Question 290
A professional architect is reviewing two independent workstreams. Requirement A: Compliance requires a formal rotation process for customer-managed KMS keys without breaking historical ciphertext. Requirement B: A DynamoDB table receives unpredictable read request bursts causing throttling during seasonal peaks. Select TWO actions, one for each independently scoped requirement.
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Correct Answers
This action meets the independently stated requirement A: Compliance requires a formal rotation process for customer-managed KMS keys without breaking historical ciphertext. KMS key rotation retains ability to decrypt data encrypted with earlier key material. A direct acceptance check is: New cryptographic material is used when rotation occurs while previously encrypted data remains decryptable.
This action meets the independently stated requirement B: A DynamoDB table receives unpredictable read request bursts causing throttling during seasonal peaks. DynamoDB throughput requires sufficient mode capacity and key-distribution design. A direct acceptance check is: Burst replay avoids throttling while partition-level demand remains within supported constraints.
Incorrect Answers
This action targets a different technical need: Two Regions are deployed but customer requests stay routed to the failed primary endpoint indefinitely. It does not replace either required solution in A or B. DNS failover needs a health-signal and routing policy that actually switches answers; verify the two stated requirements independently rather than accepting an unrelated change.
This action targets a different technical need: A transactional RDS instance becomes slow under concurrency and the team needs to distinguish SQL waits from CPU pressure. It does not replace either required solution in A or B. Database performance diagnostics should identify the specific bottleneck before scaling; verify the two stated requirements independently rather than accepting an unrelated change.
This action targets a different technical need: The security team manages GuardDuty separately in 50 accounts and misses newly created member accounts. It does not replace either required solution in A or B. Central GuardDuty administration supports ongoing multi-account detection enrollment; verify the two stated requirements independently rather than accepting an unrelated change.