AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 84

A user has received a message from the support team that an issue occurred 1 week back between 3 AM to 4 AM and the EC2 server was not reachable. The user is checking the CloudWatch metrics of that instance. How can the user find the data easily using the CloudWatch console?

Answer options

• A. The user can find the data by giving the exact values in the time Tab under CloudWatch metrics
• B. The user can find the data by filtering values of the last 1 week for a 1 hour period in the Relative tab under CloudWatch metrics
• C. It is not possible to find the exact time from the console. The user has to use CLI to provide the specific time
• D. The user can find the data by giving the exact values in the Absolute tab under CloudWatch metrics

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because the Absolute tab allows users to specify exact time ranges for metric data in CloudWatch, which is necessary for the given time frame. Option A is incorrect as it refers to the time Tab, which does not exist in CloudWatch. Option B is misleading since filtering for the last week does not target the specific hour required. Option C is incorrect because it is indeed possible to find the exact time data using the console.