Module 7

Question 1

What is Amazon CloudWatch?

Answer 1

Amazon CloudWatch is a web service that enables you to monitor and manage various metrics and configure alarm actions based on data from those metrics.

Question 2

Describe how CloudWatch uses metrics.

Answer 2

CloudWatch uses metrics to represent the data points for your resources. These metrics are used to create graphs automatically that show how performance has changed over time.

Question 3

Describe how CloudWatch uses alarms.

Answer 3

Alarms automatically perform actions if the value of your metric has gone above or below a predefined threshold.

Question 4

What is the purpose of the CloudWatch dashboard?

Answer 4

The dashboard feature enables you to access all the metrics for your resources from a single location.

Question 5

What AWS program records API calls and other AWS user activity?

Answer 5

AWS Cloud Trail.
The recorded information includes the identity of the API caller, the time of the API call, the source IP address of the API caller, and more.

Question 6

What is CloudTrail Insights?

Answer 6

This is an optional feature in AWS CloudTrail to automatically detect unusual API activities in your AWS account.

Question 7

What is AWS Trusted Advisor?

Answer 7

This is a web service that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices.

Question 8

Trusted Advisor compares its findings to AWS best practices in what five categories?

Answer 8

Cost optimization
performance
security
fault tolerance
service limits