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AWS Monitoring & Operations Flashcards

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  1. Which AWS X-Ray concept represents a single unit of work performed by a service and is the building block of a trace?

    Answer: Segment

    A segment records data about the work done by a single service and contains metadata, timing, and error information for that unit of work.

  2. A company needs to monitor AWS resource changes across all accounts in an AWS Organization from a single location. Which setup achieves this?

    Answer: Use AWS Config with organization-wide aggregators and a delegated admin account

    AWS Config aggregators can collect configuration and compliance data from all accounts in an AWS Organization into a single delegated administrator account.

  3. Which CloudWatch metric resolution type allows storing data at 1-second granularity?

    Answer: High resolution

    High-resolution metrics allow data to be stored and retrieved at 1-second granularity, compared to the standard 1-minute granularity.

  4. What is the primary purpose of an AWS Systems Manager Maintenance Window?

    Answer: Scheduling patching, updates, and other operational tasks at defined times

    Maintenance Windows let you define a schedule for running administrative tasks like patching, updates, and script execution on managed instances.

  5. Which CloudWatch Logs Insights query command would you use to sort results by a timestamp field in descending order?

    Answer: sort @timestamp desc

    The `sort` command in CloudWatch Logs Insights is used to order query results by a field in ascending or descending order.

  6. An operations team wants to receive a single alarm notification only after two separate CloudWatch alarms both enter the ALARM state. Which feature enables this?

    Answer: Composite Alarms

    Composite Alarms evaluate the states of multiple CloudWatch alarms using Boolean logic (AND/OR/NOT) and alarm only when the combined condition is met.

  7. Which AWS service provides a unified operational data hub by collecting metrics, logs, and traces and correlating them for full observability?

    Answer: Amazon CloudWatch

    Amazon CloudWatch serves as the central observability platform, aggregating metrics, logs, and (via integration with X-Ray) traces in a single pane of glass.