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SAP-C02 Practice Question: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
A company is migrating its on-premises NoSQL database (MongoDB) to Amazon DocumentDB. The migration must have minimal downtime. The company uses AWS DMS with ongoing replication. After starting the replication, the target DocumentDB cluster shows a lag of several minutes. The source MongoDB has high write throughput. What should the company do to reduce replication lag?
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Why each option matters
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Increase the DMS replication instance size.
Larger DMS instances handle higher throughput. Option B is wrong because increasing DocumentDB size doesn't help DMS. Option C is wrong because CDC captures changes. Option D is wrong because Parallel Apply is not a DMS setting.
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Increase the DMS replication instance size.
Why this is correct
More resources improve replication speed.
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Increase the DocumentDB cluster instance size.
Why it's wrong here
Does not help DMS lag.
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Disable CDC and perform a full load only.
Why it's wrong here
Increases downtime.
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Enable Parallel Apply in DMS task settings.
Why it's wrong here
Not available for MongoDB.
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Last reviewed: Jun 20, 2026
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