Amazon SNS Notifications Quiz

5 questions • Pass: 70% • +25 pts

Quiz covering CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms

Amazon SNS Notifications Quiz

5 questions | Pass: 70% | Earn 25 points

Questions in this quiz

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  1. 1

    When configuring a CloudWatch Alarm to send a notification, which AWS service is primarily used to act as the message bus to deliver that notification to endpoints like email or SMS?

  2. 2

    You have created an SNS topic for CloudWatch Alarms. What is the mandatory step you must perform before the notification will actually be delivered to an email address?

  3. 3

    A CloudWatch Alarm is currently in the 'INSUFFICIENT_DATA' state. If you have configured an SNS action for this alarm, what happens when the alarm transitions to this state?

  4. 4

    You need to send a single CloudWatch Alarm notification to multiple teams: one team via email and another team via an SQS queue. What is the most efficient way to achieve this?

  5. 5

    You have an SNS topic with a strict Resource-Based Policy. The CloudWatch Alarm is failing to trigger the SNS notification. What is the most likely cause?