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DBS-C01 · Question #204

A company's applications store data in Amazon Aurora MySQL DB clusters. The company has separate AWS accounts for its production, test, and development environments. To test new functionality in the…

The correct answer is D. Share the Aurora DB cluster with the test account. Create a clone of the production database in. Creating and restoring a database snapshot. You can create a clone of one of your Aurora DB clusters and share the clone. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Aurora.Managing.Clone.html

Submitted by yuriko_h· Mar 6, 2026Deployment and Migration

Question

A company’s applications store data in Amazon Aurora MySQL DB clusters. The company has separate AWS accounts for its production, test, and development environments. To test new functionality in the test environment, the company’s development team requires a copy of the production database four times a day. Which solution meets this requirement with the MOST operational efficiency?

Options

  • ATake a manual snapshot in the production account. Share the snapshot with the test account.
  • BTake a manual snapshot in the production account. Export the snapshot to Amazon S3. Copy the
  • CShare the Aurora DB cluster with the test account. Create a snapshot of the production database
  • DShare the Aurora DB cluster with the test account. Create a clone of the production database in

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    81% (26)

Explanation

Creating and restoring a database snapshot. You can create a clone of one of your Aurora DB clusters and share the clone. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/Aurora.Managing.Clone.html

Topics

#Aurora cloning#Cross-account access#Database refreshing#Operational efficiency

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