ANS-C01 Network Management and Operations Practice Question
A network engineer needs to monitor network traffic to an Amazon RDS instance for security analysis. Which AWS service should be used to capture and analyze network traffic?
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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VPC Traffic Mirroring
VPC Traffic Mirroring allows capturing and inspecting network traffic from an RDS instance (full packet capture). Option A is wrong because Amazon Inspector is for vulnerability assessment, not network traffic capture. Option B is wrong because VPC Flow Logs provide metadata (IP, port, etc.) about traffic, not full packet capture. Option D is wrong because AWS CloudTrail records API activity, not network traffic.
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 Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Inspector performs vulnerability assessments, not traffic capture.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
Flow Logs provide metadata, not full packet capture.
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VPC Traffic Mirroring
Why this is correct
Traffic Mirroring captures and inspects network traffic for analysis.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API calls, not network traffic.
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