AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 657

A company needs to track the relationships among AWS resources. The company also needs to review resource dependencies before the company makes any changes to the resources.

Which AWS service can the company use to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. AWS Trusted Advisor
• B. AWS Config
• C. AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)
• D. AWS Systems Manager

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Config allows organizations to continuously monitor and record AWS resource configurations, which includes tracking how resources are related and dependent on each other. AWS Trusted Advisor focuses on optimization recommendations, AWS RAM is used for sharing resources, and AWS Systems Manager is for operational management, making AWS Config the correct choice for dependency tracking.