This ANS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of network design. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. 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 hybrid network connecting on-premises data centers to AWS via AWS Direct Connect. The company requires high availability with multiple connections. Which design ensures that a failure of a single Direct Connect location does not impact connectivity?
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 deploying two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations ensures that a single location failure (e.g., power outage, fiber cut, or facility issue) does not affect connectivity. This design provides geographic redundancy, meeting the high availability requirement by eliminating a single point of failure at the Direct Connect location level.
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 a single Direct Connect connection with a large bandwidth.
Why it's wrong here
A single connection is a single point of failure.
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Provision two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations.
Why this is correct
Connections at different locations provide redundancy against a location failure.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Provision two Direct Connect connections at the same AWS Direct Connect location.
Why it's wrong here
Both connections share the same physical location and are vulnerable to a location failure.
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Provision one Direct Connect connection and one AWS Site-to-Site VPN as backup.
Why it's wrong here
While VPN provides backup, it does not address the failure of the Direct Connect location itself.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse 'multiple connections' with 'location diversity,' assuming two connections at the same location provide sufficient redundancy, but AWS explicitly requires connections at different Direct Connect locations to protect against a location-level failure.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, Direct Connect locations are independent facilities with separate power, cooling, and fiber paths. To achieve true location-level redundancy, each connection should terminate on different AWS devices (e.g., different routers) and ideally use separate virtual interfaces (VIFs) and BGP sessions. In a real-world scenario, if one location experiences a fiber cut, the BGP session will drop, and traffic automatically fails over to the second connection via BGP route propagation, provided the routes are advertised with equal or appropriate AS path prepending.
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
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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 deploying two Direct Connect connections at two different Direct Connect locations ensures that a single location failure (e.g., power outage, fiber cut, or facility issue) does not affect connectivity. This design provides geographic redundancy, meeting the high availability requirement by eliminating a single point of failure at the Direct Connect location level.
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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