Do you need to shutdown your EC2 instance when you create a snapshot of EBS volumes that serve as root devices?

Do you need to shutdown your EC2 instance when you create a snapshot of EBS volumes that serve as root devices?
A .  No, you only need to shutdown an instance before deleting it.
B .  Yes
C .  No, the snapshot would turn off your instance automatically.
D .  No

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Yes, to create a snapshot for Amazon EBS volumes that serve as root devices, you should stop the instance before taking the snapshot.

Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-creating-snapshot.html