All the main AWS services (except Route 53 & CloudFront) allow you to select which region you would like to use. The US East (N. Virginia) is the default region. You can change the region by using the dropdown menu in the top right of the management console.
If you signed up for an AWS account on or after October 10, 2012, the default region when you access a resource from the AWS Management Console is US West (Oregon) (us-west-2); for older accounts, the default region is US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1). For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.
reference:http://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-region.html
If you signed up for an AWS account on or after May 17, 2017, the default region when you access a resource from the AWS Management Console is US East (Ohio) (us-east-2); for older accounts, the default region is either US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) or US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1). For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.
the answer will be subject to the year of your login
For the purposes of the test its B.
All the main AWS services (except Route 53 & CloudFront) allow you to select which region you would like to use. The US East (N. Virginia) is the default region. You can change the region by using the dropdown menu in the top right of the management console.
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us-east-1
If you signed up for an AWS account on or after October 10, 2012, the default region when you access a resource from the AWS Management Console is US West (Oregon) (us-west-2); for older accounts, the default region is US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1). For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.
reference:http://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-region.html
us-east-1, Virginia is the default regions for older account and newer account US West(Oregon.
If you signed up for an AWS account on or after May 17, 2017, the default region when you access a resource from the AWS Management Console is US East (Ohio) (us-east-2); for older accounts, the default region is either US West (Oregon) (us-west-2) or US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1). For more information, see Regions and Endpoints.
the answer will be subject to the year of your login
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-region.html
true! i just created an account and got ohio