PAS-C01 Design of SAP Workloads on AWS Practice Question
An SAP system on AWS needs to send alerts when the CPU utilization of the application server exceeds 90% for more than 5 minutes. Which AWS service should be used to set up this monitoring?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates often confuse AWS CloudTrail (API logging) with CloudWatch (metrics and alarms), or think AWS Config can monitor performance metrics because it tracks configuration changes.
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 the correct service because it can monitor CPU utilization metrics for EC2 instances and trigger alarms based on thresholds. You can configure a CloudWatch alarm to evaluate the CPUUtilization metric over a 5-minute period and send notifications via Amazon SNS when the 90% threshold is breached.
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 evaluates resource configurations, not CPU utilization.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Inspector assesses security vulnerabilities, not performance.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API activity, not performance metrics.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch monitors metrics and can trigger alarms.
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