SAP-C02 AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Free Practice Questions and Answers

A Windows file server produces several gigabytes of new files each day. The cloud workload needs a synchronized copy in AWS over an existing Direct Connect link. Which service is a strong fit?

• A. AWS DataSync scheduled to copy data to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
• B. AWS Data Pipeline copying files to CloudTrail
• C. A nightly manual download to an EC2 instance
• D. Amazon CloudFront with the file server as an origin

A web application serves S3 assets and needs low-operational-overhead regional resilience. The second Region already has a bucket. Which solution is appropriate?

• A. Configure S3 Cross-Region Replication and a CloudFront origin group for failover
• B. Have each browser upload assets to both buckets
• C. Use a single EC2 instance to copy files once a month
• D. Create a Route 53 record pointing directly to each object

A company must inventory on-premises servers, capture performance and process data, group applications, and receive EC2 sizing recommendations. Which AWS migration approach meets these needs?

• A. Use Application Discovery Agent and AWS Migration Hub tools for grouping and recommendations
• B. Install only CloudWatch Agent and manually estimate each server
• C. Use AWS Config to scan servers outside AWS
• D. Use Trusted Advisor without collecting workload data

Private EC2 instances retrieve large volumes of data from an S3 bucket. Traffic currently traverses NAT gateways, increasing cost. What should the architect do?

• A. Add an S3 gateway endpoint to the VPC route tables
• B. Move the instances into public subnets
• C. Create an internet gateway route for the S3 bucket
• D. Use a Network Load Balancer as an S3 proxy

A DynamoDB table sees a weekly four-hour peak at roughly twice its usual load, with writes dominating reads. The team wants to reduce capacity cost while handling the known peak. What should it evaluate first?

• A. Provisioned capacity with scheduled scaling or auto scaling aligned to the workload pattern
• B. A permanently provisioned capacity set to the weekly peak
• C. An EC2 database proxy in front of the table
• D. Global tables in every Region regardless of recovery needs