SOA-C02 Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Practice Question
This SOA-C02 practice question tests your understanding of monitoring, logging, and remediation. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. 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.
A company uses AWS Organizations to manage multiple accounts. The security team needs a centralized view of all API calls made across all accounts. Which solution should the SysOps administrator implement?
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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Create a CloudTrail trail in the management account that logs events for all accounts in the organization.
Option B is correct because AWS CloudTrail supports an organization trail that, when created in the management account, automatically logs API calls for all member accounts in the AWS Organization. This provides a centralized, single point of access to all API activity across the organization without needing to configure individual trails per account.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Use AWS Config aggregator to view configuration changes across accounts.
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config shows configuration changes, not API calls.
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Create a CloudTrail trail in the management account that logs events for all accounts in the organization.
Why this is correct
Organization trails centralize logging across accounts.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Use CloudWatch cross-account dashboards to view metrics from all accounts.
Why it's wrong here
Dashboards display metrics, not API logs.
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Enable CloudTrail in each account and have each account send logs to its own S3 bucket.
Why it's wrong here
Not centralized; each account's logs are separate.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates may confuse AWS Config (which tracks configuration changes) with CloudTrail (which tracks API calls), or assume that individual account trails are sufficient for a centralized view, overlooking the simplicity and automatic coverage of an organization trail.
Trap categories for this question
Command / output trap
AWS Config shows configuration changes, not API calls.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
An organization trail in CloudTrail uses the AWS Organizations service to automatically apply the trail to all accounts in the organization, including future accounts. The trail delivers log files to a single S3 bucket in the management account, and CloudTrail uses a service-linked role (AWSServiceRoleForCloudTrail) to enable logging in member accounts without manual intervention. This ensures that even if a member account disables CloudTrail locally, the organization trail continues to log events.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
What to study next
Got this wrong? Here's your next step.
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation — This question tests Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create a CloudTrail trail in the management account that logs events for all accounts in the organization. — Option B is correct because AWS CloudTrail supports an organization trail that, when created in the management account, automatically logs API calls for all member accounts in the AWS Organization. This provides a centralized, single point of access to all API activity across the organization without needing to configure individual trails per account.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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