MLA-C01 Practice Question: ML Solution Monitoring, Maintenance, and Security
A data science team wants to automate the retraining of a model when data drift is detected. Which TWO AWS services should they use in combination to achieve this? (Choose TWO)
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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SageMaker Model Monitor
SageMaker Model Monitor detects data drift and can publish to CloudWatch Metrics. CloudWatch Alarms can trigger an SNS topic, which invokes a Lambda function that starts a SageMaker Pipeline for retraining.
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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AWS Cloud9
Why it's wrong here
IDE, not for automation.
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Amazon DynamoDB
Why it's wrong here
Not needed for this automation.
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SageMaker Model Monitor
Why this is correct
Detects drift and publishes metrics for alarms.
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AWS Lambda
Why this is correct
Can execute code to start retraining pipeline.
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Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Why it's wrong here
Not relevant to drift detection and retraining.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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