AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 365

A user is sending the data to CloudWatch using the CloudWatch API. The user is sending data 90 minutes in the future. What will CloudWatch do in this case?

Answer options

• A. CloudWatch will accept the data
• B. It is not possible to send data of the future
• C. It is not possible to send the data manually to CloudWatch
• D. The user cannot send data for more than 60 minutes in the future

Correct answer: A

Explanation

CloudWatch allows users to publish metric data points with timestamps up to 2 hours (120 minutes) in the future and up to 2 weeks in the past. Because 90 minutes falls within this allowable 2-hour future window, CloudWatch will successfully accept the data. Therefore, options B, C, and D are incorrect as they misstate the API's limits and capabilities.