CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator needs to receive real-time notifications when CPU utilization exceeds 90% on a production server. Which AWS service should be used to trigger an alert based on a metric threshold?
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Why each option matters
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CloudWatch Alarms
CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics and trigger actions when a threshold is breached. SNS is a notification channel, not a metric monitor. CloudTrail logs API calls, and Config tracks configuration changes.
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CloudWatch Alarms
Why this is correct
CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics and trigger actions based on defined thresholds.
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Amazon SNS
Why it's wrong here
SNS is a notification delivery service, not a metric monitor.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations, not metrics.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail records API activity, not metrics.
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