lambda

In AWS Lambda, what determines the amount of CPU power allocated to a function?

Question 2 Understand DynamoDB design

Question 2: Understand DynamoDB design

In Amazon DynamoDB, what is the role of the partition key in a table?

Question 3 Understand the AWS SDK and credentials

Question 3: Understand the AWS SDK and credentials

When code using the AWS SDK runs on an EC2 instance, what is the most secure way for it to obtain AWS credentials?

Question 4 Understand S3 in applications

Question 4: Understand S3 in applications

A developer wants to allow a user to upload a file directly to S3 from a browser without exposing AWS credentials. What should be used?

Question 5 Understand API Gateway

Question 5: Understand API Gateway

What is the primary purpose of Amazon API Gateway?

Question 6 Understand SQS messaging

Question 6: Understand SQS messaging

Which Amazon SQS feature ensures that a message is not received by other consumers while one consumer is processing it?

Question 7 Understand caching strategies

Question 7: Understand caching strategies

In a lazy loading caching strategy with ElastiCache, what happens when an application requests data that is not in the cache?

Question 8 Understand deployment with CodeDeploy

Question 8: Understand deployment with CodeDeploy

Which AWS CodeDeploy deployment configuration shifts all traffic to the new version at once after it is ready?

Question 9 Understand environment variables and secrets

Question 9: Understand environment variables and secrets

Where should a developer store a database password used by a Lambda function so it is encrypted and retrievable at runtime?

Question 10 Understand X-Ray tracing

Question 10: Understand X-Ray tracing

What is the primary purpose of AWS X-Ray for a developer?

Question 11 Understand DynamoDB capacity modes

Question 11: Understand DynamoDB capacity modes

Which DynamoDB capacity mode automatically scales throughput and charges per request, with no need to specify read and write capacity?

Question 12 Understand Lambda event sources

Question 12: Understand Lambda event sources

Which AWS service can directly invoke a Lambda function when a new object is uploaded to a bucket?

Question 13 Understand error handling and retries

Question 13: Understand error handling and retries

An application receives an HTTP 429 throttling response from an AWS API. What is the recommended way to handle this?

Question 14 Understand CloudFormation in development

Question 14: Understand CloudFormation in development

What is the benefit of defining application infrastructure as a CloudFormation template?

Question 15 Understand Cognito for application authentication

Question 15: Understand Cognito for application authentication

Which AWS service provides user sign-up, sign-in, and access control for web and mobile applications?

Question 16 Understand microservices design

Question 16: Understand microservices design

What is a key advantage of decoupling application components with a queue such as Amazon SQS?

Question 17 Understand DynamoDB streams

Question 17: Understand DynamoDB streams

What does Amazon DynamoDB Streams capture?

Question 18 Understand CodePipeline

Question 18: Understand CodePipeline

What is the primary purpose of AWS CodePipeline?

Question 19 Understand Lambda concurrency

Question 19: Understand Lambda concurrency

What does configuring reserved concurrency for a Lambda function accomplish?

Question 20 Understand S3 consistency

Question 20: Understand S3 consistency

Which consistency model does Amazon S3 provide for read requests after a successful object write?

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Work through up to 100 Amazon Web Services-style questions built around troubleshooting, identity and access, and the wording patterns students usually miss on the first read.
Use answer-by-answer rationales to learn why the correct option wins and why weaker distractors fail in IT Certifications exam situations.
Review 3 real-world analogies, topic article cards, and source checks after each question so networking and security controls feel easier to recognize under pressure.
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  • Review 3 real-world analogies, topic article cards, and source checks after each question so networking and security controls feel easier to recognize under pressure.
  • Build timing, confidence, and recall with scenario-based practice that feels closer to the real AWS Developer Associate than a generic flashcard quiz.

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