AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 32

A company wants to run a NoSQL database on Amazon EC2 instances.
Which task is the responsibility of AWS in this scenario?

Answer options

• A. Update the guest operating system of the EC2 instances.
• B. Maintain high availability at the database layer.
• C. Patch the physical infrastructure that hosts the EC2 instances.
• D. Configure the security group firewall.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because AWS is responsible for managing the underlying physical infrastructure, including patching it. Options A, B, and D are responsibilities that fall on the user, as they need to manage the guest operating system, database availability, and security group configurations.