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SAA-C03 · Question #734

A company is building a solution to provide customers with an API that accesses financial data. The API backend needs to compute tax data for each request. The company anticipates greater demand to…

The correct answer is B. Deploy an Amazon API Gateway REST API. Create an AWS Lambda function to perform tax. Using Amazon API Gateway with AWS Lambda allows the solution to scale automatically with demand, handling both regular and seasonal peak workloads. Lambda functions provide on- demand compute for tax calculations without the need to provision or manage servers, ensuring cost…

Submitted by carlos_mx· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A company is building a solution to provide customers with an API that accesses financial data. The API backend needs to compute tax data for each request. The company anticipates greater demand to access the data during the last 3 months of each year. A solutions architect needs to design a scalable solution that can meet the regular demand and the peak demand at the end of each year. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AHost the API on an Amazon EC2 instance that runs third-party software. Configure the EC2
  • BDeploy an Amazon API Gateway REST API. Create an AWS Lambda function to perform tax
  • CCreate an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in front of two Amazon EC2 instances. Configure the
  • DDeploy an Amazon API Gateway REST API. Configure an Amazon EC2 instance to perform tax

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    11% (3)
  • B
    81% (22)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Using Amazon API Gateway with AWS Lambda allows the solution to scale automatically with demand, handling both regular and seasonal peak workloads. Lambda functions provide on- demand compute for tax calculations without the need to provision or manage servers, ensuring cost efficiency and elasticity.

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