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Browse all 15 practice questions covering AWS Compute Architecture for the SAP-C02 certification exam. Answers are intentionally hidden on this page so you can self-test first before checking results in quiz mode.
- Question 1Design for New Solutions
A company needs to manage secrets (API keys, database passwords) for applications running on EC2, ECS, and Lambda. Secrets must be automatically rotated. Which service is BEST suited?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 2Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
A company's EC2-based application has unpredictable traffic patterns with 10x variations between peak and off-peak. The current reserved instance strategy is expensive. What is the MOST cost-effective approach?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 3Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
An application on ECS Fargate is making thousands of identical calls to AWS Parameter Store per minute, causing API throttling. What is the MOST effective solution?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 4Design for New Solutions
A company needs to build a workflow that orchestrates multiple AWS services (Lambda, ECS, SNS, DynamoDB) with error handling, retries, and parallel processing. Which service is BEST suited?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 5Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
A company uses Elastic Load Balancing with EC2 Auto Scaling. During scale-in events, some in-flight requests are terminated. What is the correct configuration to prevent this?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 6Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
A company notices that their EC2 Auto Scaling group frequently scales in and out multiple times per hour, causing performance issues during scale-out. What configuration helps prevent excessive scaling activity?
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A company's EC2 application has variable CPU utilization between 5% and 95%. Currently using On-Demand instances with reserved capacity. How can costs be optimized?
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A company's application uses EC2 Auto Scaling with ALB. During deployments, some requests fail because new instances are added to the target group before the application is fully initialized. What configuration prevents this?
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An application on ECS Fargate has variable traffic: 1000 tasks at peak, 10 at trough. The current fixed task count of 500 is wasteful. What is the BEST auto-scaling configuration?
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A company's Lambda function processes SQS messages. During testing, they discover that Lambda batch item failures don't remove successfully processed messages from the queue. What is the correct implementation?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 11Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
A company's microservice has a memory leak that's only apparent after 8 hours of operation. It runs on ECS Fargate. What is the CORRECT approach to handle this while a fix is developed?
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A company's EC2 instances are not utilizing Reserved Instance discounts efficiently — many RIs are unused while On-Demand usage exists in the same account. What should be investigated?
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Start SAP-C02 Quiz - Question 13Design for New Solutions
A company needs to run containerized workloads that require GPU acceleration for ML inference. Which ECS/EKS configuration supports GPU instances?
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A company is running EC2 instances continuously for batch jobs that run for 2 hours per day. The remaining 22 hours, instances are idle. What is the MOST cost-effective approach?
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A company's application uses ECS with EC2 launch type. Tasks are failing to start because EC2 instances don't have enough memory even though total cluster capacity seems sufficient. What is the cause?
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Key Compute Concepts for SAP-C02
SAP-C02 Compute Exam Tips
AWS Compute Architecture questions in SAP-C02 are typically scenario-based. Focus on enterprise-scale multi-account architecture, governance, and modernization strategies. Priority concepts: compute, ec2, auto scaling, lambda, ecs, eks.
What SAP-C02 Expects
- Anchor your answer in prefer future-proof designs that support organizational complexity and migration realities.
- Compute scenarios for SAP-C02 are frequently mapped to Domain 2 (29%), Domain 3 (25%), Domain 4 (20%), 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 (Professional) and vendor best practices.
High-Value Compute Concepts
- Know the core Compute building blocks cold: compute, ec2, auto scaling, lambda.
- Review the edge-case features and limits for ecs, eks; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
- Practice service-integration reasoning: how Compute pairs with Containers, Serverless, Cost Optimization in real deployment patterns.
- For SAP-C02, explain why the chosen Compute design meets reliability, security, and cost expectations better than the alternatives.
Common SAP-C02 Traps
- Watch for answers that work for a single account but fail at organizational scale.
- Questions in Design for New Solutions 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 Design for New Solutions (29%) outcomes for SAP-C02?
- Can you explain security and access boundaries for Compute without relying on default-open assumptions?
- Can you describe how Compute integrates with Containers and Serverless during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?