AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 779

Which of the following states is not possible for the CloudWatch alarm?

Answer options

• A. ALERT
• B. ALARM
• C. OK
• D. INSUFFICIENT_DATA

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Amazon CloudWatch alarms support exactly three states: OK, ALARM, and INSUFFICIENT_DATA. There is no 'ALERT' state in CloudWatch, which makes it the correct answer for an impossible state.