AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 432

Which design principles of the AWS Well-Architected Framework help increase reliability? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Automatically recover from failure.
• B. Enable traceability.
• C. Scale horizontally to increase workload availability.
• D. Automate security best practices.
• E. Keep people away from data.

Correct answer: A, C

Explanation

Automatically recovering from failure and scaling horizontally to increase workload availability are core design principles of the Reliability pillar in the AWS Well-Architected Framework. In contrast, enabling traceability, automating security practices, and keeping people away from data are design principles belonging to the Security pillar.