AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Disaster Recovery

Question 1

Which AWS service provides real-time monitoring of AWS resources and applications through metrics, alarms, and dashboards?

Accepted Answer

Amazon CloudWatch

Answer

Amazon CloudWatch collects and visualizes metrics, sets alarms, and provides operational insights for AWS resources and applications.

Question 2

What does AWS CloudTrail record?

Accepted Answer

API calls and management events made in your AWS account

Answer

AWS CloudTrail logs all API calls and management events, providing an audit trail of actions taken in your AWS account.

Question 3

A company needs an RTO of less than 1 hour and an RPO of less than 15 minutes for their disaster recovery plan. Which DR strategy best meets these requirements at the lowest cost?

Accepted Answer

Warm Standby

Answer

Warm Standby keeps a scaled-down version of the system running, allowing fast failover that meets low RTO/RPO goals more cost-effectively than Multi-Site.

Question 4

Which disaster recovery strategy has the highest RTO and RPO but the lowest cost?

Accepted Answer

Backup and Restore

Answer

Backup and Restore stores data backups that must be fully restored during a disaster, resulting in the highest RTO/RPO but the lowest cost.

Question 5

Which CloudWatch feature allows you to detect anomalous behavior in metrics using machine learning?

Accepted Answer

CloudWatch Anomaly Detection

Answer

CloudWatch Anomaly Detection uses ML models to establish a baseline and alerts when metrics deviate significantly from expected patterns.

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AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Disaster Recovery