CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company uses AWS and wants to receive alerts when CPU utilization of an EC2 instance exceeds 90% for 10 minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?
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Amazon CloudWatch Alarms
CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics and trigger actions based on thresholds and duration.
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Amazon CloudWatch Alarms
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CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics and send notifications.
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AWS CloudTrail
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail logs API calls.
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AWS Config
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource compliance.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor gives recommendations.
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