A user is hosting a website in the US West-1 region. The website has the highest client base from the Asia-Pacific (Singapore / Japan) region. The application is accessing data from S3 before serving it to client. Which of the below mentioned regions gives a better performance for S3 objects?

Correct Answer:D
Access to Amazon S3 from within Amazon EC2 in the same region is fast. In this aspect, though the client base is Singapore, the application is being hosted in the US West-1 region. Thus, it is recommended that S3 objects be stored in the US-West-1 region.
Reference: http://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Storage_Options.pdf

You need to quickly set up an email-sending service because a client needs to start using it in the next hour. Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) seems to be the logical choice but there are several options available to set it up. Which of the following options to set up SES would best meet the needs of the client?

Correct Answer:A
Amazon SES is an outbound-only email-sending service that provides an easy, cost-effective way for you to send email.
There are several ways that you can send an email by using Amazon SES. You can use the Amazon SES console, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) interface, or you can call the Amazon SES API. Amazon SES consoIe—This method is the quickest way to set up your system
Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveIoperGuide/\NeIcome.html

Does Amazon RDS allow direct host access via Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH), or Windows Remote Desktop Connection?

Correct Answer:B

What is the time period with which metric data is sent to CIoudWatch when detailed monitoring is enabled on an Amazon EC2 instance?

Correct Answer:C
By default, Amazon EC2 metric data is automatically sent to CIoudWatch in 5-minute periods. However, you can, enable detailed monitoring on an Amazon EC2 instance, which sends data to CIoudWatch in
1-minute periods
Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-cloudwatch.htmI

Which of the following services natively encrypts data at rest within an AWS region? Choose 2 answers

Correct Answer:AD
Reference:
https://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_Securing_Data_ at_Rest_ with_E ncryption. pdf (page 12)

You are deploying an application to collect votes for a very popular television show. Millions of users will submit votes using mobile devices. The votes must be collected into a durable, scalable, and highly available data store for real-time public tabulation. Which service should you use?

Correct Answer:C