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A company hosts a static website on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. They want to improve latency for users around the world by caching content at edge locations. Which AWS service should they use?

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A company hosts a static website on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. They want to improve latency for users around the world by caching content at edge locations. Which AWS service should they use?

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Answer choices

Why each option matters

Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.

A

Best answer

Amazon CloudFront

Correct. CloudFront caches content at edge locations, reducing latency and offloading origin servers.

B

Distractor review

AWS Global Accelerator

Incorrect. Global Accelerator improves network performance via the AWS global network but does not cache content.

C

Distractor review

AWS Direct Connect

Incorrect. Direct Connect provides a private, high-bandwidth connection between on-premises and AWS, not edge caching.

D

Distractor review

Amazon Route 53

Incorrect. Route 53 is a DNS service that routes traffic but does not cache content.

Common exam trap

Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword

Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.

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How to think about this question

This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.

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.
  • Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.

TExam Day Tips

  • Underline the problem statement mentally.
  • 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.

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More questions from this exam

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Question 1

A company uses Amazon CloudFront to deliver content to a global audience. The origin is an Application Load Balancer in us-east-1. The SysOps administrator wants to reduce costs by minimizing the number of requests that reach the origin server. Which action should the administrator take?

Question 2

A company runs a batch processing application on Amazon EC2 that runs for 2 hours every night. The workload can tolerate interruptions. Which EC2 purchasing option provides the lowest cost for this use case?

Question 3

A SysOps administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an Amazon RDS DB instance and receive an alarm when CPU utilization exceeds 80% for 5 consecutive minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?

Question 4

A company runs a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application uses session stickiness (sticky sessions) to maintain user sessions. The SysOps administrator notices that when instances are replaced during a scale-in or failure event, users lose their session data. The administrator needs to preserve session data across instance failures without losing stickiness benefits. What should the administrator do?

Question 5

A company runs a production web application on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application experiences a predictable and steady workload 24/7. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize compute costs for this instance while ensuring it remains available during the expected workload. Which EC2 purchasing option should the administrator use?

Question 6

A company has a VPC with public and private subnets. The private subnets host application servers that need to make outbound HTTPS connections to the internet. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution that provides outbound internet connectivity while preventing inbound connections from the internet. Additionally, the solution must allow the company to control which domains the application servers can access. Which solution should the administrator implement?

FAQ

Questions learners often ask

What does this SOA-C02 question test?

Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: Amazon CloudFront — Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that caches content at AWS edge locations, reducing latency for global users. AWS Global Accelerator improves TCP/UDP performance but does not cache content. AWS Direct Connect is a dedicated network connection, and Amazon Route 53 is a DNS service. For caching static content, CloudFront is the appropriate choice.

What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?

Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.

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