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PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question

Exhibit

Refer to the exhibit.

ResourceRecordSet:
  Name: sap.example.com.
  Type: CNAME
  TTL: 60
  SetIdentifier: primary
  Failover: PRIMARY
  ResourceRecords:
    - Value: primary-lb-1234567890.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com
  HealthCheckId: abc-123
---
ResourceRecordSet:
  Name: sap.example.com.
  Type: CNAME
  TTL: 60
  SetIdentifier: secondary
  Failover: SECONDARY
  ResourceRecords:
    - Value: secondary-lb-0987654321.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com

An SAP administrator configures Route 53 failover routing as shown. The health check associated with the primary record is failing. What will happen to client requests for sap.example.com?

⚠ Common exam trap

Watch out — candidates often assume Route 53 returns an error or both records when a health check fails, but failover routing is designed to seamlessly switch to the secondary record without returning errors or multiple answers.

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

✓

Route 53 will return the secondary CNAME record

When the health check associated with the primary record fails, Route 53 automatically fails over to the secondary record. In this configuration, the primary record is an ALIAS record pointing to a load balancer, and the secondary record is a CNAME record. Since the primary is unhealthy, Route 53 returns the secondary CNAME record, directing clients to the failover endpoint.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✗

    Route 53 will return the ALIAS record for the primary load balancer

    Why it's wrong here

    The configuration uses CNAME, not ALIAS.

  • ✓

    Route 53 will return the secondary CNAME record

    Why this is correct

    Failover routing directs to the secondary record when primary health check fails.

  • ✗

    Route 53 will return an error

    Why it's wrong here

    The secondary record is available and will be used.

  • ✗

    Route 53 will return both records

    Why it's wrong here

    Only one record is returned based on health.

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