AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 597

A company's headquarters is located on a different continent from where the majority of the company's customers live. The company wants an AWS Cloud environment setup that will provide the lowest latency to the customers.

Which solution will provide the LOWEST network latency between the AWS resources and the customers?

Answer options

• A. Place the resources in the AWS Region that is closest to the company's headquarters. Move the resources to the Availability Zone that is closest to the customers.
• B. Place all workloads in the AWS Region that is closest to the company's headquarters.
• C. Place all workloads in the AWS Region that is closest to the majority of customers.
• D. Place the resources in AWS edge locations that are closest to the company's headquarters.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Deploying workloads in the AWS Region closest to the majority of customers minimizes the physical distance data must travel, thereby providing the lowest network latency for those users. Placing resources near the corporate headquarters would result in high latency for the distant customer base, making those options incorrect. Additionally, Availability Zones exist strictly within their designated AWS Region, making it impossible to move an AZ closer to customers on another continent.