AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 112

A company hosts its website in the us-east-1 Region. The company is preparing to deploy its website into the eu-central-1 Region. Website visitors who are located in Europe should access the website that is hosted in eu-central-1. All other visitors access the website that is hosted in us-east-1. The company uses Amazon Route 53 to manage the website’s DNS records.

Which routing policy should a SysOps administrator apply to the Route 53 record set to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Geolocation routing policy
• B. Geoproximity routing policy
• C. Latency routing policy
• D. Multivalue answer routing policy

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The Geolocation routing policy is the correct choice as it allows DNS queries to be answered based on the geographic location of the users, directing European visitors to the eu-central-1 site. The Geoproximity routing policy is not suitable here since it requires defining a bias but does not specifically target regions. Latency routing policy directs users based on the lowest latency, which does not address the geographic requirement. Multivalue answer routing policy provides multiple records but does not differentiate based on location.