PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company is running SAP on AWS and needs to monitor the health of their SAP application servers. Which TWO AWS services can be used together to achieve this?
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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Amazon CloudWatch
Options B (Amazon CloudWatch) and C (Amazon Route 53) are correct. CloudWatch can collect and monitor metrics from SAP application servers, and Route 53 health checks can monitor the endpoints of those servers. Option A (AWS X-Ray) is for request tracing, D (AWS CloudTrail) is for API activity logging, and E (Amazon Inspector) is for security vulnerability assessment.
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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AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
X-Ray traces requests, not overall health.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch can collect health check metrics and set alarms.
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Amazon Route 53
Why this is correct
Route 53 health checks can monitor endpoint availability.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not application health.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Inspector is for vulnerability assessment.
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