Which two statements are true about CloudFormation? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• ACloudFormation is a procedural configuration management tool.
• BCloudFormation templates can be used on both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
• CCloudFormation templates can be written in JSON or YAML
• DCloudFormation is a declarative orchestration tool.

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  5% (1)
• C
  90% (19)

Explanation

CloudFormation is a declarative orchestration tool (D), meaning you describe the desired end state of your infrastructure and AWS figures out how to get there - you don't write step-by-step instructions. Templates are authored in either JSON or YAML (C), giving developers flexibility in format. Option A is wrong because "procedural" describes tools like Ansible scripts or shell scripts where you define the sequence of steps; CloudFormation is the opposite. Option B is wrong because CloudFormation is AWS-native only - it has no support for Azure (that would be a multi-cloud tool like Terraform).

Memory tip: Think "CloudFormation = Declare what you want, JSON/YAML to say it" - the two things that make it unique are its declarative nature and its dual-format template support.

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