Module 3 Quiz :DevOps and AI on AWS: CI/CD for Generative AI Applications (DevOps and AI on AWS Specialization) Answers 2025

1. Question 1 — (Select TWO)

Which AWS Systems Manager features help manage infrastructure operations?

• ❌ Monitoring Metrics

• ❌ Application Tracing

• ✅ Patch Manager

• ✅ Run Command

• ❌ Lifecycle Event Hooks

Correct Answers: Patch Manager + Run Command

Explanation:

• Patch Manager → automates patching for EC2/on-prem servers

• Run Command → execute remote commands without SSH
  Other options are not part of Systems Manager Ops tools.

2. Question 2

Why is AWS X-Ray important for monitoring distributed applications?

• ❌ Automates deployments

• ❌ Tracks config changes

• ❌ Provides logs/alarms

• ✅ Traces requests to identify bottlenecks & latency

Explanation:
X-Ray visualizes traces across microservices → ideal for debugging distributed systems.

3. Question 3

Purpose of Synthetic Monitoring in CloudWatch

• ❌ Trace requests

• ✅ Simulate user interactions for proactive application testing

• ❌ Audit API activity

• ❌ Execute commands

Explanation:
CloudWatch Synthetics uses canaries to test endpoints before real users hit them.

4. Question 4 — (Select TWO)

What types of monitoring does CloudWatch support?

• ❌ Configuration monitoring

• ✅ Log monitoring

• ❌ Code deployment tracking

• ✅ Metrics monitoring

• ❌ Application request tracing (X-Ray does this)

Correct Answers: Logs + Metrics

5. Question 5

Why are X-Ray Service Maps useful?

• ❌ Monitor CPU/memory

• ✅ Visualize flow of requests across components

• ❌ Log API calls

• ❌ Execute commands remotely

Explanation:
Service Maps show service-to-service interactions, errors, latency, and dependencies.

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