This AIF-C01 practice question tests your understanding of security, compliance and governance for ai solutions. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A company wants to track API calls made to Amazon SageMaker for audit purposes. Which AWS service should they enable?
AWS CloudTrail
CloudTrail records all API calls for auditing and compliance.
Amazon Macie
Why wrong: Macie discovers and protects sensitive data, not audit API calls.
AWS Config
Why wrong: Config evaluates resource configurations, not API activity.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why wrong: CloudWatch Logs stores logs from applications, not API calls to AWS services.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
AWS CloudTrail
AWS CloudTrail is the correct service because it records API activity across AWS services, including Amazon SageMaker. By enabling CloudTrail, the company can capture all SageMaker API calls (e.g., CreateModel, InvokeEndpoint) for audit, compliance, and security analysis. CloudTrail logs provide details such as the identity of the caller, the time of the call, and the request parameters, which are essential for auditing.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
AWS CloudTrail
Why this is correct
CloudTrail records all API calls for auditing and compliance.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Amazon Macie
Why it's wrong here
Macie discovers and protects sensitive data, not audit API calls.
AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations, not API activity.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch Logs stores logs from applications, not API calls to AWS services.
Common exam traps
The trap here is that candidates often confuse AWS CloudTrail (for API auditing) with Amazon CloudWatch Logs (for log monitoring), mistakenly thinking CloudWatch Logs is the primary service for tracking API calls, but CloudTrail is the dedicated service for recording API activity across AWS.
Detailed technical explanation
Under the hood, CloudTrail delivers log files to an S3 bucket in JSON format, with each event containing fields like eventSource (e.g., sagemaker.amazonaws.com), eventName, and userIdentity. A subtle behavior is that CloudTrail can be configured to log data events (e.g., SageMaker model invocations) separately from management events, which is critical for high-volume audit trails. In a real-world scenario, enabling CloudTrail for SageMaker helps meet compliance requirements like SOC 2 or HIPAA by providing an immutable record of who created, modified, or deleted models and endpoints.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
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Security, Compliance and Governance for AI Solutions — This question tests Security, Compliance and Governance for AI Solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: AWS CloudTrail — AWS CloudTrail is the correct service because it records API activity across AWS services, including Amazon SageMaker. By enabling CloudTrail, the company can capture all SageMaker API calls (e.g., CreateModel, InvokeEndpoint) for audit, compliance, and security analysis. CloudTrail logs provide details such as the identity of the caller, the time of the call, and the request parameters, which are essential for auditing.
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Last reviewed: Jun 25, 2026
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