This ANS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of network design. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company is designing a Direct Connect solution for high availability. Which TWO actions meet the requirement for diverse physical paths?
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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Provision two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations.
Option B is correct because provisioning two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations ensures that the physical paths are geographically diverse, eliminating a single point of failure. Option C is correct because using a Transit Gateway with attachments to multiple Direct Connect gateways allows traffic to be routed over separate connections, providing path diversity even if the connections are at the same location, as long as they are associated with different gateways and virtual interfaces.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Provision two Direct Connect connections at the same Direct Connect location.
Why it's wrong here
Same location shares physical infrastructure.
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Provision two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations.
Why this is correct
Different locations ensure physical diversity.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Use a Transit Gateway with attachments to multiple Direct Connect gateways.
Why this is correct
Multiple Direct Connect gateways can be connected to different connections at different locations.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Provision a single Direct Connect connection and use link aggregation (LAG).
Why it's wrong here
LAG uses multiple fibers within the same connection, not diverse physical paths.
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Use a single Direct Connect connection with a VPN backup.
Why it's wrong here
VPN backup provides logical diversity but not physical path diversity.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often assume that multiple connections at the same Direct Connect location provide diversity, but AWS explicitly requires different locations for physical path diversity, as the same location shares common infrastructure like power and fiber entrance facilities.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Direct Connect locations are colocation facilities where AWS Direct Connect routers are present; using two different locations ensures that the physical fiber paths are separate, often leveraging different metro fiber rings. Transit Gateway supports equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing across multiple Direct Connect gateways, enabling active-active load balancing and automatic failover without BGP tuning. In a real-world scenario, a company might use two connections in different AWS regions to achieve geographic redundancy, but for high availability within a region, two distinct Direct Connect locations are required.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
What to study next
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What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Provision two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations. — Option B is correct because provisioning two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations ensures that the physical paths are geographically diverse, eliminating a single point of failure. Option C is correct because using a Transit Gateway with attachments to multiple Direct Connect gateways allows traffic to be routed over separate connections, providing path diversity even if the connections are at the same location, as long as they are associated with different gateways and virtual interfaces.
What should I do if I get this ANS-C01 question wrong?
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What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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