ANS-C01 Network Design Practice Question
A network engineer is designing a hybrid network with multiple AWS accounts. The company wants to simplify management by using a single AWS Direct Connect connection shared among accounts. Which service should be used to achieve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse Direct Connect Gateway with a simple VIF or assume VPC Peering can provide transitive routing across multiple accounts, but only Transit Gateway with Direct Connect Gateway supports multi-account sharing of a single Direct Connect connection.
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
✓
Transit Gateway with Direct Connect Gateway
A Transit Gateway with a Direct Connect Gateway allows you to attach multiple VPCs from different AWS accounts to a single Direct Connect connection. The Direct Connect Gateway acts as a bridge between the on-premises network and the Transit Gateway, which then routes traffic to the appropriate VPCs across accounts. This setup simplifies management by centralizing the Direct Connect connection while supporting multi-account architectures.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Transit Gateway with Direct Connect Gateway
Why this is correct
Transit Gateway with Direct Connect Gateway allows multi-account sharing of a single Direct Connect connection.
- ✗
VPC Peering
Why it's wrong here
VPC Peering does not support sharing a Direct Connect connection across accounts.
- ✗
AWS PrivateLink
Why it's wrong here
PrivateLink is for accessing services, not for sharing Direct Connect.
- ✗
AWS VPN CloudHub
Why it's wrong here
VPN CloudHub is for VPN-based connectivity, not Direct Connect.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
Courseiva writes every ANS-C01 question from scratch — 1,621 in total, each with an explanation and a wrong-answer breakdown. None are copied from real exams or 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.