AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C03) — Question 44

A company runs several workloads on AWS. The company identifies five AWS Trusted Advisor service quota metrics to monitor in a specific AWS Region. The company wants to receive email notification each time resource usage exceeds 60% of one of the service quotas.
Which solution will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Create five Amazon CloudWatch alarms, one for each Trusted Advisor service quota metric. Configure an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic for email notification each time that usage exceeds 60% of one of the service quotas.
• B. Create five Amazon CloudWatch alarms, one for each Trusted Advisor service quota metric. Configure an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue for email notification each time that usage exceeds 60% of one of the service quotas.
• C. Use the AWS Health Dashboard to monitor each Trusted Advisor service quota metric. Configure an Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) queue for email notification each time that usage exceeds 60% of one of the service quotas.
• D. Use the AWS Health Dashboard to monitor each Trusted Advisor service quota metric. Configure an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) topic for email notification each time that usage exceeds 60% of one of the service quotas.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because creating Amazon CloudWatch alarms allows for real-time monitoring of resource usage against the service quotas and integrating with Amazon SNS provides immediate email notifications. Options B and C are incorrect as SQS is not meant for direct email notifications and the AWS Health Dashboard does not provide the granularity needed for specific service quota monitoring.