AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 451

In regard to AWS CloudFormation, to pass values to your template at runtime you should use ____________.

Answer options

• A. parameters
• B. conditions
• C. resources
• D. mapping

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Parameters allow you to input custom values into your AWS CloudFormation template at the time of stack creation or update. Mappings are used for static lookup tables, Conditions determine whether resources are created based on specific criteria, and Resources define the actual AWS infrastructure components being provisioned.