ANS-C01 Network Design Practice Question
Which TWO AWS services can be used to provide inbound internet connectivity to resources in a VPC? (Select TWO.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse NAT Gateway with providing inbound internet access, but NAT Gateway is strictly one-way (outbound only) and cannot initiate or forward unsolicited inbound connections from the internet.
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Why each option matters
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Internet Gateway
An Internet Gateway (IGW) is a horizontally scaled, redundant VPC component that provides a target in VPC route tables for internet-routable traffic and performs network address translation (NAT) for instances with public IPs. It enables inbound internet connectivity by allowing traffic from the internet to reach resources in the VPC, provided the resources have public IPs and the route table directs 0.0.0.0/0 traffic to the IGW.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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VPC Endpoint
Why it's wrong here
Private access to AWS services.
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Internet Gateway
Why this is correct
Direct inbound access.
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Elastic Load Balancer (internet-facing)
Why this is correct
Accepts internet traffic.
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Amazon CloudFront
Why it's wrong here
CDN, not direct access.
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NAT Gateway
Why it's wrong here
Outbound only.
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