This SOA-C02 practice question tests your understanding of networking and content delivery. 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 has deployed a web application across multiple AWS regions and wants to use Amazon Route 53 to direct users to the region with the lowest latency. Which routing policy should the SysOps administrator use?
Latency routing policy
Latency routing directs users to the region with the lowest latency.
Geolocation routing policy
Why wrong: Geolocation routes based on the user's location, not real-time latency.
Geoproximity routing policy
Why wrong: Geoproximity routes based on geographic distance and a bias factor.
Weighted routing policy
Why wrong: Weighted routing distributes traffic by weight, not latency.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Latency routing policy
Latency routing policy is correct because it directs user traffic to the AWS region that provides the lowest network latency for the end user. Route 53 measures latency between the user's DNS resolver and each region's edge location, then responds with the IP of the region that has the lowest latency. This is ideal for multi-region deployments where the goal is to minimize response time.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Latency routing policy
Why this is correct
Latency routing directs users to the region with the lowest latency.
Related concept
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Geolocation routing policy
Why it's wrong here
Geolocation routes based on the user's location, not real-time latency.
Geoproximity routing policy
Why it's wrong here
Geoproximity routes based on geographic distance and a bias factor.
Weighted routing policy
Why it's wrong here
Weighted routing distributes traffic by weight, not latency.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates confuse 'geolocation' (based on user's physical location) with 'latency' (based on actual network performance), assuming that the closest geographic region always has the lowest latency, which is not true due to network routing and peering differences.
Detailed technical explanation
Route 53 latency routing works by maintaining a latency database built from measurements between AWS edge locations and the user's DNS resolver. When a query arrives, Route 53 selects the region with the lowest latency for that resolver, but note that latency can vary by ISP and time of day; the policy does not account for real-time changes within a single DNS TTL. In practice, this policy is often combined with health checks to failover if the lowest-latency region becomes unhealthy.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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Networking and Content Delivery — This question tests Networking and Content Delivery — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: Latency routing policy — Latency routing policy is correct because it directs user traffic to the AWS region that provides the lowest network latency for the end user. Route 53 measures latency between the user's DNS resolver and each region's edge location, then responds with the IP of the region that has the lowest latency. This is ideal for multi-region deployments where the goal is to minimize response time.
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