AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 41
- A Amazon EC2
- B AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- C AWS CloudTrail
- D Amazon CloudWatch
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Amazon CloudWatch is a comprehensive monitoring and management service provided by AWS that allows users to collect, access, and analyze performance and operational data in the form of logs and metrics. It enables users to gain actionable insights into their applications and infrastructure, helping them to monitor system performance, optimize resource utilization, and troubleshoot issues effectively. CloudWatch provides features such as alarms, dashboards, and automated actions, which facilitate proactive management of AWS resources and applications, ensuring high availability and reliability.A. Amazon EC2 is a service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, primarily used for running applications on virtual servers. It is not specifically designed for monitoring and troubleshooting application logs and cloud resources.
B. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is used for managing access to AWS services and resources securely, not for monitoring and troubleshooting application logs and cloud resources.
C. AWS CloudTrail is primarily used for logging and monitoring account activity related to actions taken in the AWS Management Console, AWS SDKs, command line tools, and other AWS services. It provides a history of AWS API calls for your account, including details about who made the call, the services used, the actions performed, and the parameters for the actions. While it helps in auditing and compliance, it is not specifically designed for monitoring and troubleshooting application logs and cloud resources, which is the primary function of Amazon CloudWatch.
D. The correct answer is because it provides monitoring and management of cloud resources and applications, including collecting and tracking metrics, collecting and monitoring log files, and setting alarms.
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