AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 600

Which AWS service or feature can be used to monitor for potential disk write spikes on a system that is running on Amazon EC2?

Answer options

• A. AWS CloudTrail
• B. AWS Health Dashboard
• C. AWS Trusted Advisor
• D. Amazon CloudWatch

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Amazon CloudWatch is the native monitoring service designed to collect and track metrics, such as disk write operations, for Amazon EC2 instances. AWS CloudTrail is utilized for auditing API activity, whereas AWS Health Dashboard and AWS Trusted Advisor focus on service health and architectural best practice recommendations respectively.