PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company is running SAP on AWS and wants to ensure that the system meets the SLA for availability. The operations team needs to monitor the health of the SAP application stack (ASCS, PAS, DB). Which AWS service can provide a centralized dashboard to visualize the health and performance metrics?
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 Dashboards
Amazon CloudWatch Dashboards can aggregate metrics from multiple sources, including custom SAP metrics, into a single centralized view, making it ideal for monitoring SAP application stack health and performance. Option A is correct. Option B (AWS CloudTrail) records API calls for auditing, not real-time health monitoring. Option C (AWS Config) evaluates resource configurations for compliance, not performance. Option D (Amazon S3) is object storage, not a monitoring dashboard.
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 CloudWatch Dashboards
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Dashboards can display metrics from various AWS services.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks configuration changes, not health.
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Amazon S3
Why it's wrong here
S3 is for object storage.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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