AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 914

Which AWS service should be used to monitor Amazon EC2 instances for CPU and network utilization?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Inspector
• B. AWS CloudTrail
• C. Amazon CloudWatch
• D. AWS Config

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Amazon CloudWatch is the primary monitoring and observability service in AWS that collects and tracks metrics, such as CPU and network utilization, for Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon Inspector is used for security vulnerability scanning, AWS CloudTrail tracks API activity and user actions, and AWS Config monitors resource configurations and compliance.