ANS-C01 Network Management and Operations Practice Question
A company needs to centrally manage network security policies across multiple VPCs and on-premises networks. Which AWS service provides a centralized dashboard for managing firewall rules?
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
✓
AWS Network Firewall
AWS Network Firewall offers a centralized dashboard for managing network-level firewall rules across multiple VPCs and on-premises networks, with policy-based management. Option A is incorrect because Network ACLs are stateless, applied at the subnet level, and lack centralized management capabilities. Option B is incorrect because Security Groups are stateful, applied at the ENI level, and not designed for centralized cross-VPC management. Option C is incorrect because AWS WAF protects web applications at the application layer (HTTP/S), not network-layer firewall rules.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Network ACLs
Why it's wrong here
Network ACLs are stateless and applied per subnet; they do not provide a centralized dashboard for managing firewall rules across multiple VPCs.
- ✗
Security Groups
Why it's wrong here
Security Groups are stateful and applied per ENI; they are not centralized and cannot manage rules across multiple VPCs.
- ✗
AWS WAF
Why it's wrong here
AWS WAF is a web application firewall that protects against web exploits at the application layer, not a network firewall management service.
- ✓
AWS Network Firewall
Why this is correct
AWS Network Firewall provides a centralized firewall management service with a dashboard to manage rules across multiple VPCs and on-premises networks.
Visual reference
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
This ANS-C01 question is part of Courseiva's 1,621-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
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.