Question 1: Which storage type provides the highest consistent IOPS performance for RDS?
General Purpose (gp2)
General Purpose (gp3)
Provisioned IOPS (io1)
Magnetic
Question 2: What is the maximum backup retention period for automated backups in RDS?
7 days
14 days
30 days
35 days
Question 3: Which RDS maintenance operation can be performed without downtime?
Major version upgrade
Minor version upgrade
Storage type change
DB instance class change
Question 4: What happens when you enable Multi-AZ deployment for an RDS instance?
Creates read replicas across AZs
Creates a standby replica in a different AZ
Splits the database across multiple AZs
Creates backup copies in multiple AZs
Question 5: Which RDS feature allows you to reduce costs by stopping instances when they're not in use?
Auto scaling
Hibernation
Start/Stop functionality
Instance scheduling
Question 6: What is the recommended way to handle connection management in RDS applications?
Create new connections for each request
Use connection pooling
Use single shared connection
Create connection per user
Question 7: What is the primary purpose of read replicas in RDS?
Backup solution
High availability
Improve read performance
Cost reduction