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DEA-C01 Data Store Management Practice Question
A company is using Amazon RDS for MySQL with Multi-AZ deployment. The database size is 2 TB and the workload is read-heavy. To improve read performance, which option should be used?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates confuse Multi-AZ with read scaling, assuming the standby instance can serve reads, but Multi-AZ is strictly for high availability and disaster recovery, not for read traffic.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Create Read Replicas in the same or different regions
Amazon RDS for MySQL Read Replicas offload read traffic from the primary DB instance, directly improving read performance for a read-heavy workload. With a 2 TB database, Read Replicas can be created in the same or different regions, providing horizontal read scaling without impacting the primary instance's write capacity. Multi-AZ deployment already provides high availability but does not improve read performance, as the standby instance is not used for reads.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Use Amazon ElastiCache to cache database queries
Why it's wrong here
ElastiCache is a caching layer, not a direct read replica for RDS.
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Increase the instance size to 16xlarge
Why it's wrong here
Scaling vertically helps but is not the best practice for read-heavy workloads.
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Create Read Replicas in the same or different regions
Why this is correct
Read Replicas allow offloading read traffic.
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Enable Multi-AZ on additional instances
Why it's wrong here
Multi-AZ provides high availability, not read scaling.
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Last reviewed: Jul 4, 2026
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