SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
This SAP-C02 practice question tests your understanding of design solutions for organizational complexity. 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 has a centralized AWS account for managing Amazon Route 53 DNS. The company has 100 VPCs across multiple accounts, and each VPC needs to resolve private hosted zones in the central account. What is the most scalable solution to enable DNS resolution across accounts?
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Use Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoints in the central account and share Resolver rules with other accounts using AWS RAM
Option B is correct because Route 53 Resolver rules can be shared with other accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM), and outbound endpoints can forward queries. Option A is wrong because VPC peering does not support DNS resolution of private hosted zones across accounts by default. Option C is wrong because PrivateLink is for accessing services, not DNS. Option D is wrong because CloudFormation does not provide DNS resolution.
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.
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Use CloudFormation StackSets to deploy Route 53 private hosted zones in each account
Use Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoints in the central account and share Resolver rules with other accounts using AWS RAM
Why this is correct
This allows conditional forwarding of DNS queries to the central hosted zones.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Create a VPC peering connection between each VPC and the central account's VPC
Why it's wrong here
VPC peering does not automatically resolve private hosted zones across accounts.
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Use AWS PrivateLink to connect VPCs to a central DNS service
Why it's wrong here
PrivateLink is for accessing services via NLB, not for DNS resolution.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
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.
Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
→Underline the problem statement mentally.
→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 company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
What to study next
Got this wrong? Here's your next step.
Identify which SAP-C02 exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — This question tests Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Use Route 53 Resolver outbound endpoints in the central account and share Resolver rules with other accounts using AWS RAM — Option B is correct because Route 53 Resolver rules can be shared with other accounts using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM), and outbound endpoints can forward queries. Option A is wrong because VPC peering does not support DNS resolution of private hosted zones across accounts by default. Option C is wrong because PrivateLink is for accessing services, not DNS. Option D is wrong because CloudFormation does not provide DNS resolution.
What should I do if I get this SAP-C02 question wrong?
Identify which SAP-C02 exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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