CloudWatch Alarms Quiz

5 questions • Pass: 70% • +25 pts

Quiz covering Distributed Tracing

CloudWatch Alarms Quiz

5 questions | Pass: 70% | Earn 25 points

Questions in this quiz

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  1. 1

    What is the primary purpose of a CloudWatch Alarm?

  2. 2

    You have an alarm set to monitor CPUUtilization for an EC2 instance. If the alarm state changes from OK to ALARM, which of the following is true regarding the 'Evaluation Periods' setting?

  3. 3

    When configuring a CloudWatch Alarm, what does the 'Missing Data Treatment' setting control?

  4. 4

    You want to trigger an alarm only when the average CPU usage is above 80% for 3 out of 5 consecutive 1-minute intervals. Which configuration is correct?

  5. 5

    You are monitoring a custom metric that emits data points irregularly. You notice your Alarm stays in the 'INSUFFICIENT_DATA' state. Why might this be happening?