SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question

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Refer to the exhibit.
{
  "Parameters": {
    "EnvType": {
      "Type": "String",
      "AllowedValues": ["dev", "prod"],
      "Default": "dev"
    }
  },
  "Conditions": {
    "IsProduction": {"Fn::Equals": [{"Ref": "EnvType"}, "prod"]}
  },
  "Resources": {
    "EC2Instance": {
      "Type": "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "Properties": {
        "InstanceType": {
          "Fn::If": ["IsProduction", "t3.large", "t2.micro"]
        },
        "ImageId": "ami-0abcdef1234567890"
      }
    }
  }
}

Refer to the exhibit. A company uses AWS CloudFormation to deploy an EC2 instance. The template uses a condition to select the instance type based on the environment. The company deploys the stack with the parameter EnvType set to 'prod'. What will be the instance type of the created EC2 instance?

⚠ Common exam trap

Many candidates confuse a false condition with skipping resource creation, but in this case the condition is used only to select a property value, not to conditionally create the resource itself.

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Correct answer & explanation

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t3.large

The condition in the CloudFormation template evaluates to true when EnvType equals 'prod', so the EC2 instance is created with the instance type specified in the condition's true branch, which is t3.large. The template uses a condition like 'If(Equals(EnvType, 'prod'), t3.large, t2.micro)', and since the parameter is set to 'prod', the Fn::If intrinsic function returns 't3.large'.

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✓
t3.large
Why this is correct
The condition IsProduction is true, so Fn::If returns t3.large.
✗
The instance type will be determined at runtime.
Why it's wrong here
The template explicitly sets the instance type based on the condition.
✗
The instance will not be created because the condition is false.
Why it's wrong here
The condition is used for instance type selection, not for resource creation.
✗
t2.micro
Why it's wrong here
t2.micro is returned only when EnvType is not prod.

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SAP-C02 Design for New Solutions Practice Question

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