SAP-C02 Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Practice Question
A company is running a production web application on Amazon EKS. The application experiences intermittent latency spikes. The operations team suspects that the issue is related to pod networking. Which THREE tools should they use to diagnose the issue? (Choose 3)
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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 Flow Logs
The correct tools for diagnosing intermittent latency spikes in an Amazon EKS pod networking issue are VPC Flow Logs (B), Amazon CloudWatch Logs (C), and Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights (D). VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata, helping identify packet loss or delays. CloudWatch Logs aggregate container logs for debugging application behavior. Container Insights provides metrics like network usage and pod performance. Option A (tcpdump) is a Linux command-line tool that can capture packets but is not an AWS managed service and may require elevated access; it is not optimal for production troubleshooting on EKS. Option E (AWS CodePipeline) is a CI/CD service unrelated to network diagnostics.
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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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tcpdump on worker nodes
Why it's wrong here
tcpdump is a Linux command, not an AWS service.
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VPC Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Captures network traffic metadata.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
Collects and stores logs from containers.
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Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights
Why this is correct
Provides metrics and logs for containerized applications.
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AWS CodePipeline
Why it's wrong here
Used for continuous delivery, not troubleshooting.
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