AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 106

Which of the following describes some of the core functionality of Amazon S3?

Answer options

• A. Amazon S3 is a high-performance block storage service that is designed for use with Amazon EC2.
• B. Amazon S3 is an object storage service that provides high-level performance, security, scalability, and data availability.
• C. Amazon S3 is a fully managed, highly reliable, and scalable file storage system that is accessible over the industry-standard SMB protocol.
• D. Amazon S3 is a scalable, fully managed elastic NFS for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Option B is correct because Amazon S3 is specifically designed as an object storage service that ensures high performance, security, scalability, and data availability. The other options describe different types of storage services that do not accurately represent Amazon S3's core functionality.