RDS and Aurora Quiz

Quiz covering Database Solutions

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which AWS database service is a fully managed relational database engine that is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, offering up to five times the performance of standard MySQL?

2. 2

   An application requires high availability for an RDS MySQL instance. Which feature should be enabled to ensure automatic failover to a standby instance in a different Availability Zone?

3. 3

   A developer needs to offload read-heavy traffic from the primary database instance to improve performance. Which RDS feature is most appropriate for this scenario?

4. 4

   Which feature of Amazon Aurora allows for rapid cloning of a database without duplicating the underlying data storage, making it ideal for testing and development?

5. 5

   You have an Aurora MySQL cluster and need to minimize the downtime during a failover event. Which mechanism allows an application to automatically reconnect to the new primary instance after a failover without updating the application connection string?