PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP administrator is troubleshooting a performance issue on an SAP application server. The administrator wants to collect detailed metrics about the EC2 instance's memory usage. Which TWO AWS services can be used to collect memory metrics? (Choose TWO.)
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 Agent
Amazon CloudWatch Agent (option C) can be installed on EC2 instances to collect memory metrics and send them to CloudWatch. AWS Systems Manager Run Command (option D) can be used to run scripts on the instance to collect memory data and push custom metrics to CloudWatch. AWS CloudTrail (option A) logs API calls, not memory usage. AWS X-Ray (option B) is for tracing requests, not memory. AWS Config (option E) records configuration changes, not performance metrics.
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 CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not memory usage.
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AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
X-Ray traces requests, not memory.
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Amazon CloudWatch Agent
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Agent collects memory metrics from EC2 instances.
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AWS Systems Manager (Run Command)
Why this is correct
Systems Manager can execute scripts to gather memory data and push to CloudWatch.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations, not performance.
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