Free AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 Exam Questions and Answers

Last updated: September 8, 2026

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SAA-C03

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1. Question #1

   You have set up an Auto Scaling group. The cool down period for the Auto Scaling group is 7 minutes. The first instance is launched after 3 minutes, while the second instance is launched after 4 minutes. How many minutes after the first instance is launched will Auto Scaling accept another scaling actMty request?

   • A. 11 minutes
   • B. 7 minutes
   • C. 10 minutes
   • D. 14 minutes
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2. Question #2

   After you recommend Amazon Redshift to a client as an alternative solution to paying data warehouses to analyze his data, your client asks you to explain why you are recommending Redshift. Which of the following would be a reasonable response to his request?

   • A. It has high performance at scale as data and query complexity grows.
   • B. It prevents reporting and analytic processing from interfering with the performance of OLTP workloads.
   • C. You don't have the administrative burden of running your own data warehouse and dealing with setup, durability, monitoring, scaling, and patching.
   • D. All answers listed are a reasonable response to his QUESTION
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3. Question #3

   A client needs you to import some existing infrastructure from a dedicated hosting provider to AWS to try and save on the cost of running his current website. He also needs an automated process that manages backups, software patching, automatic failure detection, and recovery. You are aware that his existing set up currently uses an Oracle database. Which of the following AWS databases would be best for accomplishing this task?

   • A. Amazon RDS
   • B. Amazon Redshift
   • C. Amazon SimpIeDB
   • D. Amazon EIastiCache
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4. Question #4

   Amazon EC2 provides a . It is an HTTP or HTTPS request that uses the HTTP verbs GET or POST.

   • A. web database
   • B. .net framework
   • C. Query API
   • D. C library
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5. Question #5

   A user wants to use an EBS-backed Amazon EC2 instance for a temporary job. Based on the input data, the job is most likely to finish within a week. Which of the following steps should be followed to terminate the instance automatically once the job is finished?

   • A. Configure the EC2 instance with a stop instance to terminate it.
   • B. Configure the EC2 instance with ELB to terminate the instance when it remains idle.
   • C. Configure the CIoudWatch alarm on the instance that should perform the termination action once the instance is idle.
   • D. Configure the Auto Scaling schedule actMty that terminates the instance after 7 day
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6. Question #6

   You have been asked to build a database warehouse using Amazon Redshift. You know a little about it, including that it is a SQL data warehouse solution, and uses industry standard ODBC and JDBC connections and PostgreSQL drivers. However you are not sure about what sort of storage it uses for database tables. What sort of storage does Amazon Redshift use for database tables?

   • A. InnoDB Tables
   • B. NDB data storage
   • C. Columnar data storage
   • D. NDB CLUSTER Storage
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7. Question #7

   Your EBS volumes do not seem to be performing as expected and your team leader has requested you look into improving their performance. Which of the following is not a true statement relating to the performance of your EBS volumes?

   • A. Frequent snapshots provide a higher level of data durability and they will not degrade the performance of your application while the snapshot is in progress.
   • B. General Purpose (SSD) and Provisioned IOPS (SSD) volumes have a throughput limit of 128 MB/s per volume.
   • C. There is a relationship between the maximum performance of your EBS volumes, the amount of I/O you are drMng to them, and the amount of time it takes for
   • D. There is a 5 to 50 percent reduction in IOPS when you first access each block of data on a newly created or restored EBS volume
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8. Question #8

   Can resource record sets in a hosted zone have a different domain suffix (for example, www.bIog. acme.com and www.acme.ca)?

   • A. Yes, it can have for a maximum of three different TLDs.
   • B. Yes
   • C. Yes, it can have depending on the TLD.
   • D. No
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9. Question #9

   Once again your customers are concerned about the security of their sensitive data and with their latest enquiry ask about what happens to old storage devices on AWS. What would be the best answer to this QUESTION ?

   • A. AWS reformats the disks and uses them again.
   • B. AWS uses the techniques detailed in DoD 5220.22-M to destroy data as part of the decommissioning process.
   • C. AWS uses their own proprietary software to destroy data as part of the decommissioning process.
   • D. AWS uses a 3rd party security organization to destroy data as part of the decommissioning proces
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10. Question #10

    You are setting up a very complex financial services grid and so far it has 5 Elastic IP (EIP) addresses. You go to assign another EIP address, but all accounts are limited to 5 Elastic IP addresses per region by default, so you aren't able to. What is the reason for this?

    • A. For security reasons.
    • B. Hardware restrictions.
    • C. Public (IPV4) internet addresses are a scarce resource.
    • D. There are only 5 network interfaces per instanc
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