Amazon EC2 Assessment Test

An Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Assessment Test evaluates candidates for their proficiency in working with Amazon EC2, a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Amazon EC2 allows users to launch and manage virtual servers, known as instances, to run applications and workloads in a scalable and cost-effective manner.

An Amazon EC2 Assessment Test evaluates candidates for:

1. Understanding of Amazon EC2 fundamentals, including instance types, instance families, instance purchasing options (On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances), and pricing models.
2. Proficiency in launching, configuring, and managing EC2 instances using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI (Command Line Interface), or AWS SDKs (Software Development Kits).
3. Knowledge of EC2 instance sizing and capacity planning considerations, including CPU, memory, storage, and network performance requirements.
4. Skills in creating and customizing Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for EC2 instances, including operating system configurations, software installations, and security settings.
5. Familiarity with EC2 networking concepts, such as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), subnets, security groups, network ACLs (Access Control Lists), and Elastic IP addresses.
6. Experience in configuring EC2 instance storage options, including Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) volumes, instance store volumes, and EBS-optimized instances.
7. Understanding of EC2 instance lifecycle management, including instance provisioning, bootstrapping, scaling, and termination.
8. Proficiency in monitoring and troubleshooting EC2 instances using Amazon CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms, as well as third-party monitoring tools.
9. Knowledge of EC2 security best practices, including IAM (Identity and Access Management) policies, encryption at rest and in transit, network security, and instance hardening.
10. Skills in configuring high availability and fault tolerance for EC2 instances using features such as Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and EC2 instance placement strategies.
11. Familiarity with EC2 integration with other AWS services, such as AWS Lambda, AWS Systems Manager (SSM), AWS CloudFormation, and AWS OpsWorks.
12. Experience in deploying and managing containerized applications on EC2 instances using Docker, Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service), or Kubernetes.
13. Knowledge of EC2 instance security updates and patch management strategies, including automated patching solutions and maintenance windows.
14. Understanding of EC2 instance metadata and user data, and their use cases in instance configuration and initialization processes.
15. Ability to design and implement cost-effective EC2 architectures based on workload requirements, performance characteristics, and budget constraints.

Overall, our Amazon EC2 Assessment Test measures candidates' knowledge and hands-on proficiency in working with Amazon EC2 to provision, deploy, manage, and optimize compute resources in the cloud, providing you with valuable insights into their ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable applications on AWS.