AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 844

A company wants to use a managed service to simplify the setup operation, and scaling of its MySQL database in the AWS Cloud.

Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon EMR
• B. Amazon RDS
• C. Amazon Redshift
• D. Amazon DynamoDB

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon RDS is a fully managed relational database service that automates administrative tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups for engines like MySQL. Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database, Amazon Redshift is a data warehousing solution, and Amazon EMR is used for big data processing, none of which are designed for managed MySQL hosting.