CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
A cloud architect is designing a highly available web application. The application must remain available even if an entire AWS Availability Zone fails. The architect decides to deploy identical application instances in two separate Availability Zones and distribute traffic equally. Which architecture is being implemented?
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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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Active-active
Active-active architecture distributes traffic across all instances; if one zone fails, the other continues serving traffic.
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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Fault tolerance
Why it's wrong here
Fault tolerance is the ability to continue without interruption, but active-active is a specific configuration.
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Warm standby
Why it's wrong here
Warm standby is a type of disaster recovery, not necessarily active-active.
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Active-active
Why this is correct
Both instances are active and traffic is distributed equally.
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Active-passive
Why it's wrong here
Active-passive has one standby that is not actively serving traffic.
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