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SAA-C03 · Question #796

A company is using a loosely coupled serverless architecture on AWS. The architecture consists of multiple web applications and APIs distributed across multiple teams. The company uses AWS Control…

The correct answer is D. Enable AWS X-Ray in the CloudFormation templates. Enabling AWS X-Ray in the CloudFormation templates allows each service or resource deployed by the templates to automatically have tracing enabled. This provides detailed insight into the performance of individual services in the application stacks, improving trace monitoring…

Submitted by minji_kr· Mar 4, 2026Design High-Performing Architectures

Question

A company is using a loosely coupled serverless architecture on AWS. The architecture consists of multiple web applications and APIs distributed across multiple teams. The company uses AWS Control Tower to provision AWS accounts. The company’s development teams use AWS CloudFormation. The company wants to improve trace monitoring and gain insight into how individual services in application stacks are performing. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AEnable AWS CloudTrail across all accounts by using AWS Control Tower.
  • BEnable AWS X-Ray across all accounts by using AWS Control Tower.
  • CEnable Amazon CloudWatch in the CloudFormation templates.
  • DEnable AWS X-Ray in the CloudFormation templates.

How the community answered

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  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    96% (27)

Explanation

Enabling AWS X-Ray in the CloudFormation templates allows each service or resource deployed by the templates to automatically have tracing enabled. This provides detailed insight into the performance of individual services in the application stacks, improving trace monitoring across multiple accounts and teams with minimal manual effort.

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