EC2 Performance Optimization Quiz

Quiz covering Performance Optimization

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which AWS EC2 instance metric is most appropriate to monitor to determine if you are hitting the IOPS limit for an EBS volume?

2. 2

   You have a web application running on an EC2 instance that is experiencing high CPU usage. Which of the following is the most cost-effective first step to optimize performance?

3. 3

   Your application requires high network performance and low latency between instances. Which feature should you implement?

4. 4

   An EC2 instance is experiencing performance degradation due to high disk I/O. You are using a gp2 volume. Which action will provide an immediate and persistent increase in performance?

5. 5

   You are running a high-throughput application on an EC2 instance and notice that CPU usage is low, but the instance is failing to reach the advertised network throughput. What is the most likely cause?