AWS (Amazon Web Services) Certification Practice Exam

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What are Lifecycle Rules used for in AWS S3?

  1. To manually control user permissions

  2. To set specific pricing tiers

  3. To manage the life cycle of data automatically

  4. To enhance security for stored data

The correct answer is: To manage the life cycle of data automatically

Lifecycle Rules in AWS S3 are primarily designed to manage the life cycle of data automatically. This means that you can create rules that dictate how and when your S3 objects should transition to different storage classes or when they should be deleted. The automation provided by Lifecycle Rules can help optimize storage costs by moving data that is infrequently accessed to more cost-effective storage solutions, such as S3 Glacier or S3 Intelligent-Tiering. Additionally, Lifecycle Rules help with compliance and data governance, ensuring that data is retained or deleted according to specified criteria without the need for ongoing manual intervention. The other choices do not accurately reflect the primary purpose of Lifecycle Rules. User permissions in S3 are managed through IAM policies and bucket policies, not through Lifecycle Rules. Pricing tiers are determined based on the chosen storage class at the time of object creation and cannot be set via rules. Security enhancements for stored data are addressed through other features like encryption and access controls, rather than through Lifecycle Rules.