Correct Answer: Security Groups
Security Groups act as stateful firewalls for virtual instances, meaning they automatically permit return traffic....
Correct Answer
Security Groups
Why This Answer Is Correct
Security Groups act as stateful firewalls for virtual instances, meaning they automatically permit return traffic.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Security Groups — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03). Understanding Security Groups is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
Which statement correctly describes the nature of Security Groups in AWS?
How do Network ACLs differ from Security Groups in terms of rule evaluation?
An architect needs to block a specific IP address that is launching a DDoS attack on the web servers. Where should this block be implemented?
A security group is associated with an EC2 instance. The group has an inbound rule allowing port 80 (HTTP) from 0.0.0.0/0. What happens to the outbound traffic from the instance on port 80?
In a sophisticated tiered architecture, how should a database security group be configured to be most secure?