Scenario: To minimize the risk of a 'Partial Outage' going unnoticed, you want to set up an alarm that triggers only if the 'Error Rate' exceeds 1% AND the 'Request Volume' is at least 100 requests per minute (to avoid false positives with low traffic). Solution ?

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Correct Answer: CloudWatch Composite Alarm

Composite alarms allow you to create alarms whose state is based on the states of multiple other alarms, combined with logical expressions....

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Scenario: To minimize the risk of a 'Partial Outage' going unnoticed, you want to set up an alarm that triggers only if the 'Error Rate' exceeds 1% AND the 'Request Volume' is at least 100 requests per minute (to avoid false positives with low traffic). Solution ?

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CloudWatch Composite Alarm

Why This Answer Is Correct

Composite alarms allow you to create alarms whose state is based on the states of multiple other alarms, combined with logical expressions.

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This question evaluates your knowledge of Scenario Based — a core concept tested in AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (DOP-C02). Understanding Scenario Based is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.