Section 3: Getting Started with AWS

Question 1

How should you choose an AWS region?

Answer 1

1. Compliance
2. Latency
3. Not all regions have all services
4. Pricing

Compliance - government might want the data to stay local

Question 2

Are most AWS services region-scoped?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is an AWS region?

Answer 3

A region is a cluster of data centers

Question 4

How many points of presence (edge locations) does AWS have?

Answer 4

Over 400