Systems Manager Automation Quiz

5 questions Pass: 70% +25 pts (50 with Pro)

Quiz covering Remediation and Automation

What you'll be asked

  1. Which AWS Systems Manager feature allows you to automate common administrative tasks such as patching, instance configuration, and software installation?
  2. You need to execute an Automation document across hundreds of EC2 instances simultaneously. Which feature should you use to define the target instances efficiently?
  3. When configuring an Automation execution, what is the purpose of 'Rate Control' parameters like 'Concurrency' and 'Error threshold'?
  4. You have a requirement that an Automation runbook must be triggered automatically whenever an AWS CloudWatch Alarm for high CPU utilization is triggered. What is the best way to implement this?
  5. You are building a complex Automation document that requires manual approval at a specific step before proceeding to restart a production database. Which action type should you include in your YAML definition?

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