CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A company uses AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure. The operations team needs to be alerted when a stack update fails. Which TWO methods can be used to send notifications? (Choose two.)
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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Configure CloudFormation to send events to an SNS topic
CloudFormation can use SNS topics for stack events. CloudWatch Events (now Amazon EventBridge) can also match stack update failures and trigger notifications.
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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Use AWS Trusted Advisor to monitor CloudFormation
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor does not monitor CloudFormation stacks.
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Enable CloudTrail to log stack updates and send logs to CloudWatch Logs
Why it's wrong here
While CloudTrail logs events, it doesn't directly send alerts.
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Configure CloudFormation to send events to an SNS topic
Why this is correct
SNS can notify subscribers of stack events.
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Use AWS Config to detect stack failures
Why it's wrong here
Config does not monitor CloudFormation events.
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Create a CloudWatch Events rule that matches CloudFormation stack update failure events
Why this is correct
EventBridge can trigger actions on failed stack updates.
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