AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 455

Which of the following statements is true of tags and resource identifiers for EC2 instances?

Answer options

• A. You can't select instances by their tags for stoppage, termination, or deletion
• B. You don't need to specify the resource identifier while terminating a resource.
• C. You don't need to specify the resource identifier while stopping a resource.
• D. You can select instances by their tags for stoppage, termination, or deletion

Correct answer: A

Explanation

To perform actions such as stopping, terminating, or deleting EC2 instances, AWS API operations and CLI commands require you to specify the exact resource identifier (e.g., the instance ID). Although tags are highly useful for organizing and filtering resources, they cannot be used as direct targets for these destructive or state-changing actions. Therefore, you must specify the resource identifier, making Option A the only true statement.