AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate — Free Practice Questions

Free AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate practice questions, correct answers marked. Covers ingestion, transformation, storage and security.

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1. A machine learning team has several large CSV datasets in Amazon S3. Historically, models built with the Amazon SageMaker Linear Learner algorithm have taken hours to train on similar-sized datasets. The team’s leaders need to accelerate the training process. What can a machine learning specialist do to address this concern?

  • Use Amazon Machine Learning to train the models.
  • Use Amazon Kinesis to stream the data to Amazon SageMaker.
  • Use AWS Glue to transform the CSV dataset to the JSON format.
  • Use Amazon SageMaker Pipe mode.

2. A data engineer needs to set up a batch data ingestion pipeline that ingests data from an on-premises database into Amazon Redshift. Which service should the engineer use to accomplish this task?

  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  • AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Glue

3. A data engineer needs to choose a storage solution for a highly dynamic dataset with frequent read and write operations. Which service is the most appropriate?

  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon S3

4. A data engineer needs to automate the deployment of a data processing pipeline. Which AWS service is suitable for this task?

  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon EMR
  • Amazon Athena
  • AWS CodePipeline

5. Which AWS service can be used to manage encryption keys for data stored in AWS services?

  • Amazon GuardDuty
  • AWS Secrets Manager
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Shield

6. Which AWS service can be used to transform streaming data in real-time before storing it in a data lake?

  • Amazon Redshift
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
  • AWS Glue

7. Which AWS service provides a data catalog that helps discover and manage metadata for data stored in AWS?

  • Amazon EMR
  • AWS Glue
  • Amazon Athena
  • Amazon Redshift

8. Which AWS service provides real-time monitoring and logging capabilities for applications running in AWS?

  • AWS CloudTrail
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • AWS Trusted Advisor
  • AWS Config

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