Question 1

What AWS service provides resizable virtual servers in the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides resizable virtual server instances in the cloud, allowing you to choose the OS, CPU, memory, and storage.

Question 2

What is the key characteristic of AWS Lambda that distinguishes it from EC2?

Accepted Answer

AWS Lambda is serverless — you run code without provisioning or managing servers, and you pay only for the compute time your code actually executes.

Question 3

Which AWS service allows you to run and manage Docker containers without managing the underlying servers using a serverless compute engine?

Accepted Answer

AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that works with Amazon ECS and EKS, removing the need to provision or manage EC2 instances.

Question 4

What AWS service automatically deploys, scales, and manages web applications without requiring you to manage the underlying infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

AWS Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles deployment, capacity provisioning, load balancing, and scaling for web applications, while you retain full control of the underlying resources.

Question 5

What is an EC2 Auto Scaling Group primarily used for?

Accepted Answer

An EC2 Auto Scaling Group automatically adds or removes EC2 instances based on demand, ensuring application availability and optimizing costs.

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