156-560 · Question #107
On AWS, EC2 stands for:
The correct answer is A. Elastic Compute Cloud. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
On AWS, EC2 stands for:
Options
- AElastic Compute Cloud
- BExtended Cloud Computing
- CExtend Cloud Company
- DElastic Cloud
How the community answered
(35 responses)- A80% (28)
- B3% (1)
- C6% (2)
- D11% (4)
Community Discussion
5
Brenda K.Jun 27, 2026A is your answer, Elastic Compute Cloud, and this one should take you under 15 seconds so bank that time for harder questions later. AWS naming follows a consistent pattern where Elastic signals scalability and Compute Cloud tells you exactly what the service does, which is provision virtual servers. B and C are pure noise, made up phrases that mean nothing in AWS terminology. D drops the word Compute entirely, which is the whole point of the service, so eliminate it immediately and move on.
Amara A.Jun 28, 2026Solid breakdown, though I would add that memorizing the full service name matters in SmartConsole contexts too, since network object naming conventions often mirror vendor naming exactly, and a typo like dropping "Compute" can break a hostname lookup or object match in policy.
Amara A.Jun 27, 2026EC2 is Elastic Compute Cloud, option D tries to bait you by dropping "Compute."
Grace U.Jun 25, 2026I keep coming back to C on this one, and here is my thinking. Amazon built EC2 specifically to let businesses extend their infrastructure into the cloud without overhauling everything on-premise, so "Extend Cloud Company" really captures that mission statement at the product naming level. The word "elastic" gets thrown around a lot in AWS marketing, but elastic describes a behavior, not the purpose, and I think the exam writers want us to recognize the intent behind the service rather than just a feature descriptor. When I picture a company extending its compute footprint into Amazon's cloud environment, that phrase lines up cleanly with what EC2 actually does in practice. I went with C and I feel pretty solid about it going into test day.
Brenda K.Jun 28, 2026Grace, the acronym EC2 stands for Elastic Compute Cloud, so A is the one to lock in. "Elastic" is right there in the official name and the exam will test you on that exact expansion, so commit it to memory before test day.