True or False: Amazon Route 53 can perform health checks on resources.

Amazon Route 53 can indeed perform health checks on resources, which is why the statement is true. These health checks allow Route 53 to monitor the health and availability of endpoints such as web servers, applications, and other resources. By doing so, it can route traffic away from unhealthy resources to ensure high availability and improved end-user experiences.

Route 53 health checks can be configured to verify the availability of any endpoint, not just limited to specific types of resources like EC2 instances. Additionally, Route 53 can also check for the performance and operational status of resources by sending requests via HTTP, HTTPS, or TCP protocols.

While it can work in conjunction with CloudWatch to monitor metrics and alarms, this is not a prerequisite for Route 53 to conduct health checks. Therefore, it is capable of functioning independently to manage resource health effectively.