AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 670

Which pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework focuses on the ability to recover automatically from service interruptions?

Answer options

• A. Security
• B. Performance efficiency
• C. Operational excellence
• D. Reliability

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The Reliability pillar focuses on ensuring a workload performs its intended function correctly and consistently, which includes the ability to prevent and quickly recover from failures or service interruptions. Other pillars like Security, Operational excellence, and Performance efficiency focus on protection, system operations, and resource efficiency respectively, rather than system recovery.