Question 1

What are the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework?

Accepted Answer

Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.

Question 2

Which Well-Architected Framework pillar focuses on the ability of a workload to recover from failures and meet demand?

Accepted Answer

The Reliability pillar focuses on fault tolerance, recovery, and dynamically acquiring resources to handle demand.

Question 3

Which AWS tool helps customers review their architectures against the six Well-Architected Framework pillars?

Accepted Answer

The AWS Well-Architected Tool, available in the AWS Management Console, allows customers to assess workloads and identify improvement areas.

Question 4

Which Well-Architected Framework pillar covers minimizing the environmental impact of running cloud workloads?

Accepted Answer

The Sustainability pillar, added in 2021, focuses on reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint.

Question 5

What is the primary goal of the Performance Efficiency pillar in the Well-Architected Framework?

Accepted Answer

To use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements and maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve.

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