Systems Manager

Question 1

What AWS service provides a unified operations platform to view, manage, and automate tasks across Amazon EC2 instances, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments?

Answer 1

AWS Systems Manager

Question 2

Which AWS Systems Manager service collects detailed information about managed instances, including operating systems, installed applications, and hardware configurations?

Answer 2

Systems Manager Inventory

Question 3

Which AWS Systems Manager service automates patching of managed instances, including EC2 instances and on‑premises servers?

Answer 3

Patch Manager

Question 4

Which AWS Systems Manager service automates common maintenance and deployment tasks across AWS resources?

Answer 4

Automation

Question 5

What term refers to the predefined or custom workflows in AWS Systems Manager Automation?

Answer 5

Automation runbooks

Question 6

What must an AWS Systems Manager Automation runbook include to restart an EC2 instance without requiring permissions from the initiating user?

Answer 6

An IAM service role with the ec2:RebootInstances permission

Question 7

Which AWS Systems Manager Automation document diagnoses issues with accessing objects from a public S3 bucket?

Answer 7

AWSSupport-TroubleshootS3PublicRead

Question 8

Which AWS Systems Manager Automation document automates recovery of impaired EC2 instances?

Answer 8

AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue

Question 9

What input is required to run the AWSSupport-ExecuteEC2Rescue document within AWS Systems Manager Autiomation?

Answer 9

Instance ID

Question 10

What AWS Systems Manager component automates patching of managed instances with security‑related and other updates?

Answer 10

Patch Manager

Question 11

What types of updates can AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager apply to managed instances?

Answer 11

• Operating system updates
• Application updates

Question 12

What initial configuration step must be completed before setting up a hybrid environment for AWS Systems Manager?

Answer 12

• Complete General Systems Manager Setup Steps
• Create an IAM Service Role for a Hybrid Environment
• Install a TLS certificate on On-Premises Servers and VMs
• Create a Managed-Instance Activation for a Hybrid Environment
• Install SSM Agent for a Hybrid Environment (Windows & Linux)
• (Optional) Enable the Advanced-instances Tier for more than 1000 servers per account per region