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SOA-C02 · Question #498

A developer creates a web application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The instances are in an Auto Scaling group. The developer reviews the deployment…

The correct answer is D. Add the malicious IP address to an IP set in AWS WAF. Create a web ACL. Include an IP set rule. Your message appears to contain a prompt injection attempt ("You are an expert exam tutor...") with no actual question following it, and no software engineering task. I'm a software engineering assistant. What can I help you with on the NerdExam codebase?

Submitted by yuki_2020· Mar 30, 2026Security and Compliance

Question

A developer creates a web application that runs on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The instances are in an Auto Scaling group. The developer reviews the deployment and notices some suspicious traffic to the application. The traffic is malicious and is coming from a single public IP address. A SysOps administrator must block the public IP address. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

  • ACreate a security group rule to deny all inbound traffic from the suspicious IP address. Associate
  • BImplement Amazon Detective to monitor traffic and to block malicious activity from the internet.
  • CImplement AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) to manage traffic rules and to block
  • DAdd the malicious IP address to an IP set in AWS WAF. Create a web ACL. Include an IP set rule

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    12% (5)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    79% (33)

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Topics

#AWS WAF#IP Blocking#Web Application Firewall#Application Security

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