EC2 Auto Scaling Quiz

Quiz covering Scalability and Elasticity

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which EC2 Auto Scaling component is responsible for maintaining a specific number of running instances?

2. 2

   You have a web application with highly unpredictable traffic patterns. Which scaling policy should you use to ensure your application maintains a constant average CPU utilization of 50%?

3. 3

   An Auto Scaling group has a health check type set to 'EC2'. What happens if an instance fails a status check but the underlying hardware is still running?

4. 4

   Which of the following best describes the difference between Scalability and Elasticity?

5. 5

   You have a scaling policy that adds 2 instances when CPU > 70% and adds 5 instances when CPU > 90%. What happens if the CPU suddenly spikes from 60% to 95%?