PAS-C01 Technology Practice Question
An SAP system on AWS is experiencing performance issues. The operations team wants to set up monitoring to identify bottlenecks. Which AWS service should they use to collect and analyze SAP performance metrics?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates may wrongly assume CloudTrail can monitor performance because it records API calls, but performance monitoring requires metric collection tools like CloudWatch.
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
Amazon CloudWatch is correct because CloudWatch can collect custom metrics from SAP and EC2 instances, enabling performance monitoring. The other options are incorrect: AWS Config tracks resource compliance, AWS X-Ray traces microservices, AWS CloudTrail logs API calls for auditing, and AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations but not granular 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 Config
Why it's wrong here
Config tracks configuration changes, not performance metrics.
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AWS X-Ray
Why it's wrong here
X-Ray is designed for distributed application tracing, not for monitoring SAP systems.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch can collect and store SAP performance metrics such as CPU, memory, and custom application metrics.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
AWS CloudTrail logs API calls for auditing and security analysis, not for performance monitoring. It does not collect or analyze SAP performance metrics.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides best practice checks, not real-time performance monitoring.
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