A Quiz Please! AWS EC2 Test

What is Amazon EC2 primarily used for?

• Managing DNS records

• Hosting scalable virtual servers in the cloud

• Monitoring cloud billing

• Uploading static files to the internet

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is ideal for long-term, steady workloads?

• Spot Instances

• Reserved Instances

• On-Demand Instances

• Free Tier

What does an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) provide?

• A set of billing tools

• A storage solution for backups

• A template with a pre-configured OS, software, and settings

• A license to access EC2 support

Which EC2 feature allows you to restrict inbound and outbound traffic to your instance?

• IAM Role

• Elastic Load Balancer

• Security Group

• Key Pair

You are running a batch processing job that can be interrupted and resumed later. You want to minimize costs. Which EC2 pricing model should you choose, and why?

• On-Demand Instances, because they are always available

• Reserved Instances, because they offer a long-term discount

• Spot Instances, because they offer the lowest cost and are suitable for interruptible workloads

• Dedicated Hosts, because they offer isolation for regulatory needs