--- title: "AWS Advanced: EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation" lang: "en" author: "Mohammad Abu Mattar" canonical: https://mkabumattar.com/post/aws-advanced-quiz --- [Home](/)›[Quizzes](/quizzes)›[All Categories](/quizzes/categories)›[Cloud](/quizzes/categories/cloud) Quizzes [Next in CloudAzure Advanced: App Service, Functions, Container Instances](/quizzes/post/azure-advanced-quiz) [Cloud](/quizzes/categories/cloud)[AWS](/quizzes/categories/aws) # AWS Advanced: EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation [Mohammad Abu Mattar](/authors/mohammad-abu-mattar)20 QuestionsIntermediatePublished: 16 Mar 2026 [Markdown for AI(opens in a new tab)](/post/aws-advanced-quiz/index.md "Open the plain-Markdown version of this page, for pasting into an AI tool") Series [Cloud Platforms & Architecture](/series/cloud-platforms--architecture)5/7 [PreviousInfrastructure Patterns: IaC, Provisioning & Orchestration](/quizzes/post/infrastructure-patterns-quiz)[NextAzure Advanced: App Service, Functions, Container Instances](/quizzes/post/azure-advanced-quiz) All posts in this series (7) Quizzes7 1. [AWS: Cloud Services & Architecture Fundamentals](/quizzes/post/aws-architecture-essentials-quiz) 2. [Azure: Cloud Services & Architecture Fundamentals](/quizzes/post/azure-architecture-essentials-quiz) 3. [Google Cloud Platform: GCP Essentials](/quizzes/post/gcp-essentials-quiz) 4. [Infrastructure Patterns: IaC, Provisioning & Orchestration](/quizzes/post/infrastructure-patterns-quiz) 5. [AWS Advanced: EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormationYou are here](/quizzes/post/aws-advanced-quiz) 6. [Azure Advanced: App Service, Functions, Container Instances](/quizzes/post/azure-advanced-quiz) 7. [Multi-Cloud Strategy & Architecture](/quizzes/post/multicloud-strategy-quiz) ## AWS Advanced: EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation Up to 20 questions, shuffled on every run Quiz Configuration Enterto start Welcome to the AWS Advanced Quiz! Test your knowledge of EC2 instance types, RDS databases, Lambda functions, CloudFormation templates, and more. This quiz is designed for those with intermediate AWS experience looking to solidify their understanding of core services and architecture patterns. Answer key and explanations20 questions The quiz above draws 20 questions at random from these 30, so a second attempt will not be the same run. Everything in the pool is listed here. 1. What is Amazon EC2? AnswerElastic Compute Cloud: resizable virtual servers on-demand 2. What is an instance type in EC2? AnswerHardware specifications categorized by compute, memory, and storage 3. What is Amazon RDS? AnswerRelational Database Service: managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server 4. What is Amazon DynamoDB? AnswerServerless NoSQL database providing consistent millisecond performance 5. What is AWS Lambda? AnswerEvent-driven compute service that runs code without server management 6. What is a "cold start" in AWS Lambda? AnswerLatency occurring when Lambda initializes a new execution environment 7. What is AWS CloudFormation? AnswerInfrastructure as Code service using templates to model AWS resources 8. What is Amazon S3? AnswerHighly durable object storage service for any type of data file 9. What is an S3 lifecycle policy? AnswerAutomated rules to transition or delete objects based on age 10. What is an Amazon VPC? AnswerA logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud for private networking 11. What is an AWS Security Group? AnswerA stateful virtual firewall that controls inbound and outbound traffic 12. What is AWS IAM? AnswerWeb service for securely controlling access to AWS resources 13. What is an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Group (ASG)? AnswerA collection of instances treated as a logical grouping for scaling 14. What is Amazon CloudWatch? AnswerObservability service providing metrics, logs, and actionable alarms 15. What is Amazon SNS? AnswerA fully managed pub/sub messaging service for fan-out architectures 16. What is Amazon SQS? AnswerA managed message queuing service used to decouple applications 17. What is an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)? AnswerA service that automatically distributes incoming app traffic across targets 18. What is Amazon Route 53? AnswerA highly available and scalable Cloud Domain Name System (DNS) service 19. What is Amazon ElastiCache? AnswerA web service that makes it easy to deploy an in-memory data store 20. What is Amazon API Gateway? AnswerA managed service for creating, publishing, and securing APIs at any scale 21. What is Amazon Cognito? AnswerA service providing user sign-up, sign-in, and access control for apps 22. What is AWS KMS? AnswerA service used to create and control the keys used to encrypt data 23. What is Amazon CloudFront? AnswerA fast content delivery network (CDN) service that caches data globally 24. What is Amazon EBS? AnswerHigh-performance block storage service designed for use with EC2 25. What is AWS Lambda concurrency? AnswerThe number of requests that a Lambda function is serving at any given time 26. What are Amazon DynamoDB Streams? AnswerAn ordered flow of information about item-level changes in a table 27. What is VPC peering? AnswerA networking connection between two VPCs using private IP addresses 28. What is an AWS NAT Gateway? AnswerA managed service that allows instances in a private subnet to connect to the internet 29. What is an Amazon EBS snapshot? AnswerAn incremental, point-in-time backup of an EBS volume stored in S3 30. What is Amazon Kinesis? 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