AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 212

Which of the following statements is true of Elastic Load Balancing?

Answer options

• A. It distributes traffic only to instances across different Availability Zones.
• B. It distributes the outgoing traffic across multiple EC2 instances.
• C. It distributes incoming traffic across multiple EC2 instances.
• D. It distributes traffic only to instances across a single Availability Zone.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because Elastic Load Balancing is designed to distribute incoming traffic evenly across multiple EC2 instances to ensure high availability and reliability. Options A and D are incorrect as they limit traffic distribution to either different or single Availability Zones, and option B is misleading because Elastic Load Balancing primarily manages incoming traffic rather than outgoing.