| 1 | What is Amazon DynamoDB and what type of database is it? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Beginner |
| 2 | What are partition keys and sort keys in DynamoDB? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Beginner |
| 3 | What are Global Secondary Indexes and Local Secondary Indexes in DynamoDB? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Intermediate |
| 4 | How does DynamoDB Streams work and what is it commonly used for? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Intermediate |
| 5 | What is the difference between DynamoDB's on demand and provisioned capacity modes? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Intermediate |
| 6 | What is a hot partition in DynamoDB and how can you avoid it? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Advanced |
| 7 | How does DynamoDB Global Tables support multi region applications? AWS › Amazon DynamoDB | AWS | Amazon DynamoDB | Advanced |
| 8 | What is Amazon ElastiCache and why do applications use it? AWS › Amazon ElastiCache (Redis & Memcached) | AWS | Amazon ElastiCache (Redis & Memcached) | Beginner |
| 9 | Can Athena query data from sources other than Amazon S3? AWS › Amazon Athena | AWS | Amazon Athena | Intermediate |
| 10 | What caching strategies are commonly implemented using ElastiCache, such as lazy loading and write through? AWS › Amazon ElastiCache (Redis & Memcached) | AWS | Amazon ElastiCache (Redis & Memcached) | Intermediate |
| 11 | How does the partition key affect how records are distributed across shards in Kinesis? AWS › Amazon Kinesis & Data Streaming | AWS | Amazon Kinesis & Data Streaming | Intermediate |
| 12 | What is the difference between SPICE import mode and direct query mode in QuickSight? AWS › Amazon QuickSight & Business Intelligence | AWS | Amazon QuickSight & Business Intelligence | Intermediate |
| 13 | How does distribution style affect query performance in Redshift? AWS › Amazon Redshift & Data Warehousing | AWS | Amazon Redshift & Data Warehousing | Intermediate |
| 14 | What strategies help you design SQS based systems for exactly once processing semantics despite the underlying at least once delivery guarantee? AWS › Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) | AWS | Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) | Advanced |
| 15 | What is Amazon Aurora, and how does it differ from standard RDS MySQL or PostgreSQL in terms of performance and architecture? AWS › RDS & Databases | AWS | RDS & Databases | Intermediate |
| 16 | How do retry logic and exponential backoff work within AWS SDKs, and why are they important? AWS › AWS CLI & SDKs | AWS | AWS CLI & SDKs | Intermediate |
| 17 | How do you design a multi region architecture, and what are the key challenges involved compared to a multi Availability Zone design within a single region? AWS › AWS Global Infrastructure (Regions, AZs & Edge Locations) | AWS | AWS Global Infrastructure (Regions, AZs & Edge Locations) | Intermediate |
| 18 | How do experienced architects approach selecting the right combination of core AWS services when designing a new, complex system from scratch? AWS › Core Services Overview | AWS | Core Services Overview | Advanced |