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SCS-C02 · Question #170

An online media company has an application that customers use to watch events around the world. The application is hosted on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances that run Amazon Linux 2. The company uses…

The correct answer is A. Create a new patching baseline in Patch Manager. Specify Amazon Linux 2 as the product. B. Use the Patch Now option with the scan and install operation in the Patch Manager console to. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Submitted by saadiq_pk· Mar 6, 2026Incident Response

Question

An online media company has an application that customers use to watch events around the world. The application is hosted on a fleet of Amazon EC2 instances that run Amazon Linux 2. The company uses AWS Systems Manager to manage the EC2 instances. The company applies patches and application updates by using the AWS-AmazonLinux2DefaultPatchBaseline patching baseline in Systems Manager Patch Manager. The company is concerned about potential attacks on the application during the week of an upcoming event. The company needs a solution that can immediately deploy patches to all the EC2 instances in response to a security incident or vulnerability. The solution also must provide centralized evidence that the patches were applied successfully. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ACreate a new patching baseline in Patch Manager. Specify Amazon Linux 2 as the product.
  • BUse the Patch Now option with the scan and install operation in the Patch Manager console to
  • CUse the Clone function of Patch Manager to create a copy of the AWS-
  • DCreate a patch policy that patches all managed nodes and sends a patch operation log output to
  • EUse Systems Manager Application Manager to inspect the package versions that were installed

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    72% (18)
  • C
    16% (4)
  • D
    4% (1)
  • E
    8% (2)

Topics

#AWS Systems Manager#Patch Manager#Incident Response#Vulnerability Management

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