AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 781

A company has set up a VPC on AWS. The company needs a dedicated connection between the VPC and the company’s on-premises network.

Which action should the company take to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Establish a VPN connection between the VPC and the company’s on-premises network.
• B. Establish an AWS Direct Connect connection between the VPC and the company’s on-premises network.
• C. Attach an internet gateway to the VPUse the AWS public endpoints for connectivity.
• D. Configure Amazon Connect to provide connectivity between the VPC and the company’s on-premises network.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Direct Connect provides a dedicated, private physical network connection from an on-premises network to AWS, bypassing the public internet entirely to ensure consistent bandwidth and low latency. While a VPN (Option A) also connects these networks, it runs over the public internet and is not a dedicated, private circuit. Internet gateways (Option C) and Amazon Connect (Option D, which is a cloud contact center service) do not provide dedicated private transport between an on-premises facility and a VPC.