AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Explanation:

AWS Regions are geographic areas where AWS has data centers. When deploying Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service), you need to select a specific AWS Region that is geographically closest to your company's current location to minimize latency and meet data residency requirements.

Let's analyze each option:

1. Amazon Connect - This is a cloud-based contact center service, not related to database deployment or geographic location selection.

2. AWS Direct Connect - This service provides dedicated network connections from on-premises to AWS, but it doesn't determine where your RDS instance is deployed geographically.

3. Amazon Macie - This is a security service that uses machine learning to discover and protect sensitive data, not related to geographic deployment.

4. AWS Regions - This is the correct answer because AWS Regions represent the geographic locations where AWS infrastructure is deployed. When creating an RDS instance, you must choose a specific AWS Region that is closest to your company's location to ensure low latency and compliance with data sovereignty requirements.

Key Points:

• AWS has multiple Regions worldwide (e.g., us-east-1, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-1)

• Each Region consists of multiple Availability Zones

• You select a Region when deploying AWS services like RDS

• Choosing the closest Region reduces network latency for database access