________________________ is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing. These resources run on server computers that are located in large data centers in different locations around the world.

In the traditional computing model, infrastructure is thought of as __________.

Cloud computing helps developers and IT departments avoid undifferentiated work like procurement, maintenance, and capacity planning, thus enabling them to focus on what matters most.

Services in this category/model are the basic building blocks for cloud IT and typically provide you with access to networking features, computers (virtual or on dedicated hardware), and data storage space.

Services in this model reduce the need for you to manage the underlying infrastructure (usually hardware and operating systems) and enable you to focus on the deployment and management of your applications.

Services in this cloud service model provide you with a completed product that the service provider runs and manages.

A __________________ uses a standardized format—such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) — for the request and the response of an application programming interface (API) interaction.

Your AWS environment can be _________________________ on demand, scaled up or down automatically to meet usage patterns and optimize spending, or shut down temporarily or permanently.

There are three fundamental drivers of cost with AWS: compute, __________, and outbound data transfer. These characteristics vary somewhat, depending on the AWS product and pricing model you choose.

______________________ enables you to provision a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud where you can launch AWS resources in a virtual network that you define.

_______________ is an even easier way for you to quickly deploy and manage applications in the AWS Cloud.

______________ automatically adds or removes resources according to conditions you define. The resources you are using increase seamlessly during demand spikes to maintain performance and decrease automatically during demand lulls to minimize costs.

What are the benefits of using the AWS Pricing Calculator?

AWS ________________ lets you view the status of your month-to-date AWS expenditure, identify the services that account for the majority of your overall expenditure, and understand at a high level how costs are trending.

AWS ___________________ uses the cost visualization that is provided by Cost Explorer to show you the status of your budgets and to provide forecasts of your estimated costs.

______________ is a single location for accessing comprehensive information about your AWS costs and usage. This tool lists the usage for each service category that is used by an account (and its users) in hourly or daily line items, and any tax that you activated for tax allocation purposes.

What is one advantage of the AWS Global Infrastructure?

What does it mean for the AWS Global Infrastructure to be fault tolerant?

What is one benefit of the AWS Global Infrastructure's high availability?

What is the purpose of Availability Zones in AWS?

What is the recommended approach for achieving resiliency in AWS systems?

Security and compliance are a shared responsibility between AWS and the customer

____________ is a basic computer security concept: a user or system must first prove their identity.

______________ is the process of determining what permissions a user, service or application should be granted. After a user has been authenticated, they must be authorized to access AWS services.

______ groups offer a convenient way to specify permissions for a collection of users, which can make it easier to manage the permissions for those users.

____________ is an IAM identity you can create in your account that has specific permissions.

AWS _________ is a service that logs all API requests to resources in your account. In this way, it enables operational auditing on your account.

AWS ________ is an account management service that enables you to consolidate multiple AWS accounts into an organization that you create and centrally manage.

___________ is a managed distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications that run on AWS. It provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency, so there is no need to engage AWS Support to benefit from DDoS protection.

________________ is a service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources.

_____________ provides on-demand downloads of AWS security and compliance documents, such as AWS ISO certifications, Payment Card Industry (PCI), and Service Organization Control (SOC) reports.

You can also use AWS Artifact to review, _______, and track the status of AWS agreements such as the Business Associate Agreement (BAA).

A computer ________ is two or more client machines that are connected together to share resources.

A network can be logically partitioned into _______________. Networking requires a networking device (such as a router or switch) to connect all the clients together and enable communication between them.

Each client machine in a network has a unique _________________________ that identifies it.

IPv6 addresses, which are ___ bits, are also available.

An IPv6 address is composed of eight groups of four letters and numbers that are separated by ________.

A common method to describe networks is ____________ or CIDR.

An __________________ is a virtual network interface that you can attach or detach from an instance in a VPC.

__________________ gateway enables instances in a private subnet to connect to the internet or other AWS services, but prevents the internet from initiating a connection with those instances.

Running servers __________ is an expensive undertaking.

On EC2, _______ refers to the fact that you can easily increase or decrease the number of servers you run to support an application automatically, and you can also increase or decrease the size of existing servers.

_________ refers to reason why most users run servers in the first place, which is to host running applications or process data—actions that require compute resources, including processing power (CPU) and memory (RAM).

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is an easy-to-use, high-performance ______________ block storage service that is designed to be used with Amazon EC2 for both throughput- and transaction-intensive workloads.

_______________________ provides ephemeral, or temporary, block-level storage for your instance. This storage is located on disks that are physically attached to the host computer.

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is most suitable if you have predictable or steady-state compute needs?

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is best if you need to run software with licensing restrictions?

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model provides the most flexibility with no long-term contract?

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is a good choice for large scale computing at a significantly discounted price?

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model is suitable if you have specific compliance or regulatory requirements?