CON Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Container Architecture - SAP-C02 Practice Questions

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SAP-C02 Containers Question Bank (8 Questions)

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  1. Question 1Design for New Solutions

    A company needs to run containerized microservices that require persistent storage shared across multiple containers in the same task. Which ECS configuration supports this?

    AECS with EC2 launch type using instance store volumes
    BECS Fargate with Amazon EFS mounted as a volume in the task definition
    CECS with EC2 launch type using Docker volumes
    DECS with ECR for shared container storage

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  2. Question 2Continuous 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?

    ARequest a service quota increase for Parameter Store
    BUse AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store with caching via AWS AppConfig or the Parameter Store caching SDK
    CMigrate parameters to DynamoDB
    DStore parameters in environment variables at task launch and cache in memory

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  3. Question 3Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions

    A company's application on EKS has memory leaks causing pods to be OOMKilled. What is the CORRECT Kubernetes configuration to prevent cascading failures?

    AIncrease node sizes
    BSet resource limits and requests on pods; configure horizontal pod autoscaling; use pod disruption budgets to ensure minimum available replicas during node maintenance
    CDisable resource limits to prevent OOMKill
    DUse EKS Fargate for automatic resource management

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  4. Question 4Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization

    After migrating to EKS, a company wants to enable GitOps for automatic deployment synchronization between Git repositories and the Kubernetes cluster. Which approach is RECOMMENDED?

    AUse kubectl commands in CI/CD pipelines
    BDeploy a GitOps operator (Flux or ArgoCD) in the EKS cluster that continuously reconciles cluster state with the Git repository
    CUse CodeDeploy for Kubernetes deployments
    DUse AWS App Mesh for deployment synchronization

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  5. Question 5Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions

    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?

    AUse reserved task capacity for all 1000 tasks
    BConfigure ECS Service Auto Scaling with target tracking based on ALBRequestCountPerTarget; set minimum 10, maximum 1000; add scheduled scaling actions for known peak times
    CUse a fixed count and accept the waste
    DManually adjust task count based on traffic reports

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  6. Question 6Continuous 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?

    ADo nothing and let OOMKill handle it
    BConfigure ECS with a scheduled task stop/start every 6 hours using EventBridge Scheduler; implement CloudWatch alarms on memory utilization to page on-call; investigate with container insights
    CIncrease the task memory limit to accommodate the leak
    DUse Auto Scaling to launch new tasks

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  7. Question 7Design 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?

    AAWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
    BAWS Secrets Manager with automatic rotation using Lambda functions
    CS3 with server-side encryption
    DAWS KMS with symmetric keys

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  8. Question 8Design for New Solutions

    A company needs to run containerized workloads that require GPU acceleration for ML inference. Which ECS/EKS configuration supports GPU instances?

    AECS Fargate with GPU task configuration
    BECS on EC2 with GPU-enabled instances (P3/P4/G4) and NVIDIA driver installed in the AMI
    CEKS with GPU operator and G4dn.xlarge managed node groups
    DBoth B and C are valid for GPU containers

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Key Containers Concepts for SAP-C02

containersecseksfargateecrkubernetesservice discoverycontainer modernization

SAP-C02 Containers Exam Tips

Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and Container Architecture questions in SAP-C02 are typically scenario-based. Focus on enterprise-scale multi-account architecture, governance, and modernization strategies. Priority concepts: containers, ecs, eks, fargate, ecr, kubernetes.

What SAP-C02 Expects

  • Anchor your answer in prefer future-proof designs that support organizational complexity and migration realities.
  • Containers 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 Containers 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 Containers Concepts

  • Know the core Containers building blocks cold: containers, ecs, eks, fargate.
  • Review the edge-case features and limits for ecr, kubernetes; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
  • Practice service-integration reasoning: how Containers pairs with Compute, Migration & Modernization, Load Balancing in real deployment patterns.
  • For SAP-C02, explain why the chosen Containers 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 Containers 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 Containers 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 Containers without relying on default-open assumptions?
  • Can you describe how Containers integrates with Compute and Migration & Modernization during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?

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