CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator needs to monitor CPU utilization for a fleet of EC2 instances and receive notifications when utilization exceeds 80%. Which AWS service should be used to create a metric alarm that triggers an SNS notification?
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.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch is the AWS service for monitoring metrics and creating alarms. CloudWatch Alarms can be configured to trigger SNS notifications when a metric crosses a threshold.
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
AWS Config is for resource compliance and configuration tracking.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides best practice checks but not real-time metric monitoring.
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Amazon CloudWatch
Why this is correct
CloudWatch provides metrics and alarm functionality, including SNS notifications.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail is for auditing API calls, not metric monitoring.
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