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A company manages multiple AWS accounts under AWS Organizations. The SysOps administrator needs to deploy a baseline set of AWS Config rules and an Amazon SNS topic to each account in the organization. The deployment must be centrally managed from the management account and automatically applied to any new member account added in the future. Which solution should the administrator use?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Best answer
Create an AWS CloudFormation StackSet with the template containing the AWS Config rules and SNS topic. Configure the StackSet to deploy to the organization and enable automatic deployment to new accounts.
CloudFormation StackSets can centrally deploy stacks to accounts in AWS Organizations. With automatic deployment enabled, new accounts added to the organization will automatically receive the stack.
B
Distractor review
Use AWS Service Catalog to create a product that bundles the AWS Config rules and SNS topic. Grant each account access to launch the product.
AWS Service Catalog requires each account to manually launch the product. It does not automatically deploy to new accounts, and it is not primarily designed for cross-account deployment of a baseline configuration.
C
Distractor review
Configure AWS Config conformance packs in the management account and use AWS Resource Access Manager to share them with member accounts.
Conformance packs are a feature of AWS Config but must be deployed per account and Region. AWS RAM does not share Config rules or resources like SNS topics in this manner.
D
Distractor review
Create an AWS Organizations Service Control Policy (SCP) that enforces the creation of AWS Config rules and SNS topics in every account.
SCPs define permission boundaries; they cannot create resources. They can only allow or deny actions. They cannot proactively deploy resources.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
- Use explanations to understand the rule behind the answer.
TExam Day Tips
- Underline the problem statement mentally.
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
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More questions from this exam
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Question 1
A company uses Amazon CloudFront to deliver content to a global audience. The origin is an Application Load Balancer in us-east-1. The SysOps administrator wants to reduce costs by minimizing the number of requests that reach the origin server. Which action should the administrator take?
Question 2
A company runs a batch processing application on Amazon EC2 that runs for 2 hours every night. The workload can tolerate interruptions. Which EC2 purchasing option provides the lowest cost for this use case?
Question 3
A SysOps administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an Amazon RDS DB instance and receive an alarm when CPU utilization exceeds 80% for 5 consecutive minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?
Question 4
A company runs a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application uses session stickiness (sticky sessions) to maintain user sessions. The SysOps administrator notices that when instances are replaced during a scale-in or failure event, users lose their session data. The administrator needs to preserve session data across instance failures without losing stickiness benefits. What should the administrator do?
Question 5
A company runs a production web application on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application experiences a predictable and steady workload 24/7. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize compute costs for this instance while ensuring it remains available during the expected workload. Which EC2 purchasing option should the administrator use?
Question 6
A company has a VPC with public and private subnets. The private subnets host application servers that need to make outbound HTTPS connections to the internet. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution that provides outbound internet connectivity while preventing inbound connections from the internet. Additionally, the solution must allow the company to control which domains the application servers can access. Which solution should the administrator implement?
FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SOA-C02 question test?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Create an AWS CloudFormation StackSet with the template containing the AWS Config rules and SNS topic. Configure the StackSet to deploy to the organization and enable automatic deployment to new accounts. — AWS CloudFormation StackSets allows you to deploy CloudFormation stacks across multiple accounts and Regions from a central administrator account. It supports automatic deployment to accounts in an organization and can be configured to add new accounts automatically. AWS Service Catalog is for creating and managing catalogs of products, not for deploying the same resources across accounts. AWS Config is for compliance, not deployment. SCPs are for permission guardrails, not for provisioning resources like SNS topics.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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