AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 202

An organization would like to set up an option for its Developers to receive an email whenever production Amazon EC2 instances are running over 80% CPU utilization.
How can this be accomplished using an Amazon CloudWatch alarm?

Answer options

• A. Configure the alarm to send emails to subscribers using Amazon SES.
• B. Configure the alarm to send emails to subscribers using Amazon SNS.
• C. Configure the alarm to send emails to subscribers using Amazon Inspector.
• D. Configure the alarm to send emails to subscribers using Amazon Cognito.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) is the service designed for sending notifications, including emails, based on CloudWatch alarms. In contrast, Amazon SES (A) is mainly used for sending bulk emails but not for direct alarm notifications, while Amazon Inspector (C) and Amazon Cognito (D) are unrelated to monitoring and notifications in this context.