PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP system administrator needs to monitor the CPU and memory utilization of SAP EC2 instances. Which TWO AWS services can be used to collect and visualize these 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
The correct answers are B (Amazon CloudWatch) and D (Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus). Amazon CloudWatch can collect CPU and memory metrics from EC2 instances using the CloudWatch agent, and Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus can scrape and store metrics from those instances. Option A is incorrect because AWS Trusted Advisor provides best-practice checks, not granular metrics. Option C is incorrect because AWS CloudTrail records API activity. Option E is incorrect because AWS Config tracks configuration changes.
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 Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides recommendations, not real-time metrics.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch can collect CPU and memory metrics via the CloudWatch Agent.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API calls, not system metrics.
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Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
Why this is correct
Can scrape and store metrics from EC2 instances.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config monitors resource configurations, not performance metrics.
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