SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question
A company is designing a new microservices architecture on AWS. They need to ensure that services can communicate asynchronously without tight coupling. Which AWS service should they use for message brokering?
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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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Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Option A (Amazon SQS) is correct because SQS provides a fully managed message queuing service for asynchronous communication between microservices, enabling decoupling. Option B (Amazon SNS) is a pub/sub notification service, not a queue. Option C (Amazon Kinesis Data Streams) is for real-time streaming data. Option D (AWS Step Functions) is for workflow orchestration.
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 Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Why this is correct
SQS provides fully managed message queues for async communication.
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Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Why it's wrong here
SNS is pub/sub, not queue-based asynchronous communication.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Why it's wrong here
Kinesis is for real-time streaming, not decoupled queuing.
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AWS Step Functions
Why it's wrong here
Step Functions is for coordinating workflows, not message brokering.
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