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SOA-C03 · Question #158

A SysOps administrator monitors and maintains the availability of resources in an AWS environment. The SysOps administrator notices that the CPU utilization of an Amazon EC2 instance that runs web ser

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Submitted by chen.hong· Mar 5, 2026Reliability and business continuity

Question

A SysOps administrator monitors and maintains the availability of resources in an AWS environment. The SysOps administrator notices that the CPU utilization of an Amazon EC2 instance that runs web server software peaks above 80% at various times during each day. The CPU spikes correlate with peak daily loads. The high CPU load has resulted in performance issues for customers. The SysOps administrator needs to resolve the system performance issue without causing any service disruptions. Which solution will meet these requirements?

Options

  • AConfigure an Amazon CloudWatch alarm that invokes an AWS Systems Manager Automation
  • BConfigure an AWS Systems Manager Automation runbook to run a script that automatically
  • CConfigure an Amazon EventBridge rule that invokes an AWS Systems Manager Automation
  • DSet up an Auto Scaling group with an Amazon CloudWatch alarm that triggers a scaling policy to

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#Auto Scaling#CloudWatch#CPU utilization#EC2 performance
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