Design Resilient Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a mission-critical API, an architect is reviewing CloudWatch alarms requirement set 13. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?

Answer choices

1. A. Trigger operational responses from metrics and logs.
2. B. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
3. C. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
4. D. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.

Correct Answer

A. Trigger operational responses from metrics and logs.

Explanation

The best answer applies CloudWatch alarms: trigger operational responses from metrics and logs. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.

Question details

• Difficulty: easy
• Domain: Design Resilient Architectures
• Objective: CloudWatch alarms

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