AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 78

A SysOps administrator is creating an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group in a new AWS account. After adding some instances, the SysOps administrator notices that the group has not reached the minimum number of instances. The SysOps administrator receives the following error message:

Launching a new EC2 instance. Status Reason: Your quota allows for 0 more running instance(s).
You requested at least 1. Launching EC2 instance failed.

Which action will resolve this issue?

Answer options

• A. Adjust the account spending limits for Amazon EC2 on the AWS Billing and Cost Management console.
• B. Modify the EC2 quota for that AWS Region in the EC2 Settings section of the EC2 console.
• C. Request a quota increase for the instance type family by using Service Quotas on the AWS Management Console.
• D. Use the Rebalance action in the Auto Scaling group on the AWS Management Console.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct action is to request a quota increase for the instance type family by using Service Quotas on the AWS Management Console because the error indicates that the account has reached its limit for running instances. Options A and B do not directly address the instance limit issue, while option D relates to instance distribution rather than increasing the allowed instance count.