AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 312

Which AWS service allows a user to provision a managed MySQL DB instance?

Answer options

• A. Amazon DynamoDB
• B. Amazon Redshift
• C. Amazon RDS
• D. AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) is the designated AWS service for provisioning and managing relational databases like MySQL. Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service, Amazon Redshift is optimized for data warehousing, and AWS DMS is used for migrating databases rather than hosting them.