SOA-C02 Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Practice Question
A company wants to monitor AWS API calls for suspicious activity. Which TWO AWS services can be used together to achieve this?
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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 Logs
Options B and E are correct. AWS CloudTrail logs all API calls made to the AWS environment, providing an audit trail. Amazon CloudWatch Logs can ingest CloudTrail logs and use metric filters to detect patterns indicative of suspicious activity. Option A (VPC Flow Logs) captures IP traffic information, not API calls. Option C (Amazon Inspector) is a vulnerability assessment service. Option D (AWS Config) records resource configuration changes, not API calls.
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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VPC Flow Logs
Why it's wrong here
VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic, not API calls.
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Amazon CloudWatch Logs
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Logs can analyze CloudTrail logs for suspicious patterns.
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Amazon Inspector
Why it's wrong here
Amazon Inspector assesses vulnerabilities, not API calls.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
AWS Config records resource configuration changes, not API calls.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why this is correct
CloudTrail logs API activity.
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