AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C00) — Question 329

What does the term "statistics" mean with respect to CloudWatch metrics?

Answer options

• A. Time of a metric collection
• B. Data aggregation over a specific period of time
• C. Status of a metric
• D. Unit of a metric

Correct answer: B

Explanation

In CloudWatch, statistics represent metric data aggregations—such as Average, Sum, Minimum, Maximum, and SampleCount—calculated over a specified period of time. Other attributes like the collection time (timestamp) and the measurement standard (unit) are distinct metadata fields and do not represent statistics.