- A
An Amazon SNS topic with a subscription to send a manual approval email.
Why wrong: Manual approval is not automated retraining.
- B
A CloudWatch alarm that triggers when a quality metric falls below a threshold.
The alarm detects degradation and triggers the retraining.
- C
A SageMaker Model Monitor schedule to capture inference data and compute quality metrics.
Model Monitor provides the metrics to detect degradation.
- D
An AWS Lambda function that starts a SageMaker training job or pipeline execution.
Lambda can orchestrate the retraining process.
- E
A production variant with a canary traffic shift configuration.
Why wrong: Canary is for gradual deployment, not required for retraining.
Question 943 of 1,000
MLA-C01 Practice Question: ML Solution Monitoring, Maintenance and Security
This MLA-C01 practice question tests your understanding of ml solution monitoring, maintenance and security. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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.
Which THREE components are required to set up automated model retraining in response to performance degradation using Amazon SageMaker? (Select THREE.)
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
✓
A CloudWatch alarm that triggers when a quality metric falls below a threshold.
Option B is correct because a CloudWatch alarm can monitor a SageMaker Model Monitor quality metric (e.g., accuracy, precision) and trigger an alarm when the metric falls below a defined threshold. This alarm acts as the event source to initiate automated retraining, forming the monitoring and alerting backbone of the retraining pipeline.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
An Amazon SNS topic with a subscription to send a manual approval email.
Why it's wrong here
Manual approval is not automated retraining.
- ✓
A CloudWatch alarm that triggers when a quality metric falls below a threshold.
Why this is correct
The alarm detects degradation and triggers the retraining.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✓
A SageMaker Model Monitor schedule to capture inference data and compute quality metrics.
Why this is correct
Model Monitor provides the metrics to detect degradation.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✓
An AWS Lambda function that starts a SageMaker training job or pipeline execution.
Why this is correct
Lambda can orchestrate the retraining process.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
A production variant with a canary traffic shift configuration.
Why it's wrong here
Canary is for gradual deployment, not required for retraining.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse the monitoring and alerting components (CloudWatch alarm and Model Monitor) with deployment or notification mechanisms, mistakenly selecting manual approval (SNS) or traffic shifting (canary) as part of the automated retraining workflow.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, SageMaker Model Monitor uses a built-in or custom baseline to compute statistics on inference data, then publishes metrics to CloudWatch. When the CloudWatch alarm state changes to ALARM, it can invoke an AWS Lambda function via SNS or directly via CloudWatch Events, which then starts a SageMaker training job or pipeline. A real-world scenario might involve a model that drifts due to seasonal data changes, where the alarm triggers retraining on new data without any human delay.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
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ML Solution Monitoring, Maintenance and Security — This question tests ML Solution Monitoring, Maintenance and Security — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
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The correct answer is: A CloudWatch alarm that triggers when a quality metric falls below a threshold. — Option B is correct because a CloudWatch alarm can monitor a SageMaker Model Monitor quality metric (e.g., accuracy, precision) and trigger an alarm when the metric falls below a defined threshold. This alarm acts as the event source to initiate automated retraining, forming the monitoring and alerting backbone of the retraining pipeline.
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