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What type of traffic does an Application Load Balancer (ALB) primarily handle in AWS?

easy📝 Conceptual Q1 of 15
AWS - Elastic Load Balancing
What type of traffic does an Application Load Balancer (ALB) primarily handle in AWS?
AHTTP and HTTPS traffic
BTCP traffic only
CUDP traffic only
DICMP traffic
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:

  1. Step 1: Understand ALB traffic types

    ALB is designed to handle web traffic protocols, mainly HTTP and HTTPS.

  2. Step 2: Differentiate from other load balancers

    Network Load Balancer handles TCP/UDP, but ALB focuses on HTTP/HTTPS.

  3. Final Answer:

    HTTP and HTTPS traffic -> Option A

  4. Quick Check:

    ALB traffic type = HTTP/HTTPS [OK]
Quick Trick: ALB is for web traffic (HTTP/HTTPS) only [OK]
Common Mistakes:
MISTAKES
  • Confusing ALB with Network Load Balancer
  • Assuming ALB handles TCP/UDP directly

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