AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 370

An organization has created a Queue named `modularqueue` with SQS. The organization is not performing any operations such as SendMessage,
ReceiveMessage, DeleteMessage, GetQueueAttributes, SetQueueAttributes, AddPermission, and RemovePermission on the queue. What can happen in this scenario?

Answer options

• A. AWS SQS sends notification after 15 days for inactivity on queue
• B. AWS SQS can delete queue after 30 days without notification
• C. AWS SQS marks queue inactive after 30 days
• D. AWS SQS notifies the user after 2 weeks and deletes the queue after 3 weeks.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon SQS reserves the right to delete an SQS queue without notification if no activity (such as SendMessage, ReceiveMessage, DeleteMessage, GetQueueAttributes, SetQueueAttributes, AddPermission, or RemovePermission) has occurred on it for 30 consecutive days. SQS does not issue notifications prior to deletion, nor does it flag queues with an inactive status. The other timelines mentioned in options A, C, and D are incorrect according to AWS SQS lifecycle policies.