Question 670

A dedicated circuit is used to reach a public AWS endpoint but the router advertises only RFC1918 routes on a public VIF. Which change is the most appropriate?

  1. Configure allowed prefixes on the Direct Connect gateway association
  2. Configure the customer BGP peer ASN, peering addresses, VLAN, and session settings correctly
  3. Configure the public VIF with appropriate publicly routable prefixes and BGP requirements
  4. Use different BGP ASNs for the TGW and the Direct Connect gateway
  5. Provision a transit VIF connected to a Direct Connect gateway

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

This configuration exchanges AWS public endpoint reachability over the public peering session; public peering has separate addressing and advertisement rules from private VIF routing, so it delivers valid public VIF route advertisements under the stated constraints.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This approach controls the AWS-side prefixes permitted for advertisement toward on-premises peers; TGW route tables still control packet forwarding independently of allowed prefix lists, which helps with controlled hybrid prefix advertisement instead of delivering valid public VIF route advertisements.

B:

This alternative establishes the BGP adjacency required to exchange reachable private prefixes; a physical up state does not establish BGP neighbors automatically, so it addresses active layer-three routing across the private VIF rather than the required valid public VIF route advertisements.

D:

The proposed action satisfies the distinct-ASN requirement of the TGW-DX gateway association; changing a VPC route table will not repair an ASN association conflict, supporting valid DX gateway-to-transit gateway association but leaving valid public VIF route advertisements unmet.

E:

This approach provides the VIF type supported for DX gateway-to-TGW route exchange; the transit VIF and TGW-DX gateway association form the supported attachment path, which helps with correct interface type for transit gateway connectivity instead of delivering valid public VIF route advertisements.

Question 671

A hybrid administrator cannot create a Resolver forwarding rule because the chosen endpoint exists in a different Region. What is the best next configuration decision?

  1. Create or select a supported outbound Resolver endpoint in the rule's Region
  2. Fix endpoint subnet routing and security-group rules toward the target DNS addresses
  3. Set conditional forwarding to IP addresses of a Resolver inbound endpoint
  4. Associate a forwarding rule backed by a reachable outbound Resolver endpoint

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

The approach aligns forwarding rule configuration with the regional resolver endpoint; cross-Region DNS reachability via networks is distinct from regional endpoint ownership, directly enabling valid regional DNS forwarding configuration in this situation.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This approach allows the resolver endpoint to exchange UDP and TCP DNS with its upstreams; changing record TTL cannot compensate for a missing route or blocked DNS flow, which helps with reachable hybrid DNS transport for resolver endpoints instead of delivering valid regional DNS forwarding configuration.

C:

This alternative makes the VPC's resolver available to authorized off-cloud DNS clients; using a Resolver outbound endpoint reverses the intended query direction, so it addresses inbound corporate name queries for private AWS records rather than the required valid regional DNS forwarding configuration.

D:

Although this setting uses private routed endpoint IPs to query the remote corporate DNS servers, TGW routing must allow the resolver endpoint to reach its target addresses; this concerns conditional resolution toward on-prem DNS, not the specified valid regional DNS forwarding configuration.

Question 672

A financial customer needs an enhanced DDoS response service and advanced detection for critical public applications. Which action provides the required behavior?

  1. Use Shield Advanced event visibility and configured notifications
  2. Use AWS Shield Standard protections built into eligible AWS infrastructure
  3. Cache eligible responses through CloudFront with suitable protections
  4. Subscribe to AWS Shield Advanced for the supported protected resources

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

This configuration adds enhanced DDoS detection, response support, and related protections; Shield Standard lacks the same advanced incident-response features, so it delivers premium response for high-risk DDoS exposure under the stated constraints.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Although this setting tracks observed DDoS attack events for protected resources, generic application logs alone may not classify infrastructure-level DDoS events; this concerns auditable advanced DDoS response monitoring, not the specified premium response for high-risk DDoS exposure.

B:

The proposed action supplies baseline protection against common network and transport DDoS events; a custom WAF rule is not a general replacement for underlying network volumetric mitigation, supporting default AWS DDoS protection coverage but leaving premium response for high-risk DDoS exposure unmet.

C:

This approach distributes content delivery across the CDN edge infrastructure; forcing all requests directly to one EC2 origin retains a central bottleneck, which helps with scalable edge absorption of repeated web requests instead of delivering premium response for high-risk DDoS exposure.

Question 673

A customer gateway supports only an IKE cipher that the AWS VPN tunnel settings do not permit. What should the network specialist configure?

  1. Permit required VPN IKE and NAT-T traffic through intervening firewalls
  2. Align phase-two IPsec proposals and relevant perfect-forward-secrecy groups
  3. Align DPD behavior and keep the peer reachable under the tunnel configuration
  4. Use supported link-local tunnel-inside CIDRs according to AWS VPN configuration rules
  5. Align IKE proposal algorithms and versions with supported AWS tunnel options

Explanation

Correct Answer

E:

With this choice, the selected action ensures both IPsec peers negotiate compatible phase-one security parameters; a VPC route adjustment cannot repair phase-one crypto incompatibility, providing successful IKE security-association establishment for the network described.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The proposed action enables negotiation packets for IPsec peers behind address translation; a TCP listener rule is not relevant to IKE UDP negotiation, supporting uninterrupted IPsec control traffic across NAT devices but leaving successful IKE security-association establishment unmet.

B:

This approach negotiates compatible ESP and child security association settings; a working initial IKE exchange does not prove phase-two compatibility, which helps with successful data-plane IPsec tunnel establishment instead of delivering successful IKE security-association establishment.

C:

This alternative checks the remote IPsec peer and drives expected reestablishment behavior; DPD tuning cannot overcome permanent loss of the remote internet path, so it addresses stable VPN liveness and recovery rather than the required successful IKE security-association establishment.

D:

Although this setting establishes the logical point-to-point addressing used by the tunnel interfaces, reusing conflicting tunnel inside addresses can break router configuration; this concerns valid inside IP addressing for VPN routing, not the specified successful IKE security-association establishment.

Question 674

A latency-sensitive international VPN has variable internet paths to an AWS Region and wants to optimize the ingress path. Which action provides the required behavior?

  1. Configure a dynamic Site-to-Site VPN with BGP-capable customer gateway
  2. Select an accelerated Site-to-Site VPN attachment where supported
  3. Terminate the Site-to-Site VPN on the VPC's virtual private gateway
  4. Attach Site-to-Site VPN to AWS Transit Gateway

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

The approach uses AWS Global Accelerator to improve the path into AWS VPN endpoints; the feature is not a substitute for a dedicated physical Direct Connect circuit, directly enabling accelerated internet-based hybrid VPN ingress in this situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Although this setting exchanges routes dynamically over the VPN tunnel sessions, static route-only VPN connections require route changes to be maintained explicitly; this concerns adaptive route learning between branch and AWS, not the specified accelerated internet-based hybrid VPN ingress.

C:

This approach connects the customer gateway IPsec service to the VPC routing boundary; a TGW becomes more appropriate for many separately attached VPCs, which helps with VPC-specific managed VPN termination instead of delivering accelerated internet-based hybrid VPN ingress.

D:

This alternative uses the transit routing hub to exchange routes between VPN and selected attachments; isolation still depends on transit gateway route-table design, so it addresses centralized hybrid routing for multiple networks rather than the required accelerated internet-based hybrid VPN ingress.

Question 675

An architecture team wants reusable subnet address allocation without choosing the same CIDR in every staging environment. Which AWS networking approach meets this constraint?

  1. Run CloudFormation drift detection where supported and reconcile differences
  2. Obtain target resources through Region-aware parameters and references
  3. Parameterize subnet CIDRs or integrate governed IP address allocation
  4. Preserve stable resources and review replacement-triggering property changes

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

With this choice, the selected action selects address ranges per environment under a consistent template; embedding one fixed CIDR into every account risks overlapping network plans, providing collision-free reusable subnet provisioning for the network described.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This alternative compares deployed resource properties with their stack definitions; re-deploying without review can overwrite intended emergency changes, so it addresses identified infrastructure drift in network configuration rather than the required collision-free reusable subnet provisioning.

B:

Although this setting makes IaC configuration adapt to the deployment's regional scope, service availability and endpoint names can still differ by Region; this concerns region-portable endpoint resource resolution, not the specified collision-free reusable subnet provisioning.

D:

This approach avoids unnecessary resource replacement during declarative updates; resource replacement can change dependent paths and addresses, which helps with predictable egress identity across IaC releases instead of delivering collision-free reusable subnet provisioning.

Question 676

A SOC wants to distinguish packet-analysis evidence from the permanent log of AWS API configuration changes. Which AWS networking approach meets this constraint?

  1. Configure bidirectional Traffic Mirroring filters for the relevant session
  2. Create a VPC Traffic Mirroring session from the ENI to a compatible mirror target
  3. Configure Traffic Mirroring filters for relevant sources and destinations
  4. Combine Traffic Mirroring for packet inspection with CloudTrail for control-plane audit

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

This configuration separates network packet observations from API-event provenance; neither source alone records both packet bytes and who changed infrastructure, so it delivers correlated data-plane and control-plane security investigations under the stated constraints.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This approach controls which traffic directions are forwarded to the mirror target; an ingress-only filter misses responses originating from the workload, which helps with complete request and response packet evidence instead of delivering correlated data-plane and control-plane security investigations.

B:

This alternative copies packet data from supported interfaces to a chosen analysis destination; VPC Flow Logs cannot reconstruct application payload content, so it addresses packet-level incident reconstruction rather than the required correlated data-plane and control-plane security investigations.

C:

Although this setting limits mirrored packets according to matching traffic conditions, mirroring every packet increases sensor load and processing expense; this concerns selective traffic capture for targeted investigation, not the specified correlated data-plane and control-plane security investigations.

Question 677

A new VPC attachment is available, but an attachment subnet cannot reach a peered VPC because the TGW ingress table lacks the destination. Which action directly resolves the stated problem?

  1. Inspect the attachment's associated TGW table and its destination routes
  2. Add explicit static routes to the peering attachment on both relevant TGW tables
  3. Reconfigure required attachment propagations or static entries in the new table
  4. Remove or correct the matching blackhole route after policy approval

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

This configuration evaluates which route table is consulted when traffic enters the hub; changing propagation in an unrelated table would not repair this ingress lookup, so it delivers missing transit route at the source attachment's policy table under the stated constraints.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Although this setting supplies the route entries that peering does not propagate dynamically, propagation controls for VPC attachments cannot announce routes over TGW peering; this concerns usable inter-Region transit routes, not the specified missing transit route at the source attachment's policy table.

C:

The proposed action restores eligible network destinations to the table used by the moved attachment; association selects a table, but does not populate every needed route, supporting route visibility after transit segmentation changes but leaving missing transit route at the source attachment's policy table unmet.

D:

This approach removes the more-specific discard condition for the selected CIDR; traffic matching a more-specific blackhole will not use the broader forwarding entry, which helps with restoration of traffic previously denied by TGW instead of delivering missing transit route at the source attachment's policy table.

Question 678

An appliance fleet needs low-overhead delivery to dozens of hosts inside a supported AWS multicast domain. What is the best next configuration decision?

  1. Place cacheable delivery behind CloudFront
  2. Check multicast domain associations, source registration and receiver membership
  3. Use Transit Gateway multicast where supported and correctly configure membership
  4. Register compatible multicast sources and members against the TGW multicast domain

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

With this choice, the selected action establishes the designated sender and receiver bindings; receivers must join or be registered under the selected multicast model, providing functioning group-delivery distribution for the network described.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This approach serves repeated HTTP objects from edge caches rather than repeatedly fetching the origin; raw IP multicast is not a supported replacement for public web CDN distribution, which helps with efficient one-to-many HTTP content delivery instead of delivering functioning group-delivery distribution.

B:

This alternative verifies multicast-specific configuration beyond normal IP unicast routes; a TGW unicast route alone does not join a multicast group, so it addresses active receiver enrollment and multicast forwarding rather than the required functioning group-delivery distribution.

C:

Although this setting replicates multicast group traffic to registered receivers through supported transit multicast domains, ordinary VPC unicast does not automatically replicate to an IP multicast group; this concerns one-to-many multicast stream delivery, not the specified functioning group-delivery distribution.

Question 679

A dedicated DX link meets private path requirements but a regulator also requires layer-two confidentiality on the compatible physical connection. Which solution best addresses these network requirements?

  1. Enable MACsec on supported Direct Connect ports and customer equipment
  2. Align MACsec connectivity association keys and chosen encryption parameters
  3. Verify current MACsec eligibility and choose an approved dedicated connection when needed
  4. Add TLS or IPsec where end-to-end encryption is required

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

The approach encrypts Ethernet frames on eligible Direct Connect connections; MACsec capability depends on connection speed, hardware, and supported location, directly enabling link-layer protection on the physical DX segment in this situation.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This approach ensures the Ethernet peers can establish compatible link encryption; BGP route preferences are irrelevant until the encrypted physical link works, which helps with successful authenticated MACsec operation instead of delivering link-layer protection on the physical DX segment.

C:

This alternative selects a DX connection model that actually supports required physical-link cryptography; hosted connection capabilities are not equivalent to every dedicated-port MACsec option, so it addresses supported link-layer encryption deployment rather than the required link-layer protection on the physical DX segment.

D:

Although this setting encrypts traffic at a higher protocol layer beyond the individual Ethernet link, MACsec protects the applicable physical Ethernet hop rather than all subsequent routes; this concerns application or tunnel confidentiality beyond DX link encryption, not the specified link-layer protection on the physical DX segment.

Question 680

Two private hosted zones with the same name exist in different VPCs; an application sees unexpected answers after associating one zone. Which action directly resolves the stated problem?

  1. Configure Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall rule groups and associate them with VPCs
  2. Authorize and associate the private hosted zone with the cross-account VPC
  3. Enable Route 53 Resolver query logging for the relevant VPCs
  4. Examine private hosted-zone associations and resolver rule precedence

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

This configuration determines which private DNS namespace or forwarding rule the VPC resolver uses; DNS routing conflicts cannot be corrected solely by modifying an unrelated public record, so it delivers predictable resolution of overlapping DNS namespaces under the stated constraints.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Although this setting filters resolver queries by domain lists and chosen block or alert actions, it inspects DNS queries and is not a complete substitute for HTTP or egress firewalls; this concerns DNS-layer filtering of risky destinations, not the specified predictable resolution of overlapping DNS namespaces.

B:

The proposed action extends private hosted-zone visibility beyond the zone owner's own VPC associations; this association process differs from simply sharing a subnet through RAM, supporting controlled cross-account private zone visibility but leaving predictable resolution of overlapping DNS namespaces unmet.

C:

This approach records DNS query information in supported logging destinations; public hosted-zone query logging would observe authoritative queries instead of recursive VPC lookups, which helps with auditable VPC DNS query history instead of delivering predictable resolution of overlapping DNS namespaces.

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