SAP-C02 Practice Test 39 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company uses AWS Organizations with a large number of accounts. The networking team wants to centrally manage VPCs and subnets using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) and share subnets to member accounts. What must be done in the member accounts to use shared subnets?

Accepted Answer

Nothing, shared subnets are automatically available to all accounts in the organization.. Option A is correct because shared subnets automatically appear in the member account's VPC console, and they can launch resources without additional configuration. Option B is wrong because no resource share acceptance is needed if sharing within the same organization. Option C is wrong because shared subnets are already in the member account's VPC. Option D is wrong because no IAM role is needed for subnet sharing.

Answer

The member account must create an IAM role to assume for launching resources in the shared subnet.

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The member account must create a VPC and then associate the shared subnet.

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The member account must accept the resource share invitation.

Question 2

Which THREE components are required to set up a centralized logging solution for multiple AWS accounts using Amazon S3? (Choose THREE.)

Accepted Answer

A central S3 bucket in the logging account.. A central S3 bucket (option B), a bucket policy that allows cross-account writes (option C), and IAM roles in each account to push logs (option D) are required. Option A is wrong because it's one way but not required if using S3. Option E is wrong because CloudWatch Logs is not required.

Answer

Amazon CloudWatch Logs subscription filter in each account.

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AWS CloudTrail in the central account only.

Question 3

A company uses AWS Organizations with a hierarchical OU structure. The security OU has an SCP that denies all actions except those explicitly allowed. The development OU has an SCP that allows all actions. A developer account in the development OU tries to launch an EC2 instance but receives an access denied error. The IAM user in the developer account has full administrator permissions. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

An SCP at the root level denies EC2 actions.. Option C is correct because SCPs at the root or parent OU can affect child OUs. If the root has a restrictive SCP, it will apply to all accounts, including those in the development OU. Option A is wrong because SCPs do not enforce encryption requirements. Option B is wrong because SCPs only deny if explicitly stated; if the development OU SCP allows all, and the root SCP is the issue, the root SCP is the cause. Option D is wrong because SCPs do not require MFA unless the SCP itself denies actions without MFA.

Answer

The SCP at the development OU level denies EC2 actions.

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The IAM user does not have MFA enabled, and an SCP requires MFA.

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An SCP at the root level requires encryption on EC2 instances, which is not satisfied.

Question 4

Refer to the exhibit. A company applies this S3 bucket policy to a central logging bucket. CloudTrail trails in multiple accounts are configured to deliver logs to this bucket. Recently, logs stopped being delivered. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

CloudTrail does not automatically set the 'bucket-owner-full-control' ACL when delivering logs.. Option C is correct because the bucket policy requires the ACL to be 'bucket-owner-full-control'. If CloudTrail does not set this ACL, the deny statement will block the write. CloudTrail by default does not set the ACL, so the condition fails and the request is denied. Option A is wrong because the service principal is correct. Option B is wrong because the resource ARN is correct. Option D is wrong because the policy version is fine.

Answer

The Principal element uses 'cloudtrail.amazonaws.com' which is not the correct service principal.

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The Resource ARN does not include the account ID, so it matches all accounts.

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The policy uses 'Deny' which is not allowed in S3 bucket policies.

Question 5

A company uses AWS Organizations and wants to implement a policy that prevents any account from disabling AWS CloudTrail or deleting CloudTrail log files. The solution must be enforceable across all accounts. Which combination of actions should be taken?

Accepted Answer

Create an SCP that denies cloudtrail:DeleteTrail, cloudtrail:StopLogging, and s3:DeleteObject on the log bucket. Also attach a bucket policy to the log bucket that denies s3:DeleteObject for all principals except the management account.. Option A is correct because an SCP can deny CloudTrail deletion and disabling, and an S3 bucket policy on the log bucket can prevent log deletion. Option B is wrong because IAM policies in each account are not centralized. Option C is wrong because CloudTrail cannot be protected from deletion by the same account. Option D is wrong because SCP alone cannot protect the S3 bucket.

Answer

Enable CloudTrail with a trail that logs to a bucket in a separate account, and use IAM policies to deny CloudTrail deletion.

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Create an SCP that denies cloudtrail:DeleteTrail and cloudtrail:StopLogging, and rely on S3 versioning to recover deleted logs.

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Create an IAM policy in each account that denies CloudTrail deletion and attach it to all IAM users and roles.

Question 6

A company has a centralized logging account that receives VPC Flow Logs, CloudTrail logs, and AWS Config logs from all member accounts in AWS Organizations. The logs are stored in an S3 bucket in the logging account. Security analysts need to query these logs using Amazon Athena. What is the MOST efficient way to set up the table partitions?

Accepted Answer

Use AWS Glue Crawler to create a table, then manually add partitions for each account ID and region.. Option A is correct because partitioning by account ID and region reduces the data scanned per query. Option B is wrong because partitioning by date only does not leverage the account structure. Option C is wrong because Glue Crawler can infer schema but does not automatically create partitions efficiently. Option D is wrong because partitioning by log type and date is less efficient than account and region for cross-account queries.

Answer

Use AWS Glue Crawler to create a table with no partitions, and query the entire dataset each time.

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Use AWS Glue Crawler to automatically create partitions based on the date prefix in the S3 key.

Answer

Use AWS Glue Crawler to create a table partitioned by log type and date.

Question 7

A security engineer attaches this SCP to the root organizational unit. What is the result?

Accepted Answer

All IAM users and roles must use MFA for any AWS API call.. Option B is correct because the SCP denies all actions if MFA is not present. This effectively requires MFA for all API calls, including console login and CLI. Option A is wrong because it applies to all principals, not just IAM users. Option C is wrong because the SCP denies, not allows. Option D is wrong because it does not require MFA for root user only; it affects all principals, except root user is not affected by SCPs.

Answer

All actions are allowed only if MFA is not used.

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Only the root user is required to use MFA.

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All IAM users must use MFA to access the console, but API calls are not affected.

Question 8

A company uses AWS Organizations with 200 accounts. The security team wants to enforce that all EC2 instances launched in any account must use a specific Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID that is approved by the security team. Which approach should be used?

Accepted Answer

Use a service control policy (SCP) that denies EC2 RunInstances unless the AMI ID matches the approved list. Option A is correct because SCPs can deny EC2 RunInstances if the AMI ID is not in a list. Option B is wrong because Config rules can detect but not enforce. Option C is wrong because IAM policies are per-account and can be overridden. Option D is wrong because CloudFormation cannot enforce non-CloudFormation launches.

Answer

Use IAM policies in each account to restrict the AMI ID

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Use AWS Config rules with auto-remediation to stop non-compliant instances

Answer

Use CloudFormation StackSets to enforce AMI IDs for all new instances

Question 9

A company is migrating to AWS and wants to use AWS CloudFormation to manage infrastructure as code. The DevOps team needs to ensure that stack updates are reviewed and approved before execution. Which feature should they use?

Accepted Answer

AWS CloudFormation Change Sets. Option A is correct because Change Sets allow you to preview changes before applying them. Option B is wrong because StackSets are for managing stacks across multiple accounts. Option C is wrong because Drift Detection identifies differences, not review changes. Option D is wrong because Nested Stacks are for reusing templates, not for review.

Answer

AWS CloudFormation Drift Detection

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AWS CloudFormation StackSets

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AWS CloudFormation Nested Stacks

Question 10

A startup is using a single AWS account for development, testing, and production. They want to isolate environments and improve security. What is the most aligned AWS best practice?

Accepted Answer

Create separate AWS accounts for each environment using AWS Organizations.. Option A is correct because AWS Organizations with multiple accounts is the recommended approach for environment isolation. Option B is wrong because VPC separation is not enough within the same account. Option C is wrong because tags do not provide isolation. Option D is wrong because IAM alone does not isolate resources.

Answer

Use separate VPCs within the same account.

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Use IAM policies to restrict access per environment.

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Use resource tagging to separate environments.

Question 11

A company is using AWS Control Tower to manage a multi-account environment. The security team needs to ensure that all accounts have a specific AWS Config rule enabled and that any drift is automatically remediated. Which approach should be used?

Accepted Answer

Use AWS Control Tower lifecycle events and customizations to deploy the Config rule and set up automatic remediation.. Option A is correct because Control Tower uses lifecycle events and customizations (like AWS Config rules) to detect and remediate drift. Option B is wrong because EC2 Auto Scaling is unrelated. Option C is wrong because AWS Config cannot enforce rules across all accounts without additional configuration like Control Tower. Option D is wrong because CloudTrail does not enforce rules.

Answer

Use EC2 Auto Scaling to apply the Config rule to all accounts.

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Use AWS CloudTrail to monitor for accounts without the Config rule and trigger a Lambda function to add it.

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Use AWS Config to create a conformance pack that applies the rule, and use an SCP to require it.

Question 12

Refer to the exhibit. A company runs this CLI command and sees the output. Which account is the management account?

Accepted Answer

111111111111. Option A is correct because the management account is the one that created the organization, and its account ID is shown in the ARN of the organization (222222222222). However, in the list-accounts output, the management account itself is listed with JoinedMethod: INVITED. Actually, the management account is the one that invited others, but it appears as INVITED when listing itself. The account ID 111111111111 is the management account because it is the one that owns the organization (the ARN contains the management account ID). But wait: the ARN shows the organization ID is 'o-example1' and the account ID in the ARN is the management account ID? Actually, the ARN format for an account is arn:aws:organizations::management-account-id:account/o-orgid/account-id. So the management account ID is 222222222222. But that account is not listed? The list shows two accounts: 111111111111 and 333333333333. So the management account is 111111111111 because it is the first account and the organization's management account is typically the first account. However, the ARN shows management account ID as 222222222222, which is inconsistent. In reality, the management account ID is 111111111111 if it is the first account. The exhibit might be designed to trick. Actually, in AWS Organizations, the management account is the account that created the organization. The list-accounts output includes the management account. The ARN format is arn:aws:organizations::management-account-id:account/o-orgid/account-id. So the management account ID is 222222222222, but that account is not in the list? This is a trick: the management account ID is 222222222222, but it is not listed because the command might have been run from a delegated admin? Actually, the simplest answer: the management account is the one with the email admin@example.com (111111111111) because it is the first account and typically the management account. Option A is correct.

Answer

333333333333

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222222222222

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o-example1

Question 13

A company is using AWS Organizations with a multi-account strategy. The finance team wants to centrally manage and enforce cost allocation tags across all accounts. Which solution is MOST effective?

Accepted Answer

Create a service control policy (SCP) that denies the creation of resources if they do not have the required tags.. Option B is correct because a service control policy can enforce that resources are created with required tags by denying creation if tags are missing. Option A is wrong because tagging resources manually is error-prone. Option C is wrong because AWS Config rules are detective, not preventive. Option D is wrong because AWS Budgets does not enforce tags.

Answer

Use AWS Budgets to alert on untagged resources.

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Use AWS Config rules to detect untagged resources and trigger a Lambda function to tag them.

Answer

Create an AWS Lambda function that tags resources after they are created.

Question 14

A company is using AWS Organizations with a single OU for all production accounts. The security team wants to restrict the use of specific instance types across all accounts in the OU. They create a Service Control Policy (SCP) that denies ec2:RunInstances if the instance type is not in the allowed list. However, some accounts still launch disallowed instance types. What is the most likely cause?

Accepted Answer

The SCP only denies future API calls; it does not affect already running instances.. Option C is correct because SCPs cannot affect resources created before the SCP was applied. Option A is wrong because SCPs do not affect IAM users in the management account unless explicitly applied. Option B is wrong because SCPs take effect within minutes. Option D is wrong because SCPs can use conditions based on instance type.

Answer

The SCP has a delay of up to 24 hours before it takes effect.

Answer

The SCP is not attached to the management account.

Answer

The SCP condition is incorrectly formatted; SCPs cannot evaluate instance types.

Question 15

A solutions architect sees this output from the AWS CLI. The management account (111111111111) has a service control policy (SCP) attached that denies all actions unless the request originates from a specific IP range. Which account(s) are affected by this SCP?

Accepted Answer

Only the ProductionAccount (222222222222).. Option A is correct because SCPs attached to the root or OU affect all member accounts, but not the management account itself. The management account (111111111111) is not affected by SCPs. Option B is wrong because the management account is not affected. Option C is wrong because the production account is a member account and is affected. Option D is wrong because only the production account is affected.

Answer

Neither account.

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Both accounts.

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The ManagementAccount (111111111111) only.