DEA-C01 Data Ingestion and Transformation Practice Question
A company wants to ingest streaming data from social media feeds into AWS for real-time analytics. Which TWO services can directly ingest streaming data without writing custom code? (Choose TWO.)
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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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Amazon AppFlow
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose can directly ingest streaming data and deliver to destinations. AWS Glue can stream from Kafka but not directly ingest from social media without custom connectors. Kinesis Data Streams requires producers to send data, not direct ingestion. AppFlow can ingest from SaaS applications including social media.
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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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AWS Glue
Why it's wrong here
Glue is an ETL service that can read from streaming sources like Kafka but doesn't directly ingest from social media APIs without custom code.
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Amazon AppFlow
Why this is correct
AppFlow can ingest data from SaaS applications (including social media) directly into AWS.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Why this is correct
Firehose can capture and load streaming data into AWS data stores and analytics tools.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Why it's wrong here
Kinesis Data Streams requires a producer to send data; it does not directly ingest from external APIs.
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Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration
Why it's wrong here
S3 Transfer Acceleration speeds up uploads to S3 but does not ingest streaming data.
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Variation 1. A company wants to ingest real-time data from a social media API into Amazon S3 for analysis. The API provides data as JSON records. Which AWS service is best suited for this ingestion?
easy- A.AWS Glue
- ✓ B.Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
- C.Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- D.Amazon DataZone
Why B: Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose is the best choice because it is a fully managed service designed to ingest real-time streaming data, such as JSON records from a social media API, and automatically load it into Amazon S3 with optional data transformation and compression. It handles scaling, buffering, and delivery without requiring custom code or infrastructure management, making it ideal for this use case.
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