AWS Certified Database – Specialty — Question 14

A company has a web-based survey application that uses Amazon DynamoDB. During peak usage, when survey responses are being collected, a Database
Specialist sees the ProvisionedThroughputExceededException error.
What can the Database Specialist do to resolve this error? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Change the table to use Amazon DynamoDB Streams
• B. Purchase DynamoDB reserved capacity in the affected Region
• C. Increase the write capacity units for the specific table
• D. Change the table capacity mode to on-demand
• E. Change the table type to throughput optimized

Correct answer: C, D

Explanation

The correct answers are C and D because increasing the write capacity units (C) directly addresses the throughput limit by allowing more write operations, while changing the table capacity mode to on-demand (D) allows for automatic scaling based on demand. Options A and B do not directly resolve the throughput issue, and option E is not applicable to this scenario as it does not address the immediate capacity constraints.