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Quick Answer

The answer is Amazon CloudFront, which directly addresses both the need to improve latency and offload SSL termination for globally distributed users. As a content delivery network, CloudFront caches static and dynamic content at edge locations closer to users, dramatically reducing round-trip times. It also terminates SSL connections at the edge, accepting HTTPS from clients and forwarding requests to the Application Load Balancer over HTTP or HTTPS, which offloads the cryptographic overhead from the origin servers. On the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 exam, this scenario tests your understanding of how CloudFront integrates with regional origins like an ALB to solve global performance bottlenecks. A common trap is choosing AWS Global Accelerator, which improves latency via the AWS backbone but does not cache content or offload SSL termination at the edge. Remember: if the goal is to reduce latency through caching and shift SSL processing to the edge, think CloudFront—it’s the CDN that handles both.

SOA-C02 Networking and Content Delivery Practice Question

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 a web application running on EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in the us-west-2 Region. Users are distributed globally and experience high latency. The SysOps administrator wants to improve latency and offload SSL termination to the edge. Which AWS service should be used with the ALB as the origin?

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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

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Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that caches content at edge locations worldwide, reducing latency for global users. It can offload SSL termination at the edge by accepting HTTPS requests from clients and forwarding them to the ALB over HTTP or HTTPS, thereby reducing the load on the origin. This directly addresses the requirements of improving latency and offloading SSL termination.

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.

  • ✓

    Amazon CloudFront

    Why this is correct

    CloudFront is a CDN that reduces latency by serving content from edge locations. It can terminate SSL at the edge, improving performance and reducing load on the origin.

    Related concept

    Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

  • ✗

    AWS Global Accelerator

    Why it's wrong here

    Global Accelerator improves latency by routing traffic over the AWS global network to the closest edge, but it does not cache content or offload SSL termination in the same way as a CDN.

  • ✗

    AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall)

    Why it's wrong here

    AWS WAF is a security service that protects web applications from common exploits; it does not improve latency or provide content caching.

  • ✗

    Amazon Route 53 with Latency Based Routing

    Why it's wrong here

    Route 53 latency-based routing directs traffic to the region with the lowest latency, but it does not provide caching or SSL offloading; it only handles DNS resolution.

Common exam traps

Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword

The trap here is that candidates often confuse AWS Global Accelerator with CloudFront, thinking both provide caching, but Global Accelerator only optimizes network path routing and does not cache content or terminate SSL at the edge.

Detailed technical explanation

How to think about this question

CloudFront supports custom SSL certificates via AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) and can terminate HTTPS at the edge, forwarding requests to the ALB over HTTP or HTTPS with optional origin protocol policies. When using CloudFront with an ALB, you must ensure the ALB’s security group allows traffic only from CloudFront’s IP ranges (published in the AWS IP address ranges JSON file) to prevent direct access. A common real-world scenario is using CloudFront to serve static and dynamic content from the same ALB, leveraging cache behaviors to control TTLs and reduce origin load.

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 healthcare organisation deploys an application with a public-facing web tier and a private database tier. The database subnet has no public IP and only accepts connections from the web tier's security group. Questions like this test whether you can design cloud network isolation using VNets/VPCs, subnets, and security group rules.

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What does this SOA-C02 question test?

Networking and Content Delivery — This question tests Networking and Content Delivery — 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 edge locations worldwide, reducing latency for global users. It can offload SSL termination at the edge by accepting HTTPS requests from clients and forwarding them to the ALB over HTTP or HTTPS, thereby reducing the load on the origin. This directly addresses the requirements of improving latency and offloading SSL termination.

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

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What is the key concept behind this question?

Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

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