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A company is using a SQL database to store movie data that is publicly accessible. The database runs on an Amazon RDS Single-AZ DB instance. A script runs queries at random intervals each day to record the number of new movies that have been added to the database. The script must report a final total during business hours. The company’s development team notices that the database performance is inadequate for development tasks when the script is running. What would you recommend  with the LEAST operational overhead to resolve this issue?  

Which of the following is NOT an Auto Scaling Strategy?  

Implementing Security Groups, NACLs, KMS, or CloudTrail reflects which Well-Architected Framework Pillar?  

A company are finalizing their disaster recovery plan. A limited set of core services will be replicated to the DR site ready to seamlessly take over the in the event of a disaster. All other services will be switched off. Which DR strategy is the company using?      

Which AWS offered Load Balancer should you use to handle hundreds of thousands of connections with low latency?  

Which of the following statements is NOT a feature of Load Balancers?  

What is the main purpose of High Availability in the Cloud?  

Write a paragraph of at least 200 words that describes ONE of these chronological processes: The steps/process to survive a zombie invasion. The steps/process to prepare for a picnic. The steps/process of bathing a pet.  The steps/process to prepare for a surprise birthday party. Your paragraph must contain the following:    First Sentence: Topic sentence    Body Sentences: Steps, Directions, or Process    You must give specific details after each step, direction, or process    You must use transition words and/or transitional phrases.                          Last Sentence: Concluding sentence *Remember to use a comma after transition words and phrases, with the exception of the word “then”. *  

A one-sample t‐test is conducted on H 0 : Population mean = 81.6. H a : Population mean > 81.6. In a simple random sample of 15,  the test statistic was -1.8. The p-value is: 

A farmer suspects that their chickens are lighter than average for the chickens’ breed. The breed is supposed to weigh 6 pounds after 10 weeks. The farmer takes a random sample of 16 chickens from their brood, the mean of the sample is 5.6 pounds and the standard deviation of the sample is 0.8 pounds. Based on previous information it is known that the distribution of weight (pounds) in the population is close to normal.   What is the appropriate test to apply to support the farmer’s suspicion?