Correct Answer: Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
EventBridge is the standard way to respond to state changes in AWS resources and route them to targets like Lambda or SNS....
Correct Answer
Amazon EventBridge (formerly CloudWatch Events)
Why This Answer Is Correct
EventBridge is the standard way to respond to state changes in AWS resources and route them to targets like Lambda or SNS.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Amazon CloudWatch — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03). Understanding Amazon CloudWatch 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.
You need to monitor CPU utilization of your Amazon EC2 instances and set up alarms for automated actions. Which service should you use?
Your application running on Amazon EC2 needs a central location for log aggregation and real-time analysis. Which Amazon CloudWatch capability should you use?
An architect needs to be alerted if the average CPU utilization of an Auto Scaling group exceeds 70% for more than 5 minutes. Which CloudWatch component should be used?
What is the difference between 'Standard' and 'High-Resolution' metrics in Amazon CloudWatch?
A company wants to collect system-level metrics (such as RAM usage and disk space) from their EC2 instances that are not available by default in CloudWatch. How can this be achieved?