Week 2 Assessment :Architecting Solutions on AWS (AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate) Answers 2025
1. Question 1
Serverless static website hosting
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✅ Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
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❌ Amazon EC2
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❌ DynamoDB
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❌ Kinesis
Explanation:
S3 provides serverless static website hosting with almost zero maintenance.
2. Question 2
Service for real-time data ingestion (lowest latency)
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❌ Firehose (lower latency)
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❌ Firehose (higher latency)
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✅ Kinesis Data Streams, because it has lower latency
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❌ Kinesis Data Streams (higher latency)
Explanation:
Kinesis Data Streams → real-time, ~70ms latency.
Firehose → near real-time, latency ~60 seconds.
3. Question 3
S3 as a preferred data lake storage
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✅ True
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❌ False
Explanation:
S3 is the foundation of AWS data lakes and integrates with Athena, EMR, Glue, QuickSight.
4. Question 4
Serverless SQL queries over JSON objects in S3
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✅ Amazon Athena
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❌ AWS DMS
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❌ S3 Select
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❌ AWS Data Exchange
Explanation:
Athena lets you run serverless SQL queries over structured data stored in S3.
5. Question 5
CloudFront in front of S3 for high demand, caching, SSL, DDoS
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✅ True
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❌ False
Explanation:
CloudFront adds edge caching, custom domain names, free ACM SSL, and DDoS protection.
🧾 Summary Table
| Q# | Correct Answer | Key Concept |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon S3 | Static website hosting |
| 2 | Kinesis Data Streams | Real-time ingestion |
| 3 | True | S3 = data lake |
| 4 | Amazon Athena | Serverless SQL over S3 |
| 5 | True | CloudFront benefits |