Answers to Assessment Test

1. A. A scalable deployment will automatically “scale up” its capacity to meet growing user demand without the need for manual interference. See Chapter 1.

2. C. IaaS is a model that gives customers access to virtualized units of a provider’s physical resources. IaaS customers manage their infrastructure much the way they would local, physical servers. See Chapter 1.

3. B. AWS applies usage limits on most features of its services. However, in many cases, you can apply for a limit to be lifted. See Chapter 2.

4. D. The Free Tier offers you free lightweight access to many core AWS services for a full 12 months. See Chapter 2.

5. B. “Production system down” support within one hour is available only to subscribers to the Business or Enterprise support plans. See Chapter 3.

6. D. All support plans come with full access to Trusted Advisor except for the (free) Basic plan. See Chapter 3.

7. B. According to the Shared Responsibility...