AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 424

A company needs to use SQL syntax to perform a direct query of objects in an Amazon S3 bucket.

Which AWS service can the company use to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. AWS Glue
• B. Amazon Athena
• C. AWS Lambda
• D. Amazon Kinesis

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that allows users to analyze data directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL without needing to set up servers. AWS Glue is an ETL and data integration service, AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service, and Amazon Kinesis is designed for processing real-time streaming data, making Athena the correct choice for direct SQL queries on S3.