SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company is designing a multi-region active-active application using Amazon Route 53, Application Load Balancers, and Auto Scaling groups. They need to route users to the closest region with the lowest latency. Which routing policy should they use?
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Why each option matters
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Latency routing
(Latency routing) is correct because it routes users to the AWS region that provides the lowest latency, based on real-time latency measurements. This is ideal for multi-region active-active applications where users should be directed to the closest region. Option B (Weighted routing) distributes traffic based on assigned weights, not latency. Option C (Failover routing) is used for active-passive disaster recovery. Option D (Geolocation routing) routes based on the geographic location of the user, not on actual network latency.
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Latency routing
Why this is correct
Routes to the region with the lowest latency.
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Weighted routing
Why it's wrong here
Distributes traffic by weights, not latency.
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Failover routing
Why it's wrong here
Used for active-passive failover.
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Geolocation routing
Why it's wrong here
Routes based on geographic location, not latency.
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