Amazon SAP-C02 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 22,2026- Exam Code: SAP-C02
- Exam Name: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
- Certification Provider: Amazon
- Latest update: Oct 22,2026
A company is running a containerized application in the AWS Cloud. The application is running by using Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) on a set of Amazon EC2 instances. The EC2 instances run in an Auto Scaling group.
The company uses Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR) to store its container images.
When a new image version is uploaded, the new image version receives a unique tag.
The company needs a solution that inspects new image versions for common vulnerabilities and exposures. The solution must automatically delete new image tags that have Critical or High severity findings. The solution also must notify the development team when such a deletion occurs.
Which solution meets these requirements?
- A . Configure scan on push on the repository Use Amazon EventBridge to invoke an AWS Step Functions state machine when a scan is complete for images that have Critical or High severity findings. Use the Step Functions state machine to delete the image tag for those images and to notify the development team through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
- B . Configure scan on push on the repository Configure scan results to be pushed to an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue. Invoke an AWS Lambda function when a new message is added to the SQS queue. Use the Lambda function to delete the image tag for images that have Critical or High seventy findings. Notify the development team by using Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
- C . Schedule an AWS Lambda function to start a manual image scan every hour. Configure Amazon EventBridge to invoke another Lambda function when a scan is complete. Use the second Lambda function to delete the image tag for images that have Critical or High severity findings. Notify the development team by using Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
- D . Configure periodic image scan on the repository. Configure scan results to be added lo an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue. Invoke an AWS Step Functions state machine when a new message is added to the SQS queue. Use the Step Functions state machine to delete the image tag for images that have Critical or High severity findings. Notify the development team by using Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES).
A company that provisions job boards for a seasonal workforce is seeing an increase in traffic and usage. The backend services run on a pair of Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer with Amazon DynamoDB as the datastore. Application read and write traffic is slow during peak seasons.
Which option provides a scalable application architecture to handle peak seasons with the LEAST development effort?
- A . Migrate the backend services to AWS Lambda. Increase the read and write capacity of DynamoDB.
- B . Migrate the backend services to AWS Lambda. Configure DynamoDB to use global tables.
- C . Use Auto Scaling groups for the backend services. Use DynamoDB auto scaling.
- D . Use Auto Scaling groups for the backend services. Use Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) and an AWS Lambda function to write to DynamoDB.
A company is moving a business-critical multi-tier application to AWS. The architecture consists of a desktop client application and server infrastructure. The server infrastructure resides in an on-premises data center that frequently fails to maintain the application uptime SLA of 99.95%. A solutions architect must re-architect the application to ensure that it can meet or exceed the SLA.
The application contains a PostgreSQL database running on a single virtual machine. The business logic and presentation layers are load balanced between multiple virtual machines. Remote users complain about slow load times while using this latency-sensitive application.
Which of the following will meet the availability requirements with little change to the application while improving user experience and minimizing costs?
- A . Migrate the database to a PostgreSQL database in Amazon EC2. Host the application and presentation layers in automatically scaled Amazon ECS containers behind an Application Load Balancer. Allocate an Amazon Workspaces Workspace for each end user to improve the user experience.
- B . Migrate the database to an Amazon RDS Aurora PostgreSQL configuration. Host the application and presentation layers in an Auto Scaling configuration on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. Use Amazon AppStream 2.0 to improve the user experience.
- C . Migrate the database to an Amazon RDS PostgreSQL Mulli-AZ configuration. Host the application and presentation layers in automatically scaled AWS Fargate containers behind a Network Load Balancer. Use Amazon ElastiCache to improve the user experience.
- D . Migrate the database to an Amazon Redshift cluster with at least two nodes. Combine and host the application and presentation layers in automatically scaled Amazon ECS containers behind an Application Load Balancer. Use Amazon CloudFront to improve the user experience.
A telecommunications company is running an application on AWS. The company has set up an AWS Direct Connect connection between the company’s on-premises data center and AWS. The company deployed the application on Amazon EC2 instances in multiple Availability Zones behind an internal Application Load Balancer (ALB). The company’s clients connect from the on-premises network by using HTTPS. The TLS terminates in the ALB. The company has multiple target groups and uses path-based routing to forward requests based on the URL path.
The company is planning to deploy an on-premises firewall appliance with an allow list that is based on IP address. A solutions architect must develop a solution to allow traffic flow to AWS from the on-premises network so that the clients can continue to access the application.
Which solution will meet these requirements?
- A . Configure the existing ALB to use static IP addresses. Assign IP addresses in multiple Availability Zones to the ALB. Add the ALB IP addresses to the firewall appliance.
- B . Create a Network Load Balancer (NLB). Associate the NLB with one static IP addresses in multiple Availability Zones. Create an ALB-type target group for the NLB and add the existing ALAdd the NLB IP addresses to the firewall appliance. Update the clients to connect to the NLB.
- C . Create a Network Load Balancer (NLB). Associate the LNB with one static IP addresses in multiple Availability Zones. Add the existing target groups to the NLB. Update the clients to connect to the NLB. Delete the ALB Add the NLB IP addresses to the firewall appliance.
- D . Create a Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB). Assign static IP addresses to the GWLB in multiple Availability Zones. Create an ALB-type target group for the GWLB and add the existing ALB. Add the GWLB IP addresses to the firewall appliance. Update the clients to connect to the GWLB.
A company is creating a centralized logging service running on Amazon EC2 that will receive and analyze logs from hundreds of AWS accounts. AWS PrivateLink is being used to provide connectivity
between the client services and the logging service.
In each AWS account with a client, an interface endpoint has been created for the logging service and is available. The logging service running on EC2 instances with a Network Load Balancer (NLB) are deployed in different subnets. The clients are unable to submit logs using the VPC endpoint.
Which combination of steps should a solutions architect take to resolve this issue? (Select TWO.)
- A . Check that the NACL is attached to the logging service subnet to allow communications to and from the NLB subnets. Check that the NACL is attached to the NLB subnet to allow communications to and from the logging service subnets running on EC2 instances.
- B . Check that the NACL is attached to the logging service subnets to allow communications to and from the interface endpoint subnets. Check that the NACL is attached to the interface endpoint subnet to allow communications to and from the logging service subnets running on EC2 instances.
- C . Check the security group for the logging service running on the EC2 instances to ensure it allows Ingress from the NLB subnets.
- D . Check the security group for the loggia service running on EC2 instances to ensure it allows ingress from the clients.
- E . Check the security group for the NLB to ensure it allows ingress from the interlace endpoint subnets.
A company is running an application on premises. The application uses a set of web servers that host a static React-based single-page application (SPA), a Node.js API, and a MYSQL database server. The database is read intensive. The company will need to expand the database’s storage at an unpredictable rate.
The company must migrate the application to AWS. The company also must modernize the architecture to reduce infrastructure management and increase scalability.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?
- A . Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the database to Amazon RDS for MySQL. Use AWS Application Migration Service to migrate the web application to a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances behind an Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) load balancer. Use a Spot Fleet with a request type of request to host the API.
- B . Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the database to Amazon Aurora MySQL. Copy the web files to an Amazon S3 bucket and set up
web hosting. Copy the API code to AWS Lambda functions. Configure Amazon API Gateway to point to the Lambda functions. - C . Use AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to migrate the database to a MySQL database that runs on Amazon EC2 instances. Use AWS DataSync to
migrate the web files and API files to an Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file system. Set up a fleet of EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group as web servers. Mount the FSx for Windows File Server file system. - D . Use AWS Application Migration Service to migrate the database to Amazon EC2 instances. Copy the web files to containers that run on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). Set up an Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) load balancer for the EC2 instances and EKS containers. Copy the API code to AWS Lambda functions. Configure Amazon API Gateway to point to the Lambda functions.
A company has a multi-tier web application that runs on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The instances are in an Auto Scaling group. The ALB and the Auto Scaling group are replicated in a backup AWS Region. The minimum value and the maximum value for the Auto Scaling group are set to zero. An Amazon RDS Multi-AZ DB instance stores the application’s data. The DB instance has a read replica in the backup Region. The application presents an endpoint to end users by using an Amazon Route 53 record.
The company needs to reduce its RTO to less than 15 minutes by giving the application the ability to automatically fail over to the backup Region. The company does not have a large enough budget for an active-active strategy.
What should a solutions architect recommend to meet these requirements?
- A . Reconfigure the application’s Route 53 record with a latency-based routing policy that load balances traffic between the two ALBs. Create an AWS Lambda function in the backup Region to promote the read replica and modify the Auto Scaling group values. Create an Amazon CloudWatch alarm that is based on the HTTPCode_Target_5XX_Count metric for the ALB in the primary Region. Configure the CloudWatch alarm to invoke the Lambda function.
- B . Create an AWS Lambda function in the backup Region to promote the read replica and modify the Auto Scaling group values. Configure Route 53 with a health check that monitors the web application and sends an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification to the Lambda function when the health check status is unhealthy. Update the application’s Route 53 record with a failover policy that routes traffic to the ALB in the backup Region when a health check failure occurs.
- C . Configure the Auto Scaling group in the backup Region to have the same values as the Auto Scaling group in the primary Region. Reconfigure the application’s Route 53 record with a latency-based routing policy that load balances traffic between the two ALBs. Remove the read replica. Replace the read replica with a standalone RDS DB instance. Configure Cross-Region Replication between the RDS DB instances by using snapshots and Amazon S3.
- D . Configure an endpoint in AWS Global Accelerator with the two ALBs as equal weighted targets. Create an AWS Lambda function in the backup Region to promote the read replica and modify the Auto Scaling group values. Create an Amazon CloudWatch alarm that is based on the HTTPCode_Target_5XX_Count metric for the ALB in the primary Region. Configure the CloudWatch alarm to invoke the Lambda function.
A company is using an on-premises Active Directory service for user authentication. The company wants to use the same authentication service to sign in to the company’s AWS accounts, which are using AWS Organizations. AWS Site-to-Site VPN connectivity already exists between the on-premises environment and all the company’s AWS accounts.
The company’s security policy requires conditional access to the accounts based on user groups and roles. User identities must be managed in a single location.
Which solution will meet these requirements?
- A . Configure AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) to connect to Active Directory by using SAML 2.0. Enable automatic provisioning by using the System for Cross- domain Identity Management (SCIM) v2.0 protocol. Grant access to the AWS accounts by using attribute-based access controls (ABACs).
- B . Configure AWS Single Sign-On (AWS SSO) by using AWS SSO as an identity source. Enable automatic provisioning by using the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) v2.0 protocol. Grant access to the AWS accounts by using AWS SSO permission sets.
- C . In one of the company’s AWS accounts, configure AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to use a SAML 2.0 identity provider. Provision IAM users that are mapped to the federated users. Grant access that corresponds to appropriate groups in Active Directory. Grant access to the required AWS accounts by using cross-account IAM users.
- D . In one of the company’s AWS accounts, configure AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to use an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider. Provision IAM roles that grant access to the AWS account for the federated users that correspond to appropriate groups in Active Directory. Grant access to the required AWS accounts by using cross-account IAM roles.
A media storage application uploads user photos to Amazon S3 for processing by AWS Lambda functions. Application state is stored in Amazon DynamoDB tables. Users are reporting that some uploaded photos are not being processed properly. The application developers trace the logs and find that Lambda is experiencing photo processing issues when thousands of users upload photos simultaneously. The issues are the result of Lambda concurrency limits and the performance of DynamoDB when data is saved.
Which combination of actions should a solutions architect take to increase the performance and reliability of the application? (Select TWO.)
- A . Evaluate and adjust the RCUs tor the DynamoDB tables.
- B . Evaluate and adjust the WCUs for the DynamoDB tables.
- C . Add an Amazon ElastiCache layer to increase the performance of Lambda functions.
- D . Add an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue and reprocessing logic between Amazon S3 and the Lambda functions.
- E . Use S3 Transfer Acceleration to provide lower latency to users.
A company wants to migrate its on-premises application to AWS. The database for the application stores structured product data and temporary user session data. The company needs to decouple the product data from the user session data. The company also needs to implement replication in another AWS Region for disaster recovery.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the HIGHEST performance?
- A . Create an Amazon RDS DB instance with separate schemas to host the product data and the user session data. Configure a read replica for the DB instance in another Region.
- B . Create an Amazon RDS DB instance to host the product data. Configure a read replica for the DB instance in another Region. Create a global datastore in Amazon ElastiCache for Memcached to host the user session data.
- C . Create two Amazon DynamoDB global tables. Use one global table to host the product data Use
the other global table to host the user session data. Use DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) for caching. - D . Create an Amazon RDS DB instance to host the product data. Configure a read replica for the DB
instance in another Region. Create an Amazon DynamoDB global table to host the user session data