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The answer is VPC Flow Logs, Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights, and Amazon CloudWatch Logs. These three tools are correct because they provide a comprehensive, AWS-native approach to diagnosing EKS pod networking latency without requiring external agents or manual node access. VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata at the elastic network interface level, allowing you to analyze packet drops, rejected connections, or asymmetric routing that could cause intermittent latency. Container Insights delivers granular metrics like pod CPU, memory, and network utilization, directly correlating resource contention with latency spikes. CloudWatch Logs centralizes container stdout/stderr and application logs, enabling you to trace error patterns or timeouts alongside network data. On the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional SAP-C02 exam, this question tests your ability to select managed observability services over OS-level commands or CI/CD tools—a common trap is choosing kubectl exec or sysdig (a Linux command tool) instead of CloudWatch Logs, or confusing CodePipeline with diagnostic utilities. Remember the memory tip: “Flow, Metrics, Logs” covers the three pillars of network troubleshooting for EKS.
This SAP-C02 practice question tests your understanding of continuous improvement for existing solutions. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
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)
tcpdump on worker nodes
Why wrong: tcpdump is a Linux command, not an AWS service.
VPC Flow Logs
Captures network traffic metadata.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Collects and stores logs from containers.
Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights
Provides metrics and logs for containerized applications.
AWS CodePipeline
Why wrong: Used for continuous delivery, not troubleshooting.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
VPC Flow Logs
Options A, C, and D are correct. VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic, Container Insights provides metrics, and CloudWatch Logs capture container logs. B is for Linux commands, not AWS services. E is for CI/CD, not troubleshooting.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
tcpdump on worker nodes
Why it's wrong here
tcpdump is a Linux command, not an AWS service.
VPC Flow Logs
Why this is correct
Captures network traffic metadata.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
Collects and stores logs from containers.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights
Why this is correct
Provides metrics and logs for containerized applications.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
AWS CodePipeline
Why it's wrong here
Used for continuous delivery, not troubleshooting.
Common exam traps
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Trap categories for this question
Command / output trap
tcpdump is a Linux command, not an AWS service.
Detailed technical explanation
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A healthcare organisation deploys an application with a public-facing web tier and a private database tier. The database subnet has no public IP and only accepts connections from the web tier's security group. Questions like this test whether you can design cloud network isolation using VNets/VPCs, subnets, and security group rules.
What to study next
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Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions — This question tests Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: VPC Flow Logs — Options A, C, and D are correct. VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic, Container Insights provides metrics, and CloudWatch Logs capture container logs. B is for Linux commands, not AWS services. E is for CI/CD, not troubleshooting.
Identify which SAP-C02 exam domain this question belongs to, then review the specific concept being tested. Practise related questions in that domain and focus on understanding why each wrong answer is tempting — not just why the correct answer is right.
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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