AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 156

A SysOps administrator needs to delete an AWS CloudFormation stack that is no longer in use. The CloudFormation stack is in the DELETE_FAILED state. The SysOps administrator has validated the permissions that are required to delete the CloudFormation stack.

Which of the following are possible causes of the DELETE_FAILED state? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. The configured timeout to delete the stack was too low for the delete operation to complete.
• B. The stack contains nested stacks that must be manually deleted first.
• C. The stack was deployed with the --disable-rollback option.
• D. There are additional resources associated with a security group in the stack.
• E. There are Amazon S3 buckets that still contain objects in the stack.

Correct answer: D, E

Explanation

The correct answers D and E indicate issues that can prevent deletion; a security group with associated resources and S3 buckets with existing objects can block stack deletion. Options A, B, and C do not directly relate to the DELETE_FAILED state, as they involve scenarios that do not necessarily lead to that specific failure status.