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Environmental, Social, and Governance — a framework for measuring sustainability and ethical impact.
Why it matters
Investors use ESG scores to allocate capital; companies report it for compliance and reputation.
When to use it
Understand this before designing any ESG tracking or reporting system.
Gotcha (exam trap)
ESG is not a single standard — different rating agencies (MSCI, Sustainalytics) use different methodologies.
Answer at least 60% correctly to complete this mission.
1. A company runs a public-facing three-tier web application in a VPC across multiple Availability Zones. Amazon EC2 instances for the application tier running in private subnets need to download software patches from the internet. However, the EC2 instances cannot be directly accessible from the internet. Which actions should be taken to allow the EC2 instances to download the needed patches? (Select TWO.)
2. A solutions architect wants to design a solution to save costs for Amazon EC2 instances that do not need to run during a 2-week company shutdown. The applications running on the EC2 instances store data in instance memory that must be present when the instances resume operation. Which approach should the solutions architect recommend to shut down and resume the EC2 instances?
3. A company plans to run a monitoring application on an Amazon EC2 instance in a VPC. Connections are made to the EC2 instance using the instance's private IPv4 address. A solutions architect needs to design a solution that will allow traffic to be quickly directed to a standby EC2 instance if the application fails and becomes unreachable. Which approach will meet these requirements?
4. An analytics company is planning to offer a web analytics service to its users. The service will require that the users' webpages include a JavaScript script that makes authenticated GET requests to the company's Amazon S3 bucket. What must a solutions architect do to ensure that the script will successfully execute?
5. A company's security team requires that all data stored in the cloud be encrypted at rest at all times using encryption keys stored on premises. Which encryption options meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)
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