aws cloud practitioner practice exam Intermediate Practice Exam: Medium Difficulty 2025

A startup company is designing their first AWS architecture and wants to ensure their application can handle sudden traffic spikes while minimizing costs during low-usage periods. They plan to use Amazon EC2 instances behind a load balancer. Which combination of AWS services and features would BEST meet these requirements?

A financial services company must comply with regulations requiring that all data at rest be encrypted and that they maintain control over the encryption keys, including the ability to immediately revoke access. Which AWS service should they use for key management?

A company runs a web application on AWS and recently experienced a DDoS attack that caused service disruption. They want to implement protection against future attacks while maintaining good performance for legitimate users. Which combination of AWS services provides the MOST comprehensive protection?

A media company stores video files in Amazon S3 and wants to optimize storage costs. Videos are frequently accessed for the first 30 days after upload, occasionally accessed for the next 90 days, and rarely accessed after that but must be retained for 7 years for compliance. What S3 storage strategy would be MOST cost-effective?

A development team needs to deploy applications across multiple AWS accounts to maintain separation between development, testing, and production environments. They want centralized billing and the ability to share certain resources between accounts. What AWS service should they implement?

A company wants to analyze their AWS spending and identify opportunities to reduce costs. They need detailed cost breakdowns by service, detailed recommendations for cost optimization, and the ability to forecast future spending. Which AWS tool provides ALL of these capabilities?

An e-commerce company experiences a security incident where an IAM user's credentials were compromised and used to launch unauthorized EC2 instances. Which combination of AWS services and features would help detect and prevent similar incidents in the future?

A global company wants to deploy a web application that serves users from multiple continents with the lowest possible latency. The application consists of static content, dynamic API requests, and requires SSL/TLS termination. Which AWS architecture would BEST meet these requirements?

A company is migrating their on-premises database to AWS and needs to minimize downtime during the migration. The database is actively being updated during the migration process. Which AWS service should they use?

A company has a Business Support plan and experiences a production system outage affecting their revenue. They need immediate assistance from AWS. They are unsure whether to open a support case or use another channel. What is the MOST appropriate action and what response time can they expect?