AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 174

A company has a fleet of cargo ships. The cargo ships have sensors that collect data at sea, where there is intermittent or no internet connectivity. The company needs to collect, format, and process the data at sea and move the data to AWS later.

Which AWS service should the company use to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. AWS IoT Core
• B. Amazon Lightsail
• C. AWS Storage Gateway
• D. AWS Snowball Edge

Correct answer: D

Explanation

AWS Snowball Edge is designed for edge computing and can store data until it can be transferred to AWS, making it ideal for environments with no internet access. AWS IoT Core is focused on connecting devices to the cloud, but does not handle local processing effectively. Amazon Lightsail is a simplified cloud platform primarily for virtual servers and does not fit the edge processing requirement. AWS Storage Gateway is intended for integrating on-premises environments with cloud storage, not for handling data processing at sea.