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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management as it is examined in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is AWS Budgets?
A tool to set custom cost and usage budgets that send alerts when spending or usage exceeds (or is forecast to exceed) defined thresholds.
What are AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)?
The most comprehensive set of AWS cost and usage data, delivered to S3, with line-item detail for analysis and reporting.
What is AWS Cost Allocation Tags used for?
Tags applied to resources to categorize and track AWS costs by project, team, environment, etc., enabling detailed cost breakdowns in billing reports.
What is the AWS Pricing Calculator?
A web tool that estimates the cost of AWS services for a planned architecture before deployment.
What are the three fundamental cost drivers in AWS pricing?
Compute (what you provision/run), Storage (how much data you store), and Data Transfer (data moving out of AWS).
How is data transfer typically charged in AWS?
Inbound data transfer is generally free; outbound data transfer to the internet is charged per GB, and inter-Region/inter-AZ transfer may incur charges; same-AZ transfer is often free.
What are the main EC2 pricing models?
On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, and Dedicated Hosts.
What are EC2 Spot Instances and their pricing benefit?
Spare EC2 capacity offered at steep discounts (up to ~90% off On-Demand), but can be interrupted by AWS with short notice when capacity is needed.
What are EC2 Reserved Instances?
A pricing model offering significant discounts (vs On-Demand) in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment to a specific instance configuration.
What is the core S3 pricing model?
You pay for storage used (per GB, by storage class), requests/operations, and data transfer out; there is no charge for inbound transfer.
What is the AWS Management Console?
A web-based graphical user interface for accessing and managing AWS services through a browser.
What is the AWS CLI?
The AWS Command Line Interface, a unified tool to manage AWS services from the command line using commands and scripts.
What is an AWS SDK?
Software Development Kits that provide language-specific APIs (e.g., Python/boto3, Java, JavaScript) to interact with AWS services programmatically.
What credentials does the AWS CLI use to authenticate?
An access key ID and secret access key (and optionally a session token), typically configured via `aws configure` or environment variables/profiles.
What is Infrastructure as Code (IaC)?
The practice of provisioning and managing infrastructure through machine-readable definition files rather than manual processes, enabling repeatability and version control.
What is AWS CloudFormation?
An IaC service that lets you model, provision, and manage AWS resources using template files (JSON or YAML) that describe the desired infrastructure.
What is a CloudFormation stack?
A collection of AWS resources created and managed together as a single unit from a CloudFormation template.
In what formats are CloudFormation templates written?
JSON or YAML.
What is a CloudFormation change set?
A preview of how proposed changes to a template will affect running resources in a stack before you execute the update.
Name the AWS Support plan tiers.
Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise On-Ramp, and Enterprise.
Which AWS Support plan is free for all accounts?
The Basic Support plan, which includes 24/7 access to customer service, documentation, forums, and limited Trusted Advisor checks.
Which AWS Support plan provides a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM)?
The Enterprise Support plan (and a pool-based/concierge TAM for Enterprise On-Ramp).
What is AWS Trusted Advisor?
A tool that inspects your AWS environment and provides recommendations across cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.
How does Trusted Advisor access differ between support plans?
Basic/Developer plans get a limited set of core checks; Business and Enterprise plans unlock the full set of Trusted Advisor checks across all five categories.
What this deck covers
The AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management deck follows the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management syllabus — 3 chapters and 11 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 17.0 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 124 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management flashcards FAQ
How many AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management flashcards are in this AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management cards cover?
They follow the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Foundations, Global Infrastructure & Account Management syllabus — 3 chapters and 11 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.