AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 735

Which of the following are general AWS Cloud design principles described in the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Consolidate key components into monolithic architectures.
• B. Test systems at production scale.
• C. Provision more capacity than a workload is expected to need.
• D. Drive architecture design based on data collected about the workload behavior and requirements.
• E. Make AWS Cloud architectural decisions static, one-time events.

Correct answer: B, D

Explanation

The AWS Well-Architected Framework advocates for testing systems at production scale to accurately simulate real-world conditions, and using data-driven insights to evolve architectures dynamically. Monolithic designs, over-provisioning, and static architectures run contrary to AWS best practices, which instead promote microservices, cost optimization, and evolutionary design.