This ANS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of network design. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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 multi-region active-active application. They need to ensure that traffic is routed to the closest healthy region and that failover happens automatically. Which TWO services should be used together to achieve this?
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
AWS Global Accelerator with endpoint groups
AWS Global Accelerator (C) uses Anycast IPs to direct traffic to the closest healthy endpoint group, automatically rerouting traffic if a region becomes unhealthy. This provides fast regional failover and low-latency routing without DNS caching delays, making it ideal for active-active multi-region applications.
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.
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
✓
Amazon Route 53 with latency-based routing
Why this is correct
Routes based on latency.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
✗
AWS Direct Connect with multiple locations
Why it's wrong here
Not for traffic routing across regions.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often think Route 53 latency-based routing (D) alone is sufficient for automatic failover, but it relies on DNS caching and TTLs, which can delay failover by minutes, whereas Global Accelerator provides sub-second failover and is the recommended service for active-active multi-region traffic steering.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Global Accelerator uses the AWS global network backbone and Anycast static IPs to route traffic to the optimal endpoint group based on latency, health, and proximity. Under the hood, it leverages BGP Anycast announcements to direct traffic to the nearest edge location, then uses internal routing to the chosen endpoint group, with health checks performed every 10 seconds (configurable) to trigger automatic failover. In a real-world scenario, if a region becomes degraded, Global Accelerator can shift traffic to another region within seconds, avoiding the DNS TTL propagation delays that affect Route 53 latency-based routing.
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 cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
What to study next
Got this wrong? Here's your next step.
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
Network Design — This question tests Network Design — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: AWS Global Accelerator with endpoint groups — AWS Global Accelerator (C) uses Anycast IPs to direct traffic to the closest healthy endpoint group, automatically rerouting traffic if a region becomes unhealthy. This provides fast regional failover and low-latency routing without DNS caching delays, making it ideal for active-active multi-region applications.
What should I do if I get this ANS-C01 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
About these practice questions
Courseiva creates original exam-style practice questions with explanations and wrong-answer analysis. It does not publish real exam questions, exam dumps, or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
Share a tip, memory trick, or ask about the reasoning behind this question. Do not post real exam questions, leaked content, braindumps, or copyrighted exam material. Comments are moderated and may be removed without notice.
This ANS-C01 practice question is part of Courseiva's free Amazon Web Services certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the ANS-C01 exam.
Question Discussion
Share a tip, memory trick, or ask about the reasoning behind this question. Do not post real exam questions, leaked content, braindumps, or copyrighted exam material. Comments are moderated and may be removed without notice.
Sign in to join the discussion.