This PAS-C01 practice question tests your understanding of operations and maintenance. Read the scenario carefully and evaluate each option against the stated constraints before committing to an answer. 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.
An SAP system is running on EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The SAP application logs indicate intermittent timeouts. The operations team has enabled detailed CloudWatch metrics for the ALB. Which metric should they analyze to determine if the ALB is the cause of the timeouts?
HTTPCode_ELB_5XX
Why wrong: Shows ALB-generated errors, not per-target imbalances.
HealthyHostCount
Why wrong: Shows number of healthy targets, not request distribution.
TargetResponseTime
Why wrong: Indicates latency but not necessarily connection timeouts.
RequestCount per target
Reveals if some targets receive more requests, leading to timeouts.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
RequestCount per target
Option D is correct because `RequestCount` per target helps identify if traffic is unbalanced. Option A (`HealthyHostCount`) shows health status but not request distribution. Option B (`TargetResponseTime`) indicates latency but not directly timeouts. Option C (`HTTPCode_ELB_5XX`) shows ALB errors but not per-target imbalance.
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.
HTTPCode_ELB_5XX
Why it's wrong here
Shows ALB-generated errors, not per-target imbalances.
HealthyHostCount
Why it's wrong here
Shows number of healthy targets, not request distribution.
TargetResponseTime
Why it's wrong here
Indicates latency but not necessarily connection timeouts.
RequestCount per target
Why this is correct
Reveals if some targets receive more requests, leading to timeouts.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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
Shows ALB-generated errors, not per-target imbalances.
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 cloud solutions architect for a retail company is evaluating services for a new workload. The correct answer here reflects best practice for the specific scenario described — not a general cloud recommendation. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Cloud exam questions reward reading the constraint carefully: the same technology can be right or wrong depending on the use case.
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Operations and Maintenance — This question tests Operations and Maintenance — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: RequestCount per target — Option D is correct because `RequestCount` per target helps identify if traffic is unbalanced. Option A (`HealthyHostCount`) shows health status but not request distribution. Option B (`TargetResponseTime`) indicates latency but not directly timeouts. Option C (`HTTPCode_ELB_5XX`) shows ALB errors but not per-target imbalance.
Identify which PAS-C01 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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Last reviewed: Jun 20, 2026
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