PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
An SAP system on AWS is experiencing high CPU utilization on the database server. The operations team suspects a specific query is causing the issue. Which combination of AWS services should be used to identify the query?
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 RDS Performance Insights and CloudWatch Logs
Amazon RDS Performance Insights and CloudWatch Logs. Amazon RDS Performance Insights provides database performance analysis and identifies the top queries by load, allowing you to pinpoint the specific query causing high CPU utilization. CloudWatch Logs can be used to correlate query patterns with system metrics. Option A is incorrect because CloudWatch Metrics shows CPU utilization but does not identify specific queries; AWS X-Ray is for tracing application requests, not database queries. Option C is incorrect because CloudTrail logs API calls to AWS services, not database queries. Option D is incorrect because VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic metadata, not database query details.
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 Metrics and AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
X-Ray is for application tracing, not database queries.
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Amazon RDS Performance Insights and CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
Performance Insights identifies top queries consuming CPU.
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AWS CloudTrail and Amazon Athena
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls, not queries.
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VPC Flow Logs and Amazon GuardDuty
Why it's wrong here
Flow logs are for network traffic, not database queries.
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