AWS Certified Database – Specialty — Question 273

A marketing company is developing an application to track responses to email message campaigns. The company needs a database storage solution that is optimized to work with highly connected data. The database needs to limit connections and programmatic access to the data by using IAM policies.

Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon ElastiCache for Redis cluster
• B. Amazon Aurora MySQL DB cluster
• C. Amazon DynamoDB table
• D. Amazon Neptune DB cluster

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Amazon Neptune is a fully managed graph database service specifically optimized for storing and querying highly connected datasets, making it the ideal choice for tracking complex relationships. It also integrates natively with AWS IAM policies to secure and restrict programmatic access to the database. Other options like Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon ElastiCache are not designed for graph-based, highly connected data models.