AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 254

A large retail company wants to use an AWS service to process clickstream data from the company's ecommerce website. The company wants to collect and analyze the streaming data in real time.

Which AWS service meets these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Kinesis
• B. Amazon Athena
• C. Amazon CloudFront
• D. AWS Data Exchange

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon Kinesis is specifically designed for real-time data processing and analysis, making it the ideal choice for handling clickstream data. In contrast, Amazon Athena is a query service for analyzing data stored in Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network, and AWS Data Exchange is for data sharing, none of which provide real-time processing capabilities.