AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 213

A company wants to run Amazon EC2 instances in locations that are near the company’s global users.

Which aspect of the AWS environment will support this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Availability Zone
• B. Edge locations
• C. AWS Regions
• D. Regional edge caches

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, AWS Regions, as they are geographical areas that contain multiple Availability Zones, allowing for resources to be deployed closer to users globally. Options A and D refer to specific components within regions rather than the overall geographical distribution, while B pertains to content delivery rather than compute resources.