DEA-C01 Data Security and Governance Practice Question
A data engineer is troubleshooting an Amazon Redshift cluster that is not responding to queries. The engineer suspects that the cluster may have been accidentally deleted. Which AWS service should be used to investigate the deletion?
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Why each option matters
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AWS CloudTrail
AWS CloudTrail records API calls made to the AWS environment. To investigate if an Amazon Redshift cluster was accidentally deleted, you would use CloudTrail to review the DeleteCluster API call, including who made the call and when. AWS Config tracks resource configuration changes and can show that a cluster was deleted, but it does not directly record API calls; CloudTrail is the primary service for auditing API activity. Amazon CloudWatch Logs stores log data from applications and services, not API calls. AWS Trusted Advisor provides best practice recommendations, not deletion history.
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Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config shows resource changes but not who deleted it.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why this is correct
CloudTrail logs API calls like DeleteCluster.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why it's wrong here
CloudWatch Logs doesn't record API calls by default.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor does not audit API calls.
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