AWS AWS Monitoring & Operations 5

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Segment

Answer

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

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

High resolution

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

sort @timestamp desc

Answer

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

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AWS AWS Monitoring & Operations 5