SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
This SAP-C02 practice question tests your understanding of design for new solutions. 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 is designing a new data lake on AWS using Amazon S3. The data will be ingested from various sources, including IoT devices, application logs, and streaming data. The data must be processed in near real-time as it arrives. Which combination of services should be used for ingestion and processing?
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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Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose and Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Option B is correct because Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose can ingest streaming data and deliver it to S3, and Kinesis Data Analytics can process the data in near real-time. Option A is wrong because S3 Transfer Acceleration is for uploading to S3, not for streaming. Option C is wrong because AWS Glue is a batch ETL service, not real-time. Option D is wrong because Amazon Athena is an interactive query service, not for ingestion.
Key principle: NAT direction and interface roles matter as much as the IP address mapping. Inside/outside designation controls which traffic is translated.
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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Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration and AWS Lambda
Why it's wrong here
S3 Transfer Acceleration is for fast uploads, not for streaming. Lambda can process data but not as a continuous ingestion pipeline.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose and Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Why this is correct
Kinesis Data Firehose can ingest streaming data and deliver it to S3 for the data lake. Kinesis Data Analytics can process the data in near real-time.
Related concept
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
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Amazon Athena and Amazon S3
Why it's wrong here
Athena is an interactive query service for querying data in S3, not for ingestion. It does not process data in real-time.
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AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift
Why it's wrong here
AWS Glue is a batch ETL service, not suitable for near real-time ingestion. Redshift is a data warehouse, not a data lake.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
→Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
→Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
→Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
Key takeaway
NAT direction and interface roles matter as much as the IP address mapping. Inside/outside designation controls which traffic is translated.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
What to study next
Got this wrong? Here's your next step.
Review the four NAT address types (inside local, inside global, outside local, outside global), PAT port overload, and static vs dynamic NAT use cases. Then practise related SAP-C02 NAT questions on configuration and troubleshooting.
Design for New Solutions — This question tests Design for New Solutions — Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose and Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics — Option B is correct because Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose can ingest streaming data and deliver it to S3, and Kinesis Data Analytics can process the data in near real-time. Option A is wrong because S3 Transfer Acceleration is for uploading to S3, not for streaming. Option C is wrong because AWS Glue is a batch ETL service, not real-time. Option D is wrong because Amazon Athena is an interactive query service, not for ingestion.
What should I do if I get this SAP-C02 question wrong?
Review the four NAT address types (inside local, inside global, outside local, outside global), PAT port overload, and static vs dynamic NAT use cases. Then practise related SAP-C02 NAT questions on configuration and troubleshooting.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
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