SQS SNS Messaging Quiz

Quiz covering Scalable Architectures

Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which AWS service is primarily designed to facilitate a 'push-based' fan-out architecture where a single message is delivered to multiple downstream subscribers simultaneously?

2. 2

   You have a decoupled architecture where an SNS topic triggers an SQS queue. If the SQS queue is temporarily unavailable due to a surge in traffic, what happens to the messages sent to the SNS topic?

3. 3

   Which of the following is a primary benefit of placing an SQS queue between a producer and a consumer in a distributed system?

4. 4

   In a scenario where you must ensure that messages are processed exactly once and in the strict order they were sent, which configuration should you choose?

5. 5

   You are designing a system where an SNS topic fans out to three SQS queues. You need to ensure that if a specific message fails to process in one of the queues, it is moved to a secondary location for investigation without blocking the rest of the queue. How should you architect this?