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 is using Amazon Route 53 as its DNS service. The SysOps team needs to route traffic to multiple resources based on the geographic location of the users. Which THREE routing policies can achieve this? (Select THREE.)
Geoproximity routing
Routes based on geographic distance and bias.
Simple routing
Why wrong: Simple routing sends all traffic to one resource.
Failover routing
Why wrong: Failover routing is for active-passive setup.
Latency-based routing
Routes to the region with lowest latency, often geographically close.
Geolocation routing
Routes based on user's geographic location.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
Geoproximity routing
Geoproximity routing (Option A) is correct because it allows traffic to be routed based on the geographic location of users and their resources, with the ability to shift traffic using a bias value. This policy is ideal for scenarios where you want to route users to the nearest resource but also have the flexibility to send more traffic to a specific region, such as for load balancing or disaster recovery.
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.
Geoproximity routing
Why this is correct
Routes based on geographic distance and bias.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Simple routing
Why it's wrong here
Simple routing sends all traffic to one resource.
Failover routing
Why it's wrong here
Failover routing is for active-passive setup.
Latency-based routing
Why this is correct
Routes to the region with lowest latency, often geographically close.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Geolocation routing
Why this is correct
Routes based on user's geographic location.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse 'geolocation routing' (which routes based strictly on user location) with 'geoproximity routing' (which adds a bias for traffic shifting), and may incorrectly assume that simple or failover routing can achieve geographic-based distribution when they cannot.
Detailed technical explanation
Geoproximity routing uses Route 53's traffic flow feature, which relies on a combination of AWS Region coordinates and a bias value (ranging from -99 to 99) to influence routing decisions. Under the hood, Route 53 evaluates the user's approximate location via DNS resolver IP geolocation data and applies the bias to shift traffic toward or away from a resource, enabling granular control for scenarios like regional load balancing or testing new deployments.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
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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: Geoproximity routing — Geoproximity routing (Option A) is correct because it allows traffic to be routed based on the geographic location of users and their resources, with the ability to shift traffic using a bias value. This policy is ideal for scenarios where you want to route users to the nearest resource but also have the flexibility to send more traffic to a specific region, such as for load balancing or disaster recovery.
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