CloudWatch Metric Filters Quiz

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Questions in this quiz

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1. 1

   Which AWS service component is primarily responsible for searching and parsing through log data in CloudWatch Logs to find specific terms or patterns?

2. 2

   When creating a Metric Filter, what is the purpose of the 'Metric Value' field?

3. 3

   You have a log group capturing application errors. You want to create a Metric Filter that counts every time the word 'ERROR' appears in a log line. Which filter pattern syntax is correct?

4. 4

   A developer wants to monitor how many times a user ID appears in a JSON-formatted log file. How can they extract the value of the 'userID' field to use as a metric dimension?

5. 5

   You have an existing log group with 500GB of historical data. You create a new Metric Filter to count 404 errors. Will this filter process the existing 500GB of historical logs?