AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Question 365

An organization is making software for the CIA in USA. CIA agreed to host the application on AWS but in a secure environment. The organization is thinking of hosting the application on the AWS GovCloud region. Which of the below mentioned difference is not correct when the organization is hosting on the AWS
GovCloud in comparison with the AWS standard region?

Answer options

• A. The billing for the AWS GovCLoud will be in a different account than the Standard AWS account.
• B. GovCloud region authentication is isolated from Amazon.com.
• C. Physical and logical administrative access only to U.S. persons.
• D. It is physically isolated and has logical network isolation from all the other regions.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS GovCloud accounts are logically and physically isolated for security, but they must be linked to a standard AWS account for billing and payment purposes. Therefore, the claim that billing is handled in an completely unrelated account is incorrect, making Option A the correct answer. The other choices accurately describe the isolation and administrative access controls inherent to AWS GovCloud.