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 solutions architect is investigating an issue in which a company cannot establish new sessions in Amazon Workspaces. An initial analysis indicates that the issue involves user profiles. The Amazon Workspaces environment is configured to use Amazon FSx for Windows File Server as the profile share storage. The FSx for Windows File Server file system is configured with 10 TB of storage.
The solutions architect discovers that the file system has reached its maximum capacity. The solutions architect must ensure that users can regain access. The solution also must
prevent the problem from occurring again.
Which solution will meet these requirements?
- A . Remove old user profiles to create space. Migrate the user profiles to an Amazon FSx for Lustre file system.
- B . Increase capacity by using the update-file-system command. Implement an Amazon CloudWatch metric that monitors free space. Use Amazon EventBridge to invoke an AWS Lambda function to increase capacity as required.
- C . Monitor the file system by using the FreeStorageCapacity metric in Amazon CloudWatch. Use AWS Step Functions to increase the capacity as required.
- D . Remove old user profiles to create space. Create an additional FSx for Windows File Server file system. Update the user profile redirection for 50% of the users to use the new file system.
A company has developed APIs that use Amazon API Gateway with Regional endpoints. The APIs call AWS Lambda functions that use API Gateway authentication mechanisms. After a design review, a solutions architect identifies a set of APIs that do not require public access.
The solutions architect must design a solution to make the set of APIs accessible only from a VPC. All APIs need to be called with an authenticated user.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST amount of effort?
- A . Create an internal Application Load Balancer (ALB). Create a target group. Select the Lambda function to call. Use the ALB DNS name to call the API from the VPC.
- B . Remove the DNS entry that is associated with the API in API Gateway. Create a hosted zone in Amazon Route 53. Create a CNAME record in the hosted zone. Update the API in API Gateway with the CNAME record. Use the CNAME record to call the API from the VPC.
- C . Update the API endpoint from Regional to private in API Gateway. Create an interface VPC endpoint in the VPC. Create a resource policy, and attach it to the API. Use the VPC endpoint to call the API from the VPC.
- D . Deploy the Lambda functions inside the VPC. Provision an EC2 instance, and install an Apache server. From the Apache server, call the Lambda functions. Use the internal
CNAME record of the EC2 instance to call the API from the VPC.
A company runs an loT platform on AWS loT sensors in various locations send data to the company’s Node js API servers on Amazon EC2 instances running behind an Application Load Balancer. The data is stored in an Amazon RDS MySQL DB instance that uses a 4 TB General Purpose SSD volume
The number of sensors the company has deployed in the field has increased over time and is expected to grow significantly. The API servers are consistently overloaded and RDS metrics show high write latency
Which of the following steps together will resolve the issues permanently and enable growth as new sensors are provisioned, while keeping this platform cost-efficient? {Select TWO.)
- A . Resize the MySQL General Purpose SSD storage to 6 TB to improve the volume’s IOPS
- B . Re-architect the database tier to use Amazon Aurora instead of an RDS MySQL DB instance and add read replicas
- C . Leverage Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and AWS Lambda to ingest and process the raw data
- D . Use AWS X-Ray to analyze and debug application issues and add more API servers to match the load
- E . Re-architect the database tier to use Amazon DynamoDB instead of an RDS MySQL DB instance
A company that uses AWS Organizations is creating several new AWS accounts. The company is setting up controls to properly allocate AWS costs to business units. The company must Implement a solution to ensure that all resources include a tag that has a key of costcenter and a value from a predefined list of business units. The solution must send a notification each time a resource tag does not meet these criteria. The solution must not prevent the creation of resources.
Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?
- A . Create an IAM policy for all actions that create AWS resources. Add a condition to the policy that aws:RequestTag/costcenter must exist and must contain a valid business unit value. Create an Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) rule that monitors IAM service events and Amazon EC2 service events for noncompliant tag policies. Configure the rule to send notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
- B . Create an IAM policy for all actions that create AWS resources. Add a condition to the policy that awsResourceTag/costcenter must exist and must contain a valid business unit value Create an Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) rule that monitors IAM service events and Amazon EC2 service events for noncompliant tag policies. Configure the rule to send notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
- C . Create an organization tag policy that ensures that all resources have the costcenter tag with a valid business unit value. Do not select the option to prevent operations when tags are noncompliant. Create an Amazon Event8ridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) rule that monitors all events for noncompliant tag policies. Configure the rule to send notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
- D . Create an organization tag policy that ensures that all resources have the costcenter tag with a valid business unit value. Select the option to prevent operations when tags are noncompliant Create an Amazon EventBridge (Amazon CloudWatch Events) rule that monitors all events for noncompliant tag policies. Configure the rule to send notifications through Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).
A company is processing videos in the AWS Cloud by using Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group. It takes 30 minutes to process a video. Several EC2 instances scale in and out depending on the number of videos in an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue.
The company has configured the SQS queue with a redrive policy that specifies a target dead-letter queue and a maxReceiveCount of 1. The company has set the visibility timeout for the SQS queue to 1 hour. The company has set up an Amazon CloudWatch alarm to notify the development team when there are messages in the dead-letter queue.
Several times during the day, the development team receives notification that messages are in the dead-letter queue and that videos have not been processed properly. An investigation finds no errors in the application logs.
How can the company solve this problem?
- A . Turn on termination protection for the EC2 instances.
- B . Update the visibility timeout for the SOS queue to 3 hours.
- C . Configure scale-in protection for the instances during processing.
- D . Update the redrive policy and set maxReceiveCount to 0.
A company has an application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances in an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group. The company uses AWS CodePipeline to deploy the application. The instances that run in the Auto Scaling group are constantly changing because of scaling events.
When the company deploys new application code versions, the company installs the AWS CodeDeploy agent on any new target EC2 instances and associates the instances with the CodeDeploy deployment group. The application is set to go live within the next 24 hours.
What should a solutions architect recommend to automate the application deployment process with the LEAST amount of operational overhead?
- A . Configure Amazon EventBridge to invoke an AWS Lambda function when a new EC2 instance is launched into the Auto Scaling group. Code the Lambda function to associate the EC2 instances with the CodeDeploy deployment group.
- B . Write a script to suspend Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling operations before the deployment of new code When the deployment is complete, create a new AMI and configure the Auto Scaling group’s launch template to use the new AMI for new launches. Resume Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling operations.
- C . Create a new AWS CodeBuild project that creates a new AMI that contains the new code Configure CodeBuild to update the Auto Scaling group’s launch template to the new AMI. Run an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling instance refresh operation.
- D . Create a new AMI that has the CodeDeploy agent installed. Configure the Auto Scaling group’s launch template to use the new AMI. Associate the CodeDeploy deployment group with the Auto Scaling group instead of the EC2 instances.
A company has developed a new release of a popular video game and wants to make it available for public download. The new release package is approximately 5 GB in size. The company provides downloads for existing releases from a Linux-based, publicly facing FTP site hosted in an on-premises data center. The company expects the new release will be downloaded by users worldwide. The company wants a solution that provides improved download performance and low transfer costs, regardless of a user’s location.
Which solutions will meet these requirements?
- A . Store the game files on Amazon EBS volumes mounted on Amazon EC2 instances within an Auto Scaling group Configure an FTP service on the EC2 instances Use an Application Load Balancer in front of the Auto Scaling group. Publish the game download URL for users to download the package.
- B . Store the game files on Amazon EFS volumes that are attached to Amazon EC2 instances within an Auto Scaling group Configure an FTP service on each of the EC2 instances Use an Application Load Balancer in front of the Auto Scaling group Publish the game download URL for users to download the package
- C . Configure Amazon Route 53 and an Amazon S3 bucket for website hosting Upload the game files to the S3 bucket Use Amazon CloudFront for the website Publish the game download URL for users to download the package.
- D . Configure Amazon Route 53 and an Amazon S3 bucket for website hosting Upload the game files to the S3 bucket Set Requester Pays for the S3 bucket Publish the game download URL for users to download the package
A company wants to migrate its workloads from on premises to AWS. The workloads run on Linux and Windows. The company has a large on-premises intra structure that consists of physical machines and VMs that host numerous applications.
The company must capture details about the system configuration. system performance. running processure and network coi.net lions of its o. -premises, on boards. The company also must divide the on-premises applications into groups for AWS migrations. The company needs recommendations for Amazon EC2 instance types so that the company can run its workloads on AWS in the most cost-effective manner.
Which combination of steps should a solutions architect take to meet these requirements? (Select THREE.)
- A . Assess the existing applications by installing AWS Application Discovery Agent on the physical machines and VMs.
- B . Assess the existing applications by installing AWS Systems Manager Agent on the physical machines and VMs
- C . Group servers into applications for migration by using AWS Systems Manager Application Manager.
- D . Group servers into applications for migration by using AWS Migration Hub.
- E . Generate recommended instance types and associated costs by using AWS Migration Hub.
- F . Import data about server sizes into AWS Trusted Advisor. Follow the recommendations for cost optimization.
A company wants to manage the costs associated with a group of 20 applications that are infrequently used, but are still business-critical, by migrating to AWS. The applications are a mix of Java and Node.js spread across different instance clusters. The company wants to minimize costs while standardizing by using a single deployment methodology.
Most of the applications are part of month-end processing routines with a small number of concurrent users, but they are occasionally run at other times Average application memory consumption is less than 1 GB. though some applications use as much as 2.5 GB of memory during peak processing. The most important application in the group is a billing report written in Java that accesses multiple data sources and often runs for several hours.
Which is the MOST cost-effective solution?
- A . Deploy a separate AWS Lambda function tor each application. Use AWS CloudTrail logs and Amazon CloudWatch alarms to verify completion of critical jobs.
- B . Deploy Amazon ECS containers on Amazon EC2 with Auto Scaling configured for memory utilization of 75%. Deploy an ECS task for each application being migrated with ECS task scaling. Monitor services and hosts by using Amazon CloudWatch.
- C . Deploy AWS Elastic Beanstalk for each application with Auto Scaling to ensure that all requests have sufficient resources. Monitor each AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployment by using CloudWatch alarms.
- D . Deploy a new Amazon EC2 instance cluster that co-hosts all applications by using EC2 Auto Scaling and Application Load Balancers. Scale cluster size based on a custom metric set on instance memory utilization. Purchase 3-year Reserved Instance reservations equal to the GroupMaxSize parameter of the Auto Scaling group.
A company is serving files to its customers through an SFTP server that is accessible over the internet. The SFTP server is running on a single Amazon EC2 instance with an Elastic IP address attached Customers connect to the SFTP server through its Elastic IP address and use SSH for authentication. The EC2 instance also has an attached security group that allows access from all customer IP addresses.
A solutions architect must implement a solution to improve availability minimize the complexity of infrastructure management and minimize the disruption to customers who access files. The solution must not change the way customers connect.
Which solution will meet these requirements?
- A . Disassociate the Elastic IP address from the EC2 instance Create an Amazon S3 bucket to be used for SFTP file hosting Create an AWS Transfer Family server. Configure the Transfer Family server with a publicly accessible endpoint Associate the SFTP Elastic IP address with the new endpoint. Point the Transfer Family server to the S3 bucket Sync all files from the SFTP server to the S3 bucket.
- B . Disassociate the Elastic IP address from the EC2 instance Create an Amazon S3 bucket to be used for SFTP file hosting Create an AWS Transfer Family Server Configure the Transfer Family server with a VPC-hosted, internet-facing endpoint Associate the SFTP Elastic IP address with the new endpoint Attach the security group with customer IP addresses to the new endpoint Point the Transfer Family server to the S3 bucket. Sync all files from the SFTP server to the S3 bucket.
- C . Disassociate the Elastic IP address from the EC2 instance. Create a new Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file system to be used for SFTP file hosting. Create an AWS Fargate task definition to run an SFTP server Specify the EFS file system as a mount in the task definition Create a Fargate service by using the task definition, and place a Network Load Balancer (NLB) in front of the service. When configuring the service, attach the security group with customer IP addresses to the tasks that run the SFTP server Associate the Elastic IP address with the NLB Sync all files from the SFTP server to the S3 bucket.
- D . Disassociate the Elastic IP address from the EC2 instance. Create a multi-attach Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume to be used for SFTP file hosting. Create a Network Load Balancer (NLB) with the Elastic IP address attached. Create an Auto Scaling group with EC2 instances that run an SFTP server. Define in the Auto Scaling group that instances that are launched should attach the new multi-attach EBS volume Configure the Auto Scaling group to automatically add instances behind the NLB. configure the Auto Scaling group to use the security group that allows customer IP addresses for the EC2 instances that the Auto Scaling group launches Sync all files from the SFTP server to the new multi-attach EBS volume.