ANS-C01 Network Management and Operations Practice Question
A company wants to implement a network monitoring solution that provides real-time traffic analysis and anomaly detection. Which THREE AWS services should be used together?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon GuardDuty
The correct answers are B (Amazon GuardDuty), C (VPC Flow Logs), and E (Amazon CloudWatch). VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic information, which can be sent to CloudWatch for metrics and alarms, and GuardDuty provides anomaly detection using threat intelligence. Option A (AWS Config) is incorrect because it is used for resource configuration tracking, not network traffic analysis. Option D (AWS CloudTrail) is incorrect because it logs API calls, not network traffic.
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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 tracks resource configuration.
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Amazon GuardDuty
Why this is correct
GuardDuty provides anomaly detection using VPC Flow Logs data.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not network traffic.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch provides metrics and alarms for real-time monitoring.
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