AWS 3.2 Services

Question 1

What is AWS and how are its services structured?

Answer 1

AWS is a cloud platform offering a wide range of services organised into categories such as:
• Compute
• Storage
• Database
• Networking & Content Delivery
• Security
• Management & Governance

👉 Services act as building blocks to create scalable cloud solutions

Question 2

What are the main categories of AWS services?

Answer 2

• Compute
• Storage
• Database
• Networking & Content Delivery
• Security, Identity & Compliance
• Management & Governance

👉 Each category contains specialised services for different use cases

Question 3

Explain AWS Compute services and give key examples.

Answer 3

Compute services provide processing power:

• Amazon EC2 – virtual servers (full control)
• AWS Lambda – serverless execution
• Elastic Beanstalk – deploy apps without managing infrastructure

👉 Used for running applications and workloads

Question 4

Differentiate EC2, Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk.

Answer 4

• EC2: Full control, manage OS and infrastructure
• Lambda: No server management, event-driven
• Beanstalk: Platform-managed deployment

👉 Control ↓ → Automation ↑ (EC2 → Beanstalk → Lambda)

Question 5

What are AWS Storage services and their use cases?

Answer 5

• Amazon S3: Object storage (scalable, durable)
• Amazon EBS: Block storage for EC2
• Amazon EFS: Shared file storage

👉 Used depending on access type (object, block, file)

Question 6

Compare S3, EBS, and EFS.

Answer 6

• S3:

Object storage
Internet-accessible
Highly scalable

• EBS:

Block storage
Attached to EC2
High performance

• EFS:

File storage
Shared across multiple EC2 instances

👉 Choose based on data structure + access pattern

Question 7

What are AWS Database services and when are they used?

Answer 7

• Amazon RDS: Managed relational database
• Amazon DynamoDB: NoSQL database
• Amazon Redshift: Data warehouse for analytics

👉 Used for structured, unstructured, and analytical workloads

Question 8

What are AWS Networking & Content Delivery services?

Answer 8

• Amazon VPC: Virtual network
• Elastic Load Balancer: Distributes traffic
• Amazon CloudFront: Content delivery (CDN)
• Amazon Route 53: DNS service

👉 Enables connectivity, routing, and global delivery

Question 9

What are AWS Security and Identity services?

Answer 9

• AWS IAM: Access control (users, roles, policies)
• AWS Shield: DDoS protection
• AWS WAF: Web application firewall

👉 Protect systems, data, and access

Question 10

What are AWS Management & Governance services?

Answer 10

• Amazon CloudWatch: Monitoring and metrics
• AWS CloudTrail: Tracks API activity
• AWS Config: Resource configuration tracking

👉 Helps manage, monitor, and audit AWS environments