This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of technology. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. 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.
An SAP administrator needs to set up disaster recovery for an SAP system on AWS. Which TWO AWS services can be used to replicate data across regions?
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 EBS snapshots copied to another region
Amazon EBS snapshots can be copied to another AWS region, providing a reliable mechanism for disaster recovery of SAP systems by creating point-in-time backups of critical volumes. This allows the SAP administrator to restore the system in a different region if the primary region fails, ensuring data durability and recoverability.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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 CloudFront
Why it's wrong here
CloudFront is a content delivery network, not for data replication.
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Amazon EFS replication
Why it's wrong here
EFS does not have built-in cross-region replication.
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Amazon EBS snapshots copied to another region
Why this is correct
Snapshots can be copied cross-region for volume replication.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication
Why this is correct
S3 CRR automatically replicates objects to a destination bucket.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Amazon RDS read replicas in another region
Why it's wrong here
RDS read replicas are for read scaling, not full DR replication.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates may confuse Amazon RDS read replicas with cross-region disaster recovery replication, but read replicas are designed for read scaling and do not support write operations or failover for SAP systems.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Amazon EBS snapshots are incremental, meaning only changed blocks are copied, reducing transfer time and cost when replicating across regions. For SAP systems, this allows consistent recovery points without requiring continuous replication, and snapshots can be automated using AWS Backup or custom scripts to meet RPO and RTO objectives. Amazon S3 Cross-Region Replication (CRR) automatically replicates objects to a destination bucket in a different region, providing an asynchronous copy that can be used for SAP application data stored in S3, such as backups or log files.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
What to study next
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Technology — This question tests Technology — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Amazon EBS snapshots copied to another region — Amazon EBS snapshots can be copied to another AWS region, providing a reliable mechanism for disaster recovery of SAP systems by creating point-in-time backups of critical volumes. This allows the SAP administrator to restore the system in a different region if the primary region fails, ensuring data durability and recoverability.
What should I do if I get this PAS-C01 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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