AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 203

A SysOps administrator needs to configure the Amazon Route 53 hosted zone for example.com and www.example.com to point to an Application Load Balancer (ALB).

Which combination of actions should the SysOps administrator take to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Configure an A record for example.com to point to the IP address of the ALB.
• B. Configure an A record for www.example.com to point to the IP address of the ALB.
• C. Configure an alias record for example.com to point to the CNAME of the ALB.
• D. Configure an alias record for www.example.com to point to the Route 53 example.com record.
• E. Configure a CNAME record for example.com to point to the CNAME of the ALB.

Correct answer: C, D

Explanation

The correct answers are C and D because an alias record is preferred for pointing to an ALB in Route 53, allowing for proper integration with AWS services. Options A, B, and E are incorrect as they suggest using A or CNAME records, which are not suitable for aliasing an ALB directly.