AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02) Practice Exam
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AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (SOA-C02) Practice Exam
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator certification assists organizations in identifying and nurturing individuals with crucial skills essential for the successful implementation of cloud initiatives. Furthermore, the examination evaluates a candidate's proficiency in accomplishing the following tasks:
- Providing support and maintaining AWS workloads in alignment with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
- Executing operations using both the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI.
- Implementing security measures to meet compliance standards.
- Monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting systems efficiently.
- Applying networking principles such as DNS, TCP/IP, and firewalls.
- Fulfilling architectural prerequisites including high availability and performance.
- Executing procedures for business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Identifying, categorizing, and resolving incidents promptly.
Who should take this exam?
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate serves as an excellent entry point into the AWS Certification journey for individuals possessing any of the following qualifications:
- Background in a systems administrator role
- Experience with AWS technology
- Proficiency in on-premises IT operations and adeptness in transitioning from on-premises systems to cloud environments
- Familiarity with other cloud service platforms
Furthermore, it is recommended that candidates to possess the following general IT knowledge and experience:
- 1–2 years of operational experience as a system administrator
- Proficiency in monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting systems
- Understanding of networking concepts such as DNS, TCP/IP, and firewalls
- Capability to implement architectural necessities like high availability, performance, and capacity
In terms of AWS-specific knowledge and experience, candidates should ideally have:
- At least 1 year of practical experience with AWS technology
- Hands-on experience in deploying, managing, and operating workloads within AWS
- Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Practical proficiency in utilizing the AWS Management Console and the AWS CLI
- Understanding of AWS networking and security services
- Practical experience in implementing security controls and fulfilling compliance requirements
What you will learn in the exam?
Achieving this certification will demonstrate:
- Your proficiency in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS, including implementing security controls and meeting compliance requirements.
- Your familiarity with utilizing both the AWS Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI).
- Your comprehension of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, as well as AWS networking and security services.
Exam Details
- Exam Name: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
- Exam Code: SOA-C02
- Exam Duration: 130 minutes
- Exam Language: English, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese
- Type of Questions: 65 Multiple Choice and Multiple Responses
- Passing Score: 720
Course Outline
The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1: Understand Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation (20%)
Implementing metrics, alarms, and filters by using AWS monitoring and logging services
- Learn Identifying, collecting, analyzing, and exporting logs (for example, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, CloudWatch Logs Insights, AWS CloudTrail logs)
- Learn to use the CloudWatch agent for collecting metrics and logs
- Learn creating CloudWatch alarms
- Learn creating metric filters
- Building CloudWatch dashboards
- Learn about Configuring notifications
Remediating issues based on monitoring and availability metrics
- Learn to troubleshoot and perform corrective actions as per the notifications and alarms
- Learn configuring Amazon EventBridge rules to trigger actions
- Learn using AWS Systems Manager Automation documents for taking action based on AWS Config rules
Domain 2: Learn Reliability and Business Continuity (16%)
Implement scalability and elasticity
- Learn the concept of creating and maintaining AWS Auto Scaling plans
- Learn the concept of implementing caching
- Learn the concept of implementing Amazon RDS replicas and Amazon Aurora Replicas
- Learn the concept of implementing loosely coupled architectures
- Learn the concept of differentiating between horizontal scaling and vertical scaling
Implementing high availability and resilient environments
- Learn the concept of configuring Elastic Load Balancer and Amazon Route 53 health checks
- Learn the concept of differentiating between the use of a single Availability Zone and Multi-AZ deployments
- Learn the concept of Implementing fault-tolerant workloads (for example, Amazon Elastic File System [Amazon EFS], Elastic IP addresses)
- Learn the concept of Implementing Route 53 routing policies (for example, failover, weighted, latency based)
Implementing backup and restore strategies
- Learn the concept of automating snapshots and backups depending on use cases
- Learn the concept of Restoring databases (for example, point-in-time restore, promote read replica)
- Learn the concept of Implementing versioning and lifecycle rules
- Learn the concept of Configuring Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication
- Learn the concept of Executing disaster recovery procedures
Domain 3: Learn about Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (18%)
Provisioning and maintaining cloud resources
- Learn the concept of Creating and controlling AMIs (for example, EC2 Image Builder)
- Learn the concept of Creating, managing, and troubleshooting AWS CloudFormation
- Learn the concept of Provisioning resources over multiple AWS Regions and accounts
- Learn the concept of Selecting deployment scenarios and services
- Learn the concept of Identifying and remediating deployment issues
Automating manual or repeatable processes
- Learn the concept of using AWS services (for example, OpsWorks, Systems Manager, CloudFormation) for automating deployment processes
- Learn the concept of implementing automated patch management
- Learn the concept of scheduling automated tasks by using AWS services (for example, EventBridge, AWS Config)
Domain 4: Understand Security and Compliance (16%)
Implementing and managing security and compliance policies
- Learn the concept of implementing IAM features
- Learn the concept of troubleshooting and auditing access issues by using AWS services
- Learn the concept of validating service control policies and permission boundaries
- Learn the concept of reviewing AWS Trusted Advisor security checks
- Learn the concept of validating AWS Region and service selections based on compliance requirements
- Learn the concept of implementing secure multi-account strategies
Implementing data and infrastructure protection strategies
- Learn the concept of enforcing a data classification scheme
- Learn the concept of creating, managing, and protecting encryption keys
- Learn the concept of implement encryption at rest
- Learn the concept of implementing encryption in transit
- Learn the concept of securely storing secrets by using AWS services
- Learn the concept of reviewing reports or findings
Domain 5: Learn Networking and Content Delivery (18%)
Implementing networking features and connectivity
- Learn the concept of configuring a VPC
- Learn the concept of configuring private connectivity
- Learn the concept of configuring AWS network protection services
Configuring domains, DNS services, and content delivery
- Learn the concept of configuring Route 53 hosted zones and records
- Learn the concept of implement Route 53 routing policies
- Learn the concept of configuring DNS
- Learn the concept of configuring Amazon CloudFront and S3 origin access identity (OAI)
- Learn the concept of configuring S3 static website hosting
Troubleshooting network connectivity issues
- Learn the concept of interpreting VPC configurations
- Learn the concept of collecting and interpreting logs
- Learn the concept of identifying and remediating CloudFront caching issues
- Learn the concept of troubleshooting hybrid and private connectivity issues
Domain 6: Understand Cost and Performance Optimization (12%)
Implementing cost optimization strategies
- Learn the concept of implementing cost allocation tags
- Learn the concept of identifying and remediating underutilized or unused resources by using AWS services and tools
- Learn the concept of configuring AWS Budgets and billing alarms
- Learn the concept of assessing resource usage patterns for qualifying workloads for EC2 Spot Instances
- Learn the concept of identifying opportunities to use managed services
Implementing performance optimization strategies
- Learn the concept of computing resources depending on performance metrics
- Learn the concept of monitoring Amazon EBS metrics
- Learn the concept of modifying the configuration to increase performance efficiency
- Learn the concept of implementing S3 performance features
- Learn the concept of monitoring RDS metrics and modifying the configuration for increasing performance efficiency
- Learn the concept of enabling enhanced EC2 capabilities