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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) – Task Statement 1.3 Practice Questions
Question 1
A company wants to use a structured approach to improve its cloud readiness and identify transformation opportunities. Which AWS framework provides organizational capabilities grouped into six perspectives (Business, People, Governance, Platform, Security, and Operations)?
A. AWS Well-Architected Framework
B. AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)
C. AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)
D. AWS Shared Responsibility Model
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) identifies specific organizational capabilities for successful cloud transformations. These capabilities are grouped into six perspectives: Business, People, Governance, Platform, Security, and Operations. - **Exam Tip / Trap:** Do not confuse AWS CAF with the AWS Well-Architected Framework (which focuses on the six pillars of architecture best practices). CAF is specifically about organizational readiness and cloud adoption. - Keywords: “cloud readiness,” “transformation opportunities,” “six perspectives.”Question 2
What are the primary benefits of using the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)? (Choose THREE.)
A. Reduced business risk through improved reliability, performance, and security
B. Increased operational efficiency by reducing costs and increasing productivity
C. Guaranteed 99.999% uptime for all workloads
D. Ability to grow by creating new products and services to reach new customers
E. Automatic compliance with all industry regulations
F. Improved ESG (environmental, social, and governance) performance and sustainability
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**Correct Answer: A, B, D, F** (Note: The question asks for THREE, but four are correct per official guidance; select the three most commonly tested: A, B, D or A, B, F) **Explanation:** Official benefits of AWS CAF include: - Reduced business risk (improved reliability, performance, security) - Increased operational efficiency (lower costs, higher productivity) - Increased revenue / growth (new products, services, markets) - Improved ESG performance and sustainability/transparency Options C and E are incorrect—AWS does not guarantee specific uptime via CAF, and compliance is a shared responsibility. - **Exam Tip:** Memorize the four key value outcomes of CAF. Questions often list three of them.Question 3
A company is evaluating whether migrating to AWS will meet its specific business requirements. In which stage of the cloud adoption journey is the company?
A. Foundation
B. Migration
C. Project
D. Reinvention
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** The four common stages of cloud adoption are: 1. **Project** – Evaluating if AWS meets specific needs 2. **Foundation** – Beginning migration (e.g., landing zone, first few apps) 3. **Migration** – Defining cloud operations roles, establishing CCoE, large-scale migration 4. **Reinvention** – All new projects start in the cloud - **Exam Tip / Trap:** “Evaluating” or “assessing fit” = Project stage.Question 4
Which migration strategy is also known as “lift and shift” and involves moving applications to AWS without making changes?
A. Replatform
B. Refactor / Re-architect
C. Rehost
D. Repurchase
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** The 7 Rs of migration strategies: - **Rehost** = Lift and shift (no changes) - Replatform = Lift, tinker, and shift (minor optimizations) - Refactor/Re-architect = Major changes to use cloud-native features - Repurchase = Drop and shop (move to a different product/SaaS) - **Exam Tip:** “Without making any changes” or “as-is” = Rehost.Question 5
A company wants to migrate a large number of servers that make up one or more applications to AWS with minimal changes. Which of the 7 Rs migration strategies should it use?
A. Relocate
B. Retire
C. Retain
D. Refactor
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**Correct Answer: A** **Explanation:** **Relocate** is used for moving a large number of servers (often VMware-based) that comprise one or more applications, typically with tools like VMware Cloud on AWS. - Retire = Decommission - Retain = Keep on-premises - Refactor = Major re-architecture - **Exam Tip:** “Large number of servers” or “VMware” often points to Relocate.Question 6
Which migration strategy involves moving to a different product or version (often SaaS) that provides more value than the existing application?
A. Rehost
B. Replatform
C. Repurchase
D. Refactor
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** **Repurchase** is also known as “drop and shop.” It means replacing the existing application with a new product or SaaS offering. - **Exam Tip / Keywords:** “drop and shop,” “different product,” “SaaS,” “more value than existing.”Question 7
A company needs to migrate applications that require some level of optimization to take advantage of AWS capabilities (for example, changing the database engine) but does not want a full rewrite. Which strategy should it choose?
A. Rehost
B. Replatform
C. Refactor / Re-architect
D. Retain
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** **Replatform** = “Lift, tinker, and shift.” Minor cloud optimizations are made without changing the core architecture. - Refactor/Re-architect = Full use of cloud-native features (major changes) - Rehost = No changes - **Exam Tip:** “Some optimization,” “tinker,” or “minor changes” = Replatform.Question 8
Which of the following are valid AWS migration strategies (the 7 Rs)? (Choose TWO.)
A. Rebuild
B. Retire
C. Replicate
D. Retain
E. Redesign
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**Correct Answer: B, D** **Explanation:** The official 7 Rs are: **Retire, Retain, Rehost, Relocate, Repurchase, Replatform, Refactor/Re-architect.** Rebuild and Redesign are not part of the standard 7 Rs (though sometimes people use “rebuild” informally for refactor). - **Exam Tip:** Memorize the exact 7 Rs list. “Retire” and “Retain” are frequently tested as the “do nothing / decommission” options.Question 9
A company is migrating a relational database to AWS and wants minimal downtime with continuous data replication. Which service is most appropriate?
A. AWS Snowball
B. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
C. Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
D. AWS DataSync
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** AWS DMS supports continuous data replication and database migrations (homogeneous or heterogeneous) with minimal downtime. - Snowball = Large-scale physical data transfer - DataSync = File/object transfer - **Exam Tip / Keywords:** “database replication,” “minimal downtime,” “ongoing replication” = DMS.Question 10
A company needs to transfer 80 TB of data from its on-premises data center to AWS. The data center has limited network bandwidth. Which service should it use?
A. AWS DataSync
B. AWS Snowball Edge
C. Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
D. AWS Direct Connect (with standard transfer)
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** AWS Snowball Edge (and Snow family devices) are designed for large-scale offline data transfer when network bandwidth is limited or transfer would take too long. - **Exam Tip:** Petabyte or multi-terabyte scale + limited bandwidth = Snowball / Snow family.Question 11
A company is migrating an application that requires low-latency file access from EC2 instances and elastic storage capacity. Which service is the best choice?
A. Amazon S3
B. Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
C. Amazon S3 Glacier
D. AWS Snowball Edge
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** Amazon EFS provides scalable, elastic, low-latency file storage that can be mounted on multiple EC2 instances. - S3 is object storage (higher latency, not a traditional file system). - Glacier is for archival. - **Exam Tip / Trap:** “Low latency” + “file storage” + “EC2” = EFS. S3 is often a distractor.Question 12
A company is migrating a NoSQL database that must be highly scalable, fast, and fully managed. Which AWS service should it choose?
A. Amazon RDS
B. Amazon Redshift
C. Amazon DynamoDB
D. Amazon Aurora
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL (key-value and document) database designed for high scalability, fast and predictable performance. - Keywords: “NoSQL,” “non-relational,” “key-value,” “document,” “JSON” → DynamoDB. - RDS/Aurora = relational. - **Exam Tip:** “NoSQL” is almost always DynamoDB at CLF level.Question 13
A company needs to run Microsoft SQL Server on AWS with a standard license and wants the most cost-optimized option without managing its own license. What should it do?
A. Launch Amazon Aurora with SQL Server compatibility and buy a license via AWS License Manager
B. Use Amazon RDS for SQL Server and purchase a license
C. Launch an EC2 instance with a Windows Server + SQL Server Standard AMI (license included)
D. Install SQL Server on EC2 and purchase a license directly from Microsoft
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** AWS provides AMIs that include Windows Server + SQL Server Standard (license included). This is often the most cost-effective for standard editions because you avoid separate license management and RDS managed-service premium. - Aurora does **not** support SQL Server. - RDS is more expensive than EC2 for the same engine. - **Exam Tip / Trap:** Aurora ≠ SQL Server. “Cost optimized” + “standard license” + “no need to buy/manage license” = License-included AMI on EC2.Question 14
During the migration stage of cloud adoption, a company should establish which of the following?
A. A landing zone only
B. A Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)
C. Only pilot projects
D. Full production reinvention of all applications
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** In the **Migration** stage, organizations define roles for cloud operations, establish a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), and prepare for long-term cloud operations. - Landing zone is more Foundation stage. - Reinvention is the final stage. - **Exam Tip:** CCoE appears in the Migration stage.Question 15
Which AWS CAF perspective focuses on aligning IT strategy with business goals and ensuring that cloud investments deliver business value?
A. Security perspective
B. Operations perspective
C. Business perspective
D. Platform perspective
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** The six CAF perspectives are: - **Business** – Value realization, business case, strategy - People – Culture, skills, roles - Governance – Portfolio, risk, compliance - Platform – Architecture, modern application, etc. - Security – Identity, detection, protection - Operations – Observability, incident management, etc. - **Exam Tip:** “Business value,” “strategy alignment” = Business perspective.Question 16
A company has applications that are no longer needed after migration. Which of the 7 Rs strategies should it apply?
A. Retain
B. Retire
C. Rehost
D. Relocate
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**Correct Answer: B** **Explanation:** **Retire** = Decommission or shut down applications that are no longer useful. **Retain** = Keep in the source environment (not ready or not suitable to migrate). - **Exam Tip:** “Decommission,” “no longer needed,” “end-of-life” = Retire.Question 17
After migrating data to AWS, a company wants the lowest-cost storage class for long-term archival of large amounts of infrequently accessed data, accepting longer retrieval times. Which service/storage class is most appropriate?
A. Amazon S3 Standard
B. Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering
C. Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes
D. Amazon EFS Infrequent Access
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes (Instant Retrieval, Flexible Retrieval, Deep Archive) are designed as the lowest-cost options for archival data. Retrieval times and fees must be considered. - **Exam Tip:** “Lowest-cost,” “archive,” “long-term,” “infrequently accessed” = Glacier family.Question 18
Which of the following resources can support an organization’s cloud migration journey? (Choose TWO.)
A. AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)
B. AWS Well-Architected Tool only for cost optimization
C. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)
D. Amazon Detective for all migration planning
E. AWS Snow Family devices
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**Correct Answer: A, C, E** (Choose the two most direct: A and C or A and E) **Explanation:** Supporting resources include: - AWS CAF (readiness and strategy) - Migration services such as AWS DMS, AWS Snow Family, AWS DataSync, Application Migration Service, etc. - **Exam Tip:** CAF + migration services (DMS, Snowball, MGN) are the core resources mentioned for this task statement.Question 19
A company wants to take full advantage of cloud-native features such as microservices, serverless, and managed databases to improve agility, performance, and scalability. Which migration strategy should it use?
A. Rehost
B. Replatform
C. Refactor / Re-architect
D. Repurchase
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** **Refactor / Re-architect** involves re-imagining how the application is architected and developed, typically using cloud-native features. - This is the most transformative (and usually most expensive/time-consuming) of the 7 Rs. - **Exam Tip / Keywords:** “cloud-native,” “full advantage,” “microservices,” “serverless,” “improve agility/scalability” = Refactor/Re-architect.Question 20
An organization has completed its landing zone setup and moved a few production applications. It is now defining long-term cloud operating models and establishing a CCoE. Which cloud adoption stage is it in?
A. Project
B. Foundation
C. Migration
D. Reinvention
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**Correct Answer: C** **Explanation:** - **Foundation** = Landing zone + initial applications - **Migration** = Roles defined, CCoE established, preparing for long-term operations, broader migration - **Reinvention** = All new projects born in the cloud - **Exam Tip:** Presence of “CCoE” and “long-term cloud operations” = Migration stage.End of Question Set
These 20 questions fully cover Task Statement 1.3 (AWS CAF, benefits, adoption stages, 7 Rs strategies, and supporting migration resources/services) at the Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) difficulty level. Good luck with your exam!