AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 212

A company needs to perform data processing once a week that typically takes about 5 hours to complete.

Which AWS service should the company use for this workload?

Answer options

• A. AWS Lambda
• B. Amazon EC2
• C. AWS CodeDeploy
• D. AWS Wavelength

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon EC2 is the most appropriate choice for this workload as it provides scalable compute capacity and is ideal for long-running tasks like data processing. AWS Lambda is designed for short, event-driven tasks and may not be suitable for a 5-hour job. AWS CodeDeploy is primarily for deploying applications, while AWS Wavelength is focused on edge computing and low-latency applications, making them unsuitable for this scenario.