AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 66

When an EC2 instance that is backed by an S3-based AMI Is terminated, what happens to the data on me root volume?

Answer options

• A. Data is automatically saved as an E8S volume.
• B. Data is automatically saved as an ESS snapshot.
• C. Data is automatically deleted.
• D. Data is unavailable until the instance is restarted.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

When an EC2 instance is terminated, the root volume data is automatically deleted unless it has been configured to persist. Options A and B are incorrect because they refer to different types of storage that do not apply in this context. Option D is inaccurate because the data does not remain available after termination.