DBS-C01 Monitoring and Troubleshooting Practice Question
A developer needs to monitor the number of throttled read requests for a DynamoDB table. Which CloudWatch metric should be used?
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ReadThrottleEvents
(ReadThrottleEvents) is the correct CloudWatch metric for monitoring throttled read requests on a DynamoDB table. Option B (ThrottledWriteEvents) tracks write throttles, not reads. Option C (SuccessfulRequestLatency) measures latency, not throttling. Option D (ConsumedReadCapacityUnits) shows read capacity consumption, not throttled requests.
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ReadThrottleEvents
Why this is correct
This metric directly counts throttled read requests.
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ThrottledWriteEvents
Why it's wrong here
This metric is for write throttles, not read.
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SuccessfulRequestLatency
Why it's wrong here
This metric measures latency, not throttles.
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ConsumedReadCapacityUnits
Why it's wrong here
This metric shows successful reads, not throttled ones.
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