Module 7: Monitoring & Analytics Flashcards
Which tasks can you perform using AWS CloudTrail? (Select TWO.)
Monitor your AWS infrastructure and resources in real time
Track user activities and API requests throughout your AWS infrastructure
View metrics and graphs to monitor the performance of resources
Filter logs to assist with operational analysis and troubleshooting
Configure automatic actions and alerts in response to metrics
Track user activities and API requests throughout your AWS infrastructure
Filter logs to assist with operational analysis and troubleshooting
The other response options are tasks that you can perform in Amazon CloudWatch.
Which actions can you perform using Amazon CloudWatch? (Select TWO.)
Monitor your resources’ utilization and performance
Receive real-time guidance for improving your AWS environment
Compare your infrastructure to AWS best practices in five categories
Access metrics from a single dashboard
Automatically detect unusual account activity
Monitor your resources’ utilization and performance
Access metrics from a single dashboard
The other response options are incorrect because:
Receiving real-time recommendations for improving your AWS environment can be performed by AWS Trusted Advisor.
Comparing your infrastructure to AWS best practices in five categories can be performed by AWS Trusted Advisor.
Automatically detecting unusual account activity can be performed by AWS CloudTrail.
Which service enables you to review the security of your Amazon S3 buckets by checking for open access permissions?
Amazon CloudWatch
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon GuardDuty
AWS Trusted Advisor.
AWS Trusted Advisor is a web service that inspects your AWS environment and provides real-time recommendations in accordance with AWS best practices. The inspection includes security checks, such as Amazon S3 buckets with open access permissions.
The other response options are incorrect because:
Amazon CloudWatch is a web service that enables you to monitor and manage various metrics for the resources that run your applications.
AWS CloudTrail is a web service that enables you to review details for user activities and API calls that have occurred within your AWS environment.
Amazon GuardDuty is a service that provides intelligent threat detection for your AWS environment and resources. It identifies threats by continuously monitoring the network activity and account behavior within your AWS environment.
Which categories are included in the AWS Trusted Advisor dashboard? (Select TWO.)
Reliability
Performance
Scalability
Elasticity
Fault tolerance
Performance
Fault tolerance
AWS Trusted Advisor continuously inspects your AWS environment and provides best practice recommendations across five categories: cost optimization, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.
