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MLA-C01 Practice Question: A company uses SageMaker Model Monitor to detect…
A company uses SageMaker Model Monitor to detect drift. They want to receive notifications when drift is detected. Which TWO services can be used together to send notifications? (Choose TWO.)
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates often overcomplicate the solution by choosing Lambda or EventBridge, not realizing that CloudWatch Alarms can directly trigger SNS topics for drift metrics emitted by SageMaker Model Monitor, making those extra services unnecessary.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon SNS topics to send email or SMS.
Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) is the correct service to send notifications via email or SMS when drift is detected. Amazon CloudWatch Alarms can be set on the drift metrics emitted by SageMaker Model Monitor (e.g., `feature_baseline_drift` or `data_quality_drift`), and when the alarm state changes to ALARM, it can trigger an SNS topic to deliver the notification. This combination provides a fully managed, serverless notification pipeline without custom code.
Answer analysis
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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Amazon SNS topics to send email or SMS.
Why this is correct
SNS is used for sending notifications.
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Amazon EventBridge to trigger a notification.
Why it's wrong here
EventBridge can trigger a target, but notification directly is typically through SNS.
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AWS Lambda to process the drift and send an email via SES.
Why it's wrong here
Lambda can be used, but the question asks for a service pair that 'can be used together'; CloudWatch+SNS is more direct.
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Amazon SQS to queue the notification.
Why it's wrong here
SQS is a queue, not a notification delivery service.
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Amazon CloudWatch Alarms set on the drift metric.
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Alarm can monitor the drift metric and invoke an action.
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