Systems Manager Overview Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. Which AWS service is primarily used to manage, configure, and automate tasks on your infrastructure, such as running scripts or patching instances without needing SSH?
2. Which Systems Manager capability allows you to define a set of actions to be performed on your managed instances, such as installing software or running shell scripts, using a JSON or YAML document?
3. You need to store sensitive configuration data, such as database connection strings and API keys, in a secure, encrypted format that can be referenced by your applications. Which service feature should you use?
4. Which Systems Manager feature should you configure to ensure that your fleet of EC2 instances maintains a desired configuration state, such as ensuring specific packages are always installed or services are running?
5. You are troubleshooting a scenario where an EC2 instance is not showing up in the Systems Manager 'Managed Instances' list. Which of the following is the most likely cause if the SSM Agent is installed and running?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.