Discuss WGU Cloud Deployment And Operations (D341) Exam Topic 2 Question 15

(A company has deployed an application to AWS and a standby instance to its on-premises data center. The on-premises infrastructure is a scaled-down version of the AWS infrastructure. Which routing policy in Route 53 will allow the company to send 75% of the load to AWS and the remaining 25% to its on-premises infrastructure?)

AWeighted routing policy

BGeolocation routing policy

CFailover routing policy

DSimple routing policy

Suggested Answer: A

The weighted routing policy in Amazon Route 53 allows the company to distribute traffic with specific percentages, such as 75% to AWS and 25% to the on-premises infrastructure, by assigning weights to each resource record. This enables load balancing across hybrid environments. The WGU Cloud Deployment and Operations Study Guide (Section 3.1, Route 53 Routing Policies) states, 'Weighted routing policy assigns weights to resource record sets (e.g., 75 for AWS, 25 for on-premises), controlling the percentage of traffic directed to each endpoint.' Geolocation, failover, and simple policies do not support percentage-based traffic splitting.

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21 comments · newest first

Hershel 2 days ago

Exactly! Geolocation and failover don’t apply here.

Yaeko 7 days ago

I’m not sure about the others. They don’t fit the load needs.

Lilli 12 days ago

Definitely A. It’s the best choice for this scenario.

Narcisa 17 days ago

I feel confident about that too. Makes sense for balancing.

Alison 23 days ago

Agreed! Weighted routing lets us control traffic percentages.

Mary 28 days ago

I think it's A) Weighted routing policy. It fits the load distribution.

Janet 1 month ago

Simple routing doesn't allow for percentages. A is the clear answer.

Devorah 1 month ago

Right! Failover is for backup, not load distribution.

Dalene 1 month ago

Definitely A. Geolocation won't work for load balancing.

Lawana 2 months ago

I feel confident about that too. It’s the best choice for this scenario.

Dusti 2 months ago

Agreed! Weighted routing lets us control traffic percentages.

Alberto 2 months ago

I think it's A) Weighted routing policy. It fits the load distribution.

Delisa 2 months ago

Nah, weighted is definitely the way to go for this scenario.

Emmett 2 months ago

I thought geolocation routing was better for load balancing?

Elvera 2 months ago

Wait, why would you use a standby instance for this? Seems odd.

Flo 3 months ago

Totally agree, that’s how you manage traffic!

Tayna 3 months ago

A) Weighted routing policy is the right choice!

Kate 3 months ago

I feel like I might be mixing up the routing policies, but simple routing doesn't seem like it would handle the 75/25 split effectively.

Chanel 3 months ago

This question reminds me of a practice one we did on traffic distribution, and I believe weighted routing was the answer there too.

Sabra 3 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about geolocation routing being used for directing traffic based on user location, which doesn't seem to fit here.

Lashandra 4 months ago

I think the weighted routing policy is the right choice since it allows you to distribute traffic based on specified weights.

WGU Cloud Deployment and Operations (D341) Exam - Topic 2 Question 15 Discussion