AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 638

Which AWS service uses edge locations to cache content?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Kinesis
• B. Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
• C. Amazon CloudFront
• D. Amazon Route 53

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that stores cached copies of your content at edge locations worldwide to speed up delivery to end-users. Amazon Kinesis is used for real-time streaming data, Amazon SQS is a message queuing service, and Amazon Route 53 is a cloud Domain Name System (DNS) web service.