AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 39

A company that hosts its web application on AWS wants to ensure all Amazon EC2 instances. Amazon RDS DB instances. and Amazon Redshift clusters are configured with tags. The company wants to minimize the effort of configuring and operating this check.
What should a solutions architect do to accomplish this?

Answer options

• A. Use AWS Config rules to define and detect resources that are not properly tagged.
• B. Use Cost Explorer to display resources that are not properly tagged. Tag those resources manually.
• C. Write API calls to check all resources for proper tag allocation. Periodically run the code on an EC2 instance.
• D. Write API calls to check all resources for proper tag allocation. Schedule an AWS Lambda function through Amazon CloudWatch to periodically run the code.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because AWS Config rules automatically evaluate the configuration of AWS resources, ensuring they are tagged as required without manual intervention. Option B is incorrect since it requires manual tagging, which is not efficient. Options C and D involve writing API calls, but D does not leverage AWS Config's built-in capabilities, making A the most effective solution.