DEA-C01 · Question #308
A media company wants to improve a system that recommends media content to customers based on user behavior and preferences. To improve the recommendation system, the company needs to incorporate insi
The correct answer is A. Use API calls to access and integrate third-party datasets from AWS Data Exchange.. AWS Data Exchange is a managed marketplace specifically designed for discovering, subscribing to, and consuming third-party datasets. Subscribers can access licensed data products directly in their AWS environment (delivered to S3 or queried via APIs) with no infrastructure to ma
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A media company wants to improve a system that recommends media content to customers based on user behavior and preferences. To improve the recommendation system, the company needs to incorporate insights from third-party datasets into the company’s existing analytics platform. The company wants to minimize the effort and time required to incorporate third-party datasets. Which solution will meet these requirements with the LEAST operational overhead?
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- AUse API calls to access and integrate third-party datasets from AWS Data Exchange.
- BUse API calls to access and integrate third-party datasets from AWS DataSync.
- CUse Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to access and integrate third-party datasets from a Git
- DUse Amazon Kinesis Data Streams to access and integrate third-party datasets from Amazon
How the community answered
(49 responses)- A84% (41)
- B10% (5)
- C2% (1)
- D4% (2)
Explanation
AWS Data Exchange is a managed marketplace specifically designed for discovering, subscribing to, and consuming third-party datasets. Subscribers can access licensed data products directly in their AWS environment (delivered to S3 or queried via APIs) with no infrastructure to manage, making integration into an existing analytics platform straightforward and low-effort. This is exactly the scenario described. Option B (AWS DataSync) is a service for migrating or syncing data between on-premises storage and AWS, or between AWS storage services - it is not a marketplace for third-party commercial datasets. Options C and D (Amazon Kinesis Data Streams) are streaming ingestion services used to collect real-time data you produce or receive, not a mechanism for subscribing to and importing external third-party data products. Both Kinesis options also introduce unnecessary infrastructure overhead compared to Data Exchange's managed subscription model.
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