AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02) — Question 71

A healthcare company stores highly sensitive patient records. Compliance requires that multiple copies be stored in different locations. Each record must be stored for 7 years. The company has a service level agreement (SLA) to provide records to government agencies immediately for the first 30 days and then within
4 hours of a request thereafter.
What should a solutions architect recommend?

Answer options

• A. Use Amazon S3 with cross-Region replication enabled. After 30 days, transition the data to Amazon S3 Glacier using lifecycle policy.
• B. Use Amazon S3 with cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) enabled. After 30 days, transition the data to Amazon S3 Glacier using a lifecycle policy.
• C. Use Amazon S3 with cross-Region replication enabled. After 30 days, transition the data to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Achieve using a lifecycle policy.
• D. Use Amazon S3 with cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) enabled. After 30 days, transition the data to Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive using a lifecycle policy.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because using Amazon S3 with cross-Region replication ensures that multiple copies are stored in different locations, which is necessary for compliance. Transitioning to Amazon S3 Glacier after 30 days provides a cost-effective way to store data while still allowing access within the SLA requirements. Options B, C, and D either incorrectly use CORS, which is not relevant for this scenario, or suggest using Glacier Deep Archive, which is not needed as standard Glacier suffices for the requirements.