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A.a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
B.an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
C.the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
D.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
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2. Which term means: "the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources"?
Junior
A.CloudWatch
B.Config
C.CloudWatch Composite Alarm
D.CloudTrail
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3. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.CloudWatch — a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
B.CloudWatch — an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
C.CloudWatch — the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
D.CloudWatch — a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
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4. What is CloudTrail?
Junior
A.an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
B.a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
C.a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance
D.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
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5. Which term means: "a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance"?
Junior
A.Config
B.Systems Manager
C.CloudWatch
D.CloudTrail
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6. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.CloudTrail — a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
B.CloudTrail — a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance
C.CloudTrail — a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
D.CloudTrail — the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
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7. What is X-Ray?
Mid
A.a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
B.a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
C.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
D.a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance
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8. Which term means: "a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services"?
Mid
A.Systems Manager
B.X-Ray
C.Config
D.CloudWatch
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9. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.X-Ray — a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance
B.X-Ray — a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
C.X-Ray — a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
D.X-Ray — an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
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10. What is Systems Manager?
Mid
A.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
B.a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
C.the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
D.a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
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11. Which term means: "a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters"?
Mid
A.Config
B.CloudWatch Composite Alarm
C.X-Ray
D.Systems Manager
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12. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Systems Manager — a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
B.Systems Manager — a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
C.Systems Manager — the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
D.Systems Manager — a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
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13. What is Config?
Mid
A.a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
B.a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
C.an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
D.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
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14. Which term means: "a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules"?
Mid
A.Config
B.Systems Manager
C.X-Ray
D.CloudWatch Composite Alarm
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15. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.Config — a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
B.Config — an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
C.Config — a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
D.Config — a service that records account API activity for governance, audit, and compliance
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16. What is CloudWatch Composite Alarm?
Senior
A.a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
B.a service for operational management of fleets, including patching, run commands, and parameters
C.the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
D.an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
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17. Which term means: "an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise"?
Senior
A.Systems Manager
B.X-Ray
C.CloudWatch
D.CloudWatch Composite Alarm
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18. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.CloudWatch Composite Alarm — the monitoring service collecting metrics, logs, and events from AWS resources
B.CloudWatch Composite Alarm — an alarm combining multiple alarm states with logic to reduce noise
C.CloudWatch Composite Alarm — a distributed tracing service that analyzes and debugs request flows across services
D.CloudWatch Composite Alarm — a service that tracks resource configuration changes and evaluates compliance rules
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19. What does aws logs tail do?
Junior
A.streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
B.searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
C.opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
D.runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
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20. Which command will streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time?
Junior
A.aws ssm start-session
B.aws ssm send-command
C.aws cloudtrail lookup-events
D.aws logs tail
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21. Which statement is correct?
Junior
A.aws logs tail — streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
B.aws logs tail — opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
C.aws logs tail — runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
D.aws logs tail — searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
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22. What does aws ssm send-command do?
Mid
A.streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
B.searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
C.runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
D.opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
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23. Which command will runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale?
Mid
A.aws ssm send-command
B.aws logs tail
C.aws ssm start-session
D.aws cloudtrail lookup-events
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24. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.aws ssm send-command — runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
B.aws ssm send-command — streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
C.aws ssm send-command — opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
D.aws ssm send-command — searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
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25. What does aws cloudtrail lookup-events do?
Mid
A.streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
B.runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
C.searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
D.opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
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26. Which command will searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail?
Mid
A.aws ssm start-session
B.aws logs tail
C.aws cloudtrail lookup-events
D.aws ssm send-command
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27. Which statement is correct?
Mid
A.aws cloudtrail lookup-events — runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
B.aws cloudtrail lookup-events — opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
C.aws cloudtrail lookup-events — streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
D.aws cloudtrail lookup-events — searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
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28. What does aws ssm start-session do?
Senior
A.opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
B.searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
C.streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
D.runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
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29. Which command will opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH?
Senior
A.aws cloudtrail lookup-events
B.aws ssm start-session
C.aws logs tail
D.aws ssm send-command
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30. Which statement is correct?
Senior
A.aws ssm start-session — opens an interactive shell to an instance via Session Manager without SSH
B.aws ssm start-session — searches recorded management-event history in CloudTrail
C.aws ssm start-session — runs a command document on managed EC2 instances at scale
D.aws ssm start-session — streams CloudWatch Logs events from a log group in near real time
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