CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A cloud administrator is automating the deployment of a web application on AWS. The administrator wants to define the infrastructure as code using a declarative language that supports drift detection. Which tool should the administrator use?
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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CloudFormation
CloudFormation is a declarative AWS service for infrastructure as code that supports drift detection, which identifies changes made to resources outside of template management.
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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AWS CodeDeploy
Why it's wrong here
CodeDeploy is a deployment service, not an IaC tool, and does not manage infrastructure drift.
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Ansible
Why it's wrong here
Ansible is imperative and agentless, but does not natively support drift detection.
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Terraform
Why it's wrong here
Terraform supports drift detection only with paid plan or via state comparisons; not native like CloudFormation.
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CloudFormation
Why this is correct
CloudFormation provides built-in drift detection to compare stack resources with template.
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