⚙️ AWS Compute Services - CLF-C02 Practice Questions

Compare foundational compute choices: EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, ECS, EKS, Fargate, and AWS Batch.

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CLF-C02 Compute Question Bank (10 Questions)

Browse all 10 practice questions covering AWS Compute Services for the CLF-C02 certification exam. Answers are intentionally hidden on this page so you can self-test first before checking results in quiz mode.

  1. Question 1Cloud Technology and Services

    Which AWS compute service is designed for large-scale, high-throughput batch processing jobs on EC2 or Fargate?

    AAWS Lambda
    BAmazon ECS with manual scaling
    CAWS Batch
    DAmazon Lightsail

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  2. Question 2Billing, Pricing and Support

    Which commitment-based pricing model provides savings on EC2, Lambda, and Fargate usage across all instance families and Regions?

    AStandard Reserved Instances
    BCompute Savings Plans
    CSpot Fleet
    DOn-Demand Capacity Reservations

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  3. Question 3Billing, Pricing and Support

    Which pricing model lets AWS customers save up to 66% over On-Demand on EC2, Lambda, and Fargate by committing to a $/hour spend for 1 or 3 years?

    AReserved Instances
    BSpot Instances
    CCompute Savings Plans
    DEC2 Capacity Reservations

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  4. Question 4Cloud Technology and Services

    Which service automatically distributes incoming traffic across multiple healthy targets (EC2, Lambda, containers)?

    AAmazon Route 53
    BAWS Auto Scaling
    CElastic Load Balancing
    DAmazon CloudFront

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  5. Question 5Billing, Pricing and Support

    Which Compute Savings Plan provides maximum flexibility — discounts apply across EC2 instance families, sizes, OS, and Regions?

    AEC2 Instance Savings Plan
    BCompute Savings Plan
    CStandard Reserved Instance
    DConvertible Reserved Instance

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  6. Question 6Billing, Pricing and Support

    Which AWS service analyzes your usage to recommend right-sizing EC2 instances, Lambda memory, and EBS volume sizes?

    AAWS Trusted Advisor
    BAWS Compute Optimizer
    CAWS Cost Explorer
    DAWS Budgets

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  7. Question 7Cloud Technology and Services

    Which AWS service provides a managed workflow orchestration service to coordinate multiple Lambda functions, EC2, and human approval steps?

    AAmazon SQS
    BAmazon EventBridge
    CAWS Step Functions
    DAWS Batch

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  8. Question 8Cloud Technology and Services

    Which AWS service enables you to build a REST or WebSocket API that throttles, authorizes, and routes requests to Lambda, EC2, or HTTP backends?

    AElastic Load Balancing
    BAmazon CloudFront
    CAmazon API Gateway
    DAWS AppSync

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  9. Question 9Describe cloud concepts

    Which AWS service allows developers to deploy containerized applications using either EC2 or Fargate (serverless) launch types?

    AAmazon EKS
    BAmazon ECS
    CAWS Batch
    DAWS Lambda

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  10. Question 10Security and Compliance

    Under the Shared Responsibility Model, which security task is always the customer's responsibility regardless of service used (EC2, Lambda, or RDS)?

    APatching server hardware
    BManaging physical network security
    CData classification and deciding who can access customer data
    DReplacing failed disk drives

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Key Compute Concepts for CLF-C02

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CLF-C02 Compute Exam Tips

AWS Compute Services questions in CLF-C02 are typically scenario-based. Focus on core cloud concepts, shared responsibility, and AWS service purpose matching. Priority concepts: compute, ec2, lambda, elastic beanstalk, lightsail, ecs.

What CLF-C02 Expects

  • Anchor your answer in pick the simplest accurate service answer and avoid over-engineering.
  • Compute scenarios for CLF-C02 are frequently mapped to Domain 3 (34%), so read the objective carefully before picking controls or architecture.
  • Expect multi-topic scenarios where Compute interacts with IAM, networking, storage, or observability patterns rather than appearing as an isolated question.
  • When two options are both technically valid, prefer the choice that best aligns with the exam's operational scope (Foundational) and vendor best practices.

High-Value Compute Concepts

  • Know the core Compute building blocks cold: compute, ec2, lambda, elastic beanstalk.
  • Review the edge-case features and limits for lightsail, ecs; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
  • Practice service-integration reasoning: how Compute pairs with EC2, Lambda, Containers in real deployment patterns.
  • For CLF-C02, explain why the chosen Compute design meets reliability, security, and cost expectations better than the alternatives.

Common CLF-C02 Traps

  • Watch for mixing up customer vs AWS responsibilities.
  • Questions in Cloud Technology and Services often include distractors that look correct for Compute but violate least-privilege, durability, or availability requirements.
  • Avoid picking options purely by feature name; validate data path, failure handling, and governance impact before answering.
  • If the prompt hints at automation or repeatability, eliminate manual-only operational answers first.

Fast Review Checklist

  • Can you compare at least two Compute implementation paths and justify which one best fits the scenario?
  • Can you map the chosen answer back to Cloud Technology and Services (34%) outcomes for CLF-C02?
  • Can you explain security and access boundaries for Compute without relying on default-open assumptions?
  • Can you describe how Compute integrates with EC2 and Lambda during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?

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