SAP-C02 Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Practice Question
A company runs a microservices architecture on Amazon ECS with Fargate. The operations team observes that some services are experiencing high latency during peak hours. The team wants to identify the root cause. Which THREE approaches should the team use? (Choose THREE.)
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Use AWS X-Ray to trace requests through the microservices
(AWS X-Ray) traces requests through microservices to pinpoint latency sources. Option D (Amazon CloudWatch ServiceLens) correlates metrics, logs, and traces for comprehensive analysis. Option E (Container Insights for Amazon ECS) provides resource metrics (e.g., CPU, memory, network) to identify bottlenecks. Option B (AWS CloudTrail) logs API calls, not application performance. Option C (VPC Flow Logs) analyzes network traffic, not application-level latency.
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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Use AWS X-Ray to trace requests through the microservices
Why this is correct
Identifies bottlenecks in the application flow.
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Enable AWS CloudTrail to log API calls
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs control plane operations, not application performance.
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Enable VPC Flow Logs to analyze network traffic
Why it's wrong here
Flow logs show IP traffic, not application latency.
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Use Amazon CloudWatch ServiceLens to correlate metrics, logs, and traces
Why this is correct
ServiceLens provides an integrated view for troubleshooting.
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Enable Container Insights for Amazon ECS
Why this is correct
Provides CPU, memory, and network metrics at the task and service level.
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