AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 464

What does Amazon EC2 provide?

Answer options

• A. A platform to run code (Java, PHP, Python), paying on an hourly basis
• B. A physical computing environment
• C. Virtual Server Hosting
• D. Domain Name System (DNS)

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) provides resizable virtual server hosting in the cloud, allowing users to spin up and manage virtual machines called instances. It does not provide direct physical hardware access to the user, and DNS services are handled by Route 53 rather than EC2.