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SOA-C02 · Question #187

A SysOps administrator has an AWS CloudFormation template of the company's existing infrastructure in us-west-2. The administrator attempts to use the template to launch a new stack in eu-west-1…

The correct answer is B. The template referenced an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that is not available in eu-west-1. D. The template requested services that do not exist in eu-west-1. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html#troubl eshooting-errors

Submitted by olafpl· Mar 30, 2026Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation

Question

A SysOps administrator has an AWS CloudFormation template of the company's existing infrastructure in us-west-2. The administrator attempts to use the template to launch a new stack in eu-west-1, but the stack only partially deploys, receives an error message, and then rolls back. Why would this template fail to deploy? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AThe template referenced an IAM user that is not available in eu-west-1.
  • BThe template referenced an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that is not available in eu-west-1.
  • CThe template did not have the proper level of permissions to deploy the resources.
  • DThe template requested services that do not exist in eu-west-1.
  • ECloudFormation templates can be used only to update existing services.

How the community answered

(20 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    75% (15)
  • C
    15% (3)
  • E
    5% (1)

Explanation

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/troubleshooting.html#troubl eshooting-errors

Topics

#CloudFormation#region-specific AMI#cross-region deployment#service availability

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