ANS-C01 Network Security, Compliance and Governance Practice Question
Which TWO statements about AWS WAF are accurate? (Choose 2)
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 WAF can block or allow web requests based on conditions such as IP addresses, HTTP headers, and URI strings
Options D and E are correct statements about AWS WAF. AWS WAF is a web application firewall that can block or allow web requests based on conditions such as IP addresses, HTTP headers, and URI strings (D). It can be deployed on Application Load Balancers, Amazon CloudFront distributions, and Amazon API Gateway APIs (E). Option A is incorrect because network-layer DDoS protection is provided by AWS Shield, not WAF. Option B is incorrect because WAF does not inspect VPC Flow Logs; it inspects HTTP/HTTPS traffic at the application layer. Option C is incorrect because while WAF can be configured to automatically respond to certain conditions, it does not automatically mitigate DDoS attacks; AWS Shield Advanced provides automatic DDoS mitigation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
AWS WAF provides protection against network-layer DDoS attacks
Why it's wrong here
Shield Advanced handles network-layer.
- ✗
AWS WAF can inspect traffic at the VPC level using VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
WAF does not use flow logs.
- ✗
AWS WAF automatically mitigates DDoS attacks without manual intervention
Why it's wrong here
That's AWS Shield Advanced.
- ✓
AWS WAF can block or allow web requests based on conditions such as IP addresses, HTTP headers, and URI strings
Why this is correct
Core functionality.
- ✓
AWS WAF can be deployed on Application Load Balancers, Amazon CloudFront distributions, and Amazon API Gateway APIs
Why this is correct
Supported resources.
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.