This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of migration. 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 planning to migrate a legacy Oracle database to Amazon RDS for Oracle. The database is 500 GB and has a 24/7 workload. The company needs minimal downtime. Which AWS service should be used for the migration?
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Why wrong: CLI is for managing AWS services, not for database migration.
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Why wrong: SCT only converts schema, not data.
AWS Snowball
Why wrong: Snowball is for offline data transfer, not minimal-downtime online migration.
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
DMS supports minimal-downtime migrations with ongoing replication.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Option B is correct because AWS DMS supports minimal-downtime migrations using change data capture. Option A is wrong because AWS Snowball is for large-scale data transfer, not minimal downtime. Option C is wrong because AWS SCT is a schema conversion tool, not a data migration tool. Option D is wrong because AWS CLI is not a migration service.
Key principle: ACLs process entries top to bottom and stop at the first match. Entry order and interface direction matter as much as the permit or deny statement.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Why it's wrong here
CLI is for managing AWS services, not for database migration.
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Why it's wrong here
SCT only converts schema, not data.
AWS Snowball
Why it's wrong here
Snowball is for offline data transfer, not minimal-downtime online migration.
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
Why this is correct
DMS supports minimal-downtime migrations with ongoing replication.
Related concept
Standard ACLs match source addresses.
Common exam traps
ACLs are processed top to bottom. The first matching entry wins, and an implicit deny usually exists at the end.
Detailed technical explanation
ACL questions test precision: source, destination, protocol, port and direction. A generally correct ACL can still fail if it is applied on the wrong interface or in the wrong direction.
Key takeaway
ACLs process entries top to bottom and stop at the first match. Entry order and interface direction matter as much as the permit or deny statement.
Real-world example
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
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Review ACL processing order, placement rules (standard near destination, extended near source), and inbound vs outbound direction. Study wildcard masks and implicit deny. Then practise related PAS-C01 ACL questions on filtering logic and placement.
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Migration — This question tests Migration — Standard ACLs match source addresses..
The correct answer is: AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) — Option B is correct because AWS DMS supports minimal-downtime migrations using change data capture. Option A is wrong because AWS Snowball is for large-scale data transfer, not minimal downtime. Option C is wrong because AWS SCT is a schema conversion tool, not a data migration tool. Option D is wrong because AWS CLI is not a migration service.
Review ACL processing order, placement rules (standard near destination, extended near source), and inbound vs outbound direction. Study wildcard masks and implicit deny. Then practise related PAS-C01 ACL questions on filtering logic and placement.
Standard ACLs match source addresses.
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