AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 126

When an EC2 instance mat is backed by an S3-Based AMI is terminated, what happens to the data on the root volume?

Answer options

• A. Data is automatically deleted
• B. Data is automatically saved as an EBS snapshot.
• C. Data is unavailable until the instance is restarted
• D. Data is automatically saved as an EBS volume.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because when an EC2 instance backed by an S3-based AMI is terminated, the data on the root volume is deleted automatically. Option B is incorrect as no EBS snapshot is created for the root volume. Option C is not applicable since the data is deleted rather than being unavailable until a restart. Option D is also incorrect because the data is not saved as an EBS volume upon termination.