Which of the following are pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AResource scalability
• BPerformance efficiency
• CSystem elasticity
• DAgile development
• EOperational excellence

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  88% (42)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  6% (3)

Explanation

AWS Well-Architected Framework Pillars

Performance Efficiency (B) and Operational Excellence (E) are two of the six official pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, which also includes Security, Reliability, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. These pillars represent AWS's structured approach to evaluating and improving cloud architectures across critical dimensions of design and operation.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• Resource Scalability (A) - While scalability is a concept within AWS, it is not a named pillar; it falls under Performance Efficiency and Reliability.
• System Elasticity (C) - Elasticity is an AWS characteristic, not a standalone pillar; it is a feature discussed within Reliability and Performance Efficiency.
• Agile Development (D) - This is a software development methodology, not part of the Well-Architected Framework at all.

Memory Tip: Use the acronym "PRESCO-S" - Performance Efficiency, Reliability, Excellence (Operational), Security, Cost Optimization, Sustainability. If an answer choice sounds like a general IT buzzword rather than a specific framework pillar, it's likely a distractor!

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