ANS-C01 Network Management and Operations Practice Question
A company wants to monitor network traffic between its VPC and on-premises data center over a Direct Connect private VIF. The network team needs to capture the source and destination IP addresses, protocols, and packet counts. Which THREE AWS services or features should they use together? (Choose three.)
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Why each option matters
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
VPC Flow Logs (option B) capture IP traffic metadata including source and destination IP addresses, protocols, and packet counts. Amazon CloudWatch Logs (option A) can store and analyze these flow logs. Amazon CloudWatch Contributor Insights (option E) can analyze flow log data to identify top talkers and other patterns. AWS CloudTrail (option C) records API calls, not network traffic. AWS Config (option D) tracks resource configuration changes, not network flows.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
Can store and query flow logs.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Captures IP traffic information.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not network traffic.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Tracks configuration changes.
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Amazon CloudWatch Contributor Insights
Why this is correct
Can analyze flow log data for top contributors.
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