AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 754

George has shared an EC2 AMI created in the US East region from his AWS account with Stefano. George copies the same AMI to the US West region. Can
Stefano access the copied AMI of George's account from the US West region?

Answer options

• A. No, copy AMI does not copy the permission
• B. It is not possible to share the AMI with a specific account
• C. Yes, since copy AMI copies all private account sharing permissions
• D. Yes, since copy AMI copies all the permissions attached with the AMI

Correct answer: A

Explanation

When you copy an AMI to a new region, AWS creates a distinct new AMI that does not inherit any of the original AMI's sharing permissions. Consequently, the user must manually share the newly copied AMI in the destination region with the target account. Options B, C, and D are incorrect because sharing AMIs with specific accounts is supported, and permissions are never automatically copied during an AMI copy operation.