PAS-C01 Operations and Maintenance Practice Question
A company has an SAP landscape with multiple instances behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The operations team needs to ensure that the ALB targets are deregistered before an instance is terminated during a patching activity. Which AWS service can automate this?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks can automatically deregister instances from an Application Load Balancer before termination. Option B is incorrect because AWS Systems Manager State Manager is used to maintain consistent configuration of instances, not for target deregistration. Option C is incorrect because AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a platform for deploying web applications, not for managing ALB target deregistration for SAP. Option D is incorrect because AWS Lambda is a compute service that can be used as a target for lifecycle hooks, but the service that inherently provides the lifecycle hook mechanism is Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks
Why this is correct
Lifecycle hooks can pause instance termination to run custom actions like deregistering from ALB.
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AWS Systems Manager State Manager
Why it's wrong here
State Manager is for maintaining configuration, not instance lifecycle.
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Why it's wrong here
Elastic Beanstalk is for deploying web applications, not SAP.
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AWS Lambda
Why it's wrong here
Lambda is a compute service that can run scripts but does not directly manage lifecycle hooks.
Quick reference
Cloud Service Model Comparison
| Model | You Manage | Provider Manages | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| IaaS | OS, runtime, apps, data | Hardware, hypervisor, networking | EC2, Azure VMs, GCP Compute Engine |
| PaaS | Apps and data | OS, runtime, middleware, hardware | Elastic Beanstalk, Azure App Service |
| SaaS | Data and settings only | Everything else | Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Workday |
| FaaS / Serverless | Function code only | Infra, scaling, runtime | Lambda, Azure Functions, Cloud Run |
| CaaS | Containers and apps | Kubernetes, OS, hardware | EKS, AKS, GKE |
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