Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing

Question 1

Cloudwatch is the main tool for anything related to an alarm _____ ___ due to a _____being triggered

Answer 1

Cloudwatch is the main tool for anything related to an alarm going off due to a metric being triggered

Question 2

The two metric intervals that Cloudwatch offers:
____ Metric: 5 mins: _____

____ Metric: 1 mins: ___ ____

Answer 2

The two metric intervals that Cloudwatch offers:

• *Standard** metric: 5 mins: Free
• *Detailed** metric: 1 min: Not Free

Question 3

If your metric comes in every 5 mins but your alarm is set to look for a data point every 1 min you’ll be ____ in an insufficient data loop and ____ get the alarm

Answer 3

If your metric comes in every 5 mins but your alarm is set to look for a data point every 1 min you’ll be stuck in an insufficient data loop and never get the alarm

Question 4

If you need a real-time solution which is better between CloudWatch Logs and Kinesis? And why?

Kinesis is ____ _____
CloudWatch Logs is _____ real-time

Answer 4

Kinesis is real-time
CloudWatch Logs is near real-time

Question 5

CloudWatch is used for performance monitoring, ______, ___ collection and automated actions.

Answer 5

CloudWatch is used for performance monitoring, alarms, log collection and automated actions.

Question 6

AWS CloudWatch collects performance metrics from AWS and _______ systems.

Answer 6

AWS CloudWatch collects performance metrics from AWS and On-premises systems

Question 7

CloudWatch can help improve _________ and _______ optimization

Answer 7

CloudWatch can help improve performance and resource optimization

Question 8

CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics which _____ actions.

Answer 8

CloudWatch Alarms monitor metrics which initiate actions

Question 9

CloudWatch Logs is a centralized collection of ______ and __________ logs

Answer 9

CloudWatch Logs is a centralized collection of system and application logs

Question 10

CloudWatch Events is a stream of ______ ______ describing changes to AWS resources and can _____ actions

Answer 10

CloudWatch Events is a stream of system events describing changes to AWS resources and can trigger actions

Question 11

The two types of CloudWatch alarms:

____ alarm

__________ alarm.

Answer 11

The two types of CloudWatch alarms:

Metric alarm

Composite alarm.

Question 12

The Unified CloudWatch Agent enables you to collect _____ system-level metrics from EC2 instances across _______ _______.

Answer 12

The Unified CloudWatch Agent enables you to collect internal system-level metrics from EC2 instances across operating systems

Question 13

In order for The Unified CloudWatch Agent to work, it must be _______ on the server.

Answer 13

In order for The Unified CloudWatch Agent to work, it must be installed on the server.

Question 14

ClourdTrail logs ___ activity for ________

Answer 14

ClourdTrail logs API activity for auditing.

Question 15

By default management events in ClourdTrail are logged and retained for ____ days.

Answer 15

By default management events in ClourdTrail are logged and retained for 90 days.

Question 16

___ AWS is the service logs CloudTrail Logs for indefinite retention

Answer 16

S3 AWS is the service logs CloudTrail Logs for indefinite retention

Question 17

CloudWatch Events can be triggered based on API calls in _________

Answer 17

CloudWatch Events can be triggered based on API calls in CloudTrail

Question 18

Management events provide information about _________ ________ that are performed on resources in your account

Answer 18

Management events provide information about management operations that are performed on resources in your account

Question 19

Data events provide information about the _________ ________ that are performed on or in a resource

Answer 19

Data events provide information about the resource operations that are performed on or in a resource

Question 20

Insight events ______ and _____ to unusual activity associated with write API calls

Answer 20

Insight events identify and respond to unusual activity associated with write API calls

Question 21

Insight events continuously analyze __________ management events in order to identify and respond to unusual activity

Answer 21

Insight events continuously analyze CloudTrail management events in order to identify and respond to unusual activity

Question 22

Cloudwatch Logs integrate with your __-_________ data and AWS services like EC2, RDS, _______, and __________

Answer 22

Cloudwatch Logs integrate with your on-premises data and AWS services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, and CloudTrail

Question 23

____ Alarm: performs one or more actions based on a single ______

Answer 23

Metric Alarm- performs one or more actions based on a single metric

Question 24

The three Metric alarm states include:

____ - Metric is within a threshold
______ - Metric is outside a threshold
___________DATA

Answer 24

OK - Metric is within a threshold
ALARM - Metric is outside a threshold
INSUFFICIEN_DATA

Question 25

__________ Alarm: uses a rule expression and takes into account _______ alarms

Answer 25

Composite Alarm- uses a rule expression and takes into account multiple alarms

Question 26

A Kinesis data stream is known as a set of ______. Each _____ has a sequence of data ______ within it.

Answer 26

A Kinesis data stream is known as a set of shards. Each shard has a sequence of data records within it.

Question 27

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

A ________ key is used to group data by shard within a stream.

Answer 27

Amazon Kinesis Data Streams

A partition key is used to group data by shard within a stream.

Question 28

Kinesis Data Streams uses the ________ ___ associated with each data record to determine which _____ the data record belongs to.

Answer 28

Kinesis Data Streams uses the partition key associated with each data record to determine which shard the data record belongs to.