AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 328

A company wants to host its web application on AWS using multiple Amazon EC2 instances across different AWS Regions. Since the application content will be specific to each geographic region, the client requests need to be routed to the server that hosts the content for that clients Region.
What should a solutions architect do to accomplish this?

Answer options

• A. Configure Amazon Route 53 with a latency routing policy.
• B. Configure Amazon Route 53 with a weighted routing policy.
• C. Configure Amazon Route 53 with a geolocation routing policy.
• D. Configure Amazon Route 53 with a multivalue answer routing policy

Correct answer: C

Explanation

A geolocation routing policy in Amazon Route 53 allows routing decisions to be made based on the geographic origin of the DNS queries, ensuring users receive content tailored to their region. Latency routing (Option A) focuses on minimizing network delay rather than geographic boundaries, while weighted (Option B) and multivalue answer (Option D) routing policies distribute traffic randomly or proportionally rather than by user location.