AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 – Question26

A company uses Amazon Route 53 to manage the public DNS records for the domain example.com. The company deploys an Amazon CloudFront distribution to deliver static assets for a new corporate website.
The company wants to create a subdomain that is named "static" and must route traffic for the subdomain to the CloudFront distribution.
How should a SysOps administrator create a new record for the subdomain in Route 53?

A.
Create a CNAME record. Enter static.cloudfront.net as the record name. Enter the CloudFront distribution's public IP address as the value.
B. Create a CNAME record. Enter static.example.com as the record name. Enter the CloudFront distribution's private IP address as the value.
C. Create an A record. Enter static.cloudfront.net as the record name. Enter the CloudFront distribution's ID as an alias target.
D. Create an A record. Enter static.example.com as the record name. Enter the CloudFront distribution's domain name as an alias target.

Correct Answer: D