AWS Certified Developer Associate Practice Exam

Using two separate queues to handle the payment processing and email delivery is indeed the most effective approach for prioritizing payment processing over email delivery in an AWS SQS setup. By creating a dedicated queue for payment processing, you can ensure that messages related to this critical function are handled promptly and efficiently.

When you set up a system with two separate queues, you can prioritize the processing of messages from the payment queue. This can involve polling the payment queue first, allowing your application to check for and process payment messages before checking the email queue. This approach enables you to manage the flow of messages based on their priority effectively, ensuring that time-sensitive payment processes are executed without unnecessary delays.

In contrast, using a single queue for both processes would lead to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) delivery of messages, which does not allow for prioritization. Likewise, limiting this setup to FIFO queues alone does not inherently prioritize messages, as it instead guarantees the order of message processing. Lastly, implementing a delay in the email queue is counterproductive for the purpose of prioritization; it would likely increase the time taken for email messages to be processed instead of ensuring that payment messages take precedence. Thus, having two separate queues with the payment queue being polled first provides a clear