SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company is designing a new disaster recovery solution for a critical application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances in a single AWS Region. The solution must have a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of less than 15 minutes and a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of less than 5 minutes. The application data is stored on Amazon EBS volumes. Which THREE steps should be taken to meet these requirements? (Choose three.)
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse S3 cross-region replication (which works only for S3 objects) with the cross-region snapshot copy feature for EBS, leading them to select option D incorrectly.
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
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Create Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with pre-installed software and use AWS Backup to automate recovery in another region.
Creating AMIs with pre-installed software and using AWS Backup to automate recovery in another region enables rapid instance launch with all required software already configured, supporting an RTO of under 15 minutes. AWS Backup can automate cross-region AMI copying and recovery, ensuring the RPO of less than 5 minutes is met when combined with frequent backup schedules.
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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Create Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) with pre-installed software and use AWS Backup to automate recovery in another region.
Why this is correct
AWS Backup can create AMI backups and support cross-region copy and restore.
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Use Amazon EBS snapshots and replicate them to another AWS Region using cross-region snapshot copy.
Why this is correct
Cross-region snapshot copy can achieve RPO of minutes if automated frequently.
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Use AWS CloudEndure Disaster Recovery to continuously replicate the EC2 instances to another region.
Why this is correct
CloudEndure provides near-synchronous replication with RPO of seconds and RTO of minutes.
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Enable Amazon S3 cross-region replication for the EBS snapshots.
Why it's wrong here
S3 replication does not apply to EBS snapshots; snapshots are stored in S3 but replication must be done via snapshot copy.
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Use AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) to replicate data to a secondary region.
Why it's wrong here
DMS is for databases, not for whole EC2 instances with EBS; RTO may exceed 15 minutes.
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