{"id":8729,"date":"2020-01-14T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2021-11-13T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T11:40:08","slug":"aws-interview-questions-and-answer-part-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/aws-interview-questions-and-answer-part-15\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Interview Questions and Answer Part \u2013 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>How long can an SQS queue hold onto a message before it is automatically removed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>14 days (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>24 hours<\/li><li>Unlimite<\/li><li>1 hour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An SNS subscription must always be verified by a human recipient.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>True<\/li><li><strong>False (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An AWS Availability Zone is made up of distinct geographic Regions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>False (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which of the following are AWS product categories?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Compute<\/li><li>Messaging<\/li><li>Database<\/li><li>Storage<\/li><li><strong>All of the above (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which of the following does an EC2 user NOT pay for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Simple load balancing<\/li><li><strong>Basic monitoring (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>Instance hour charges<\/li><li>OUtbuond data transfer<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Developers who provision AWS services may be responsible for:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Choosing size of storage<\/li><li><strong>All of the above (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>Opening ports for access<\/li><li>Securing the service<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In order for S3 objects to be encrypted, AWS users must upload objects in encrypted format.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>True<\/li><li><strong>False (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The AWS RDS service supports which of the following underlying database technologies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BerkeleyDB<\/li><li><strong>Oracle DB (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>IBM DB2<\/li><li>IBM DB1<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All AWS services provide options for SOAP or REST access.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>False (Ans)<\/strong><\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can a &#8220;path&#8221; 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