AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate PRACTICE EXAM

“This practice exam consists of 6 sections, each containing 65 questions, covering all the topics included in the certification exam.”

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate certification is designed for individuals with hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and operating systems on AWS. This certification tests your expertise in several areas such as monitoring, automation, security, reliability, and cost optimization on the AWS platform.

Course Overview:

• Target Audience: Systems administrators or operators who have at least one year of hands-on experience managing AWS environments.
• Prerequisites: Familiarity with AWS services like EC2, S3, VPC, and CloudWatch, and ideally prior experience with basic AWS operations or training.
• Course Duration: 4 hours of intermediate-level content.
• Course Objectives:
  • Understanding the exam structure and question types.
  • Learning to interpret AWS SysOps-related concepts and how they relate to exam content.
  • Preparing with sample questions and practice exams to become familiar with the format and key topics.

Key Topics:

1. Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation: You will learn how to implement monitoring and logging solutions using AWS tools such as CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail. You will also be taught how to respond to alerts and automate actions using AWS Systems Manager.
2. Reliability and Business Continuity: This section covers strategies for scaling and ensuring high availability with AWS services like Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and Route 53. You will also learn how to implement backup and disaster recovery procedures.
3. Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation: Topics here include provisioning and maintaining cloud resources, using AWS CloudFormation for resource management, and automating manual tasks to improve efficiency across AWS environments.
4. Security and Compliance: This area ensures that you understand AWS security best practices, such as implementing identity and access management (IAM), securing data at rest and in transit, and compliance with regulations.
5. Networking and Content Delivery: This covers network architecture within AWS, including VPC setup, security groups, and managing content delivery using services like Amazon CloudFront.
6. Cost and Performance Optimization: Finally, you will learn how to optimize AWS costs and performance, utilizing tools like AWS Trusted Advisor, Cost Explorer, and other services that help analyze and reduce unnecessary expenses.