AWS Solutions Architect – Professional Practice Mode
Interactive preview set
Six scenario-heavy SAP-style questions to mirror the coming full bank. Pick answers, submit, and see a percentage plus rationales.
Answer key with rationales
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AWS Control Tower with landing zone, mandatory guardrails, and centralized CloudTrail/Config
Control Tower automates account vending, baseline guardrails, and central logging for multi-account governance.
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Use AWS Direct Connect with a private VIF and Database Migration Service continuous replication to Aurora PostgreSQL
Direct Connect provides private, consistent latency; DMS supports near-real-time replication into Aurora for phased cutover.
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Use AWS Network Firewall in a shared services VPC with AWS Transit Gateway for centralized egress and inspection
Network Firewall plus Transit Gateway centralizes inspection and simplifies routes for many VPCs and Regions.
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Convert data to columnar Parquet in S3 with partitioning and use Redshift Spectrum or COPY from Parquet
Parquet reduces I/O and size; Spectrum or Parquet COPY improves performance and predictability for large ingests.
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Use AWS App Mesh with AWS Gateway Load Balancer and partner appliance for transparent inspection
App Mesh integrates with Gateway Load Balancer and partner firewalls for managed, service-to-service inspection with less custom ops.
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Use an S3 bucket in a data producer account with Object Lock, versioning, lifecycle rules, and cross-account IAM policies
Central S3 with Object Lock, versioning, lifecycle, and cross-account access provides governed sharing and delete protection.