AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 501

Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Resource scalability
• B. Performance efficiency
• C. System elasticity
• D. Agile development
• E. Operational excellence

Correct answer: B, E

Explanation

Performance efficiency and Operational excellence are two of the six official pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. The other pillars include Security, Reliability, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. Concepts like resource scalability and system elasticity are design principles within these pillars, while Agile development is a software development methodology, not a framework pillar.