CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
A company is deploying a stateless application across multiple Availability Zones in AWS. The application must automatically scale based on CPU utilization. Which combination of services should the architect use to achieve this?
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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Auto Scaling group and Application Load Balancer
Auto Scaling groups manage instance scaling across AZs, and Application Load Balancer distributes traffic; this combination provides elasticity and high availability.
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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Auto Scaling group and CloudFront
Why it's wrong here
CloudFront is a CDN, not a load balancer for distributing traffic to instances.
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Auto Scaling group and Network Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
Network Load Balancer is for TCP/UDP traffic, but Application Load Balancer is better for HTTP-based stateless apps; however, both can work, but ALB is more common for web apps. The question expects ALB for application-level routing.
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Auto Scaling group and Classic Load Balancer
Why it's wrong here
Classic Load Balancer is legacy and less flexible.
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Auto Scaling group and Application Load Balancer
Why this is correct
Auto Scaling group handles scaling, and Application Load Balancer distributes HTTP/HTTPS traffic across instances.
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