DEA-C01 Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation

Operations reports a need to ingest real-time streaming data. What is the MOST operationally efficient solution? ingest real-time streaming data.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams or Firehose
  2. b. AWS DMS
  3. c. AWS Step Functions or Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA)
  4. d. AWS Glue DataBrew

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Kinesis handles high-throughput streams.

Correct answer(s): a. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams or Firehose

Exam domain: Domain 1: Data Ingestion and Transformation (34% weight on the official guide).

Official documentation & study links

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