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SAA-C03 Sample Preview
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
200 original architecture scenarios with answers, explanations, exam tips, and a seven-day revision plan. Preview a few representative questions below before buying the complete protected PDF.
Sample 1. A workload must avoid long-term credentials while accessing cloud services. What is the best design choice?
- Use temporary role-based credentials
- Store administrator keys in source code
- Share one user password across services
- Disable access logging
Answer: A - Temporary role-based credentials reduce exposure and align with least privilege.
Sample 2. A team needs high availability for a regional application. Which design principle matters most?
- Deploy across multiple failure boundaries
- Use one large server only
- Turn off health checks
- Store all backups locally
Answer: A - Multiple failure boundaries reduce the impact of a single component or location failure.
Sample 3. Which cost practice helps teams detect unexpected spending early?
- Budgets and billing alerts
- Larger instances by default
- No tagging strategy
- Manual invoice review only once a year
Answer: A - Budgets and alerts surface cost changes before they become expensive surprises.
Sample 4. A public application needs low-latency delivery to global users. What should be evaluated?
- Edge caching or content delivery
- One private subnet only
- Manual file downloads
- A single local database backup
Answer: A - Edge delivery brings cached content closer to users and improves response time.
Sample 5. A business wants managed compute without patching servers. Which option fits best?
- Use a managed or serverless compute service
- Manually patch every host
- Buy physical hardware
- Disable monitoring
Answer: A - Managed and serverless services reduce infrastructure operations work.
