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SOA-C02 Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Practice Question

This SOA-C02 practice question tests your understanding of deployment, provisioning, and automation. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.

A company uses AWS OpsWorks for configuration management of EC2 instances. The administrator needs to ensure that a custom recipe runs on all instances after the instance is fully configured. Which lifecycle event should the recipe be associated with?

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

✓

Configure

The Configure lifecycle event in AWS OpsWorks runs after every instance enters the online state, including after the Setup event completes. Associating a custom recipe with Configure ensures it executes on all instances once they are fully configured and operational, as Configure fires repeatedly on state changes, not just during initial provisioning.

Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • ✗

    Undeploy

    Why it's wrong here

    Undeploy runs on instance removal.

  • ✗

    Deploy

    Why it's wrong here

    Deploy runs on app deployment, not instance configuration.

  • ✓

    Configure

    Why this is correct

    Configure runs on instance state changes and after setup.

    Related concept

    Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

  • ✗

    Setup

    Why it's wrong here

    Setup runs at instance boot, not after full configuration.

Common exam traps

Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword

The trap here is confusing the one-time Setup event with the recurring Configure event, leading candidates to choose Setup because it sounds like 'initial configuration,' but Configure is the correct event for post-configuration execution on all instances.

Detailed technical explanation

How to think about this question

AWS OpsWorks lifecycle events (Setup, Configure, Deploy, Undeploy, Shutdown) are triggered in a specific order during instance provisioning: Setup first, then Configure. Configure fires not only after initial setup but also whenever the instance's stack state changes (e.g., adding or removing layers), making it ideal for recipes that must run on all instances after full configuration. This behavior is analogous to Chef's ohai re-running on node attribute changes, ensuring idempotent configuration management.

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.

TExam Day Tips

  • 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.

Key takeaway

Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.

Real-world example

How this comes up in practice

A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.

What to study next

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What does this SOA-C02 question test?

Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation — This question tests Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..

What is the correct answer to this question?

The correct answer is: Configure — The Configure lifecycle event in AWS OpsWorks runs after every instance enters the online state, including after the Setup event completes. Associating a custom recipe with Configure ensures it executes on all instances once they are fully configured and operational, as Configure fires repeatedly on state changes, not just during initial provisioning.

What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?

Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.

What is the key concept behind this question?

Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.

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