Question 850
For the enterprise requirement "A shared API must protect downstream capacity during a request spike without losing monitoring of throttled clients", the team implemented this change: Define API Gateway throttling limits and usage or monitoring controls that match allowed request rates. Which observation should be required before the change is approved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This measures the behavior required by the specific solution, rather than simply checking that it was configured. API Gateway throttle controls bound request rates but callers should handle 429 responses. The acceptance condition is linked directly to the scenario: A shared API must protect downstream capacity during a request spike without losing monitoring of throttled clients.
Incorrect Answers
Terminating all instances in one zone leaves healthy targets and Auto Scaling replaces lost capacity. However, this does not establish the required outcome: excess requests return expected throttling responses while permitted traffic continues under peak simulation.
New DNS lookups return the secondary endpoint after a primary health check changes to unhealthy. However, this does not establish the required outcome: excess requests return expected throttling responses while permitted traffic continues under peak simulation.
Hot session lookups avoid repeated database queries and failure recovery preserves acceptable service behavior. However, this does not establish the required outcome: excess requests return expected throttling responses while permitted traffic continues under peak simulation.