AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 703

A company wants to create a set of custom dashboards to collect metrics to monitor its applications.

Which AWS service will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon CloudWatch
• B. AWS X-Ray
• C. AWS Systems Manager
• D. AWS CloudTrail

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon CloudWatch is the primary monitoring and observability service in AWS that allows users to collect metrics and build custom dashboards for application visualization. AWS X-Ray is designed for tracing and debugging distributed applications, while AWS Systems Manager is used for operational resource management and AWS CloudTrail is utilized for auditing API activity.