SAP-C02 Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity Practice Test 6 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company has multiple AWS accounts and wants to centralize CloudTrail logs in a single S3 bucket in the security account. Which policy should be applied to the S3 bucket to allow cross-account delivery from all member accounts?

Accepted Answer

Add a bucket policy that grants the CloudTrail service principal s3:PutObject permissions for the bucket, with a condition that the source account is in the organization.. Option B is correct because the bucket policy must explicitly grant the CloudTrail service principal (cloudtrail.amazonaws.com) permission to write objects, and include a condition to restrict access to the organization's accounts. Option A is wrong because CloudTrail does not use IAM roles from the source accounts to write to the bucket. Option C is wrong because the service principal is 'cloudtrail.amazonaws.com', not 'logs.amazonaws.com'. Option D is wrong because the bucket policy must be on the destination bucket, not on the source accounts.

Answer

Add an IAM role in the security account and allow the CloudTrail service in each member account to assume that role.

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Configure the bucket ACL to allow write access for all member account root users.

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Add a bucket policy that grants the service principal 'logs.amazonaws.com' s3:PutObject permissions.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

A company has a centralized logging account and multiple application accounts. Each application account sends CloudWatch Logs to a cross-account log group in the logging account. The security team wants to ensure that logs are encrypted at rest using a KMS key that only the logging account can manage. Which configuration is required?

Accepted Answer

Create a cross-account destination in the logging account, configure subscription filters in source accounts, and attach a KMS key policy that allows CloudWatch Logs in source accounts to use the key.. Option D is correct because each account must have a subscription filter that sends logs to the cross-account destination, and the destination's access policy must allow the source accounts to write. Additionally, KMS key policy must grant the CloudWatch Logs service principal in the source accounts permission to use the key. Option A is wrong because using the default CloudWatch Logs encryption key does not provide customer-managed encryption. Option B is wrong because the destination is in the logging account, not in the source accounts. Option C is wrong because S3 is not used.

Answer

Use S3 replication with SSE-KMS to copy logs from source accounts to the logging account.

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Create a cross-account destination in each source account and attach a resource policy that grants the logging account permission to write.

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Use the default AWS-managed KMS key for CloudWatch Logs in each source account.

Question 5

A company is using AWS Organizations and wants to allow certain member accounts to create VPCs with specific CIDR ranges. Which mechanism should be used to enforce this restriction?

Accepted Answer

Use SCPs with conditions on the ec2:CreateVpc action, specifying allowed CIDR ranges.. Option B is correct because SCPs can be attached to OUs or accounts to deny actions that do not meet conditions. Option A is wrong because IAM policies are for users/roles within an account, not for controlling actions across accounts. Option C is wrong because AWS Config can detect non-compliant VPCs but cannot prevent creation. Option D is wrong because CloudTrail logs but does not enforce.

Answer

Use AWS Config rules to automatically delete non-compliant VPCs.

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Use IAM policies with conditions on the ec2:CreateVpc action in each account.

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Use AWS CloudTrail to monitor VPC creation and alert the security team.

Question 6

A company has a multi-account environment with a centralized network account that hosts a transit gateway. Application accounts need to connect to the transit gateway. The network team wants to ensure that only authorized accounts can create attachments. Which method should be used?

Accepted Answer

Use AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM) to share the transit gateway with authorized accounts.. Option C is correct because the transit gateway can be shared with accounts via AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM), and a resource share can be created with specific accounts or OUs. Option A is wrong because SCPs can deny the creation of attachments only if they are not shared. Option B is wrong because VPC peering is separate from transit gateway. Option D is wrong because Direct Connect is for on-premises connectivity.

Answer

Use AWS Direct Connect to connect each application account to the transit gateway.

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Establish VPC peering connections between each application account and the network account.

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Create an SCP that denies ec2:CreateTransitGatewayVpcAttachment for all accounts except the network account.

Question 7

A company uses AWS SSO with an external identity provider. The security team needs to enforce that users in the finance department can only access the finance OU accounts. Which configuration is required?

Accepted Answer

Use AWS SSO to assign the finance group to the finance OU accounts only.. Option D is correct because AWS SSO allows assignment of users/groups to specific accounts, and the finance group can be assigned only to finance OU accounts. Option A is wrong because SCPs affect all users, not just from a specific IdP. Option B is wrong because IAM roles in each account would require manual management. Option C is wrong because the IdP cannot manage AWS account permissions directly.

Answer

Configure the external IdP to send a SAML attribute that AWS uses to enforce permissions.

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Create an SCP that denies access to non-finance accounts for users from the finance group.

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Create IAM roles in each finance account and trust the IdP with a condition on the group attribute.

Question 8

A company is using AWS Organizations with consolidated billing. The finance team wants to track costs by project, but projects span multiple accounts. Which approach should be used to tag resources consistently across accounts?

Accepted Answer

Use tag policies in AWS Organizations to enforce required tags on resources.. Option C is correct because AWS Organizations provides tag policies that can enforce required tags across all accounts in the organization. Option A is wrong because cost allocation tags must be activated in each account, but they do not enforce tagging. Option B is wrong because SCPs cannot enforce tagging. Option D is wrong because AWS Config can detect untagged resources but does not enforce at creation.

Answer

Define cost allocation tags in the management account and activate them for all accounts.

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Use AWS Config rules to automatically tag resources after creation.

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Use an SCP that denies resource creation if the required tags are not present.

Question 9

A company is designing a multi-account strategy using AWS Organizations. The security team requires that all API calls to create or modify IAM roles are logged and alerted. Which TWO steps should be taken to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

Create a CloudWatch Logs metric filter and alarm to detect IAM role creation/modification events.. Option A is correct because CloudTrail logs management events, including IAM API calls, to CloudWatch Logs. Option D is correct because a CloudWatch Logs metric filter and alarm can detect specific API events and trigger notifications. Option B is wrong because SCPs cannot log events. Option C is wrong because AWS Config does not log API calls. Option E is wrong because IAM Access Analyzer is for analyzing policies, not logging.

Answer

Use AWS Config to record IAM role changes and stream to CloudWatch Logs.

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Create an SCP that denies IAM role creation and modification.

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Enable IAM Access Analyzer to monitor IAM role usage.

Question 10

A company has a centralized logging account and multiple member accounts. The member accounts generate VPC Flow Logs that need to be sent to a central S3 bucket in the logging account. Which TWO steps must be taken to enable this cross-account delivery?

Accepted Answer

Add a bucket policy on the central S3 bucket that grants the service principal 'delivery.logs.amazonaws.com' s3:PutObject permission.. Option A is correct because VPC Flow Logs can be published to a cross-account S3 bucket, but the bucket policy must allow the delivery service. Option C is correct because the bucket policy must grant the VPC Flow Logs service principal (delivery.logs.amazonaws.com) permission to write. Option B is wrong because the bucket should be in the logging account, not in member accounts. Option D is wrong because IAM roles are not used for VPC Flow Logs delivery. Option E is wrong because the management account is not needed for this setup.

Answer

Create an IAM role in the logging account that the member accounts can assume to put objects.

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Create an S3 bucket in each member account to receive Flow Logs, and replicate to the central bucket.

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Enable AWS CloudTrail in the management account to aggregate logs.

Question 11

A company is using AWS Organizations with multiple OUs. The security team wants to ensure that no account can delete CloudTrail trails or S3 bucket policies. Which THREE SCP strategies should be combined?

Accepted Answer

Attach an SCP to the root that explicitly denies cloudtrail:DeleteTrail and s3:PutBucketPolicy.. Option A is correct because denying specific actions is straightforward. Option C is correct because a deny-all SCP with allows for CloudTrail and S3 actions would also work, but careful ordering is needed. Option D is correct because SCPs are evaluated in order, and a deny always overrides an allow. Option B is wrong because SCPs cannot prevent deletion if the user has full admin; SCPs only apply if the user would otherwise have permission. Option E is wrong because IAM policies are not SCPs.

Answer

Use IAM policies with conditions to restrict deletion to certain IP addresses.

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Attach an SCP to the root that allows all actions, and rely on IAM policies in each account.

Question 12

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 13

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.

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333333333333

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222222222222

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o-example1

Question 14

Refer to the exhibit. A company attaches this SCP to the root of an AWS Organization. What is the effect?

Accepted Answer

All principals outside the organization are denied all actions.. Option B is correct because the SCP denies any action if the principal's organization ID does not match 'o-exampleorgid'. This effectively blocks all actions from principals outside the organization. Option A is wrong because it does not deny actions from all principals; it only denies those outside the org. Option C is wrong because it does not allow actions; it denies. Option D is wrong because it does not require MFA.

Answer

All principals are required to have MFA enabled.

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All principals in the organization are allowed all actions.

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All principals in the organization are denied all actions.

Question 15

A company has multiple AWS accounts managed through AWS Organizations. The security team wants to enforce that all new member accounts automatically have AWS Config enabled with a specific set of rules. Which solution is the MOST efficient?

Accepted Answer

Create an SCP to deny disabling AWS Config, and use an AWS Config conformance pack in a delegated admin account to enforce rules across the organization.. Option C is correct because using an SCP in the root OU to prevent disabling Config, combined with AWS Config conformance packs in a delegation admin account, ensures accounts are created with Config enabled and rules enforced without manual intervention. Option A is wrong because it requires manual setup per account. Option B is wrong because CloudFormation StackSets require manual stack instance updates. Option D is wrong because Lambda functions triggered by account creation can be delayed and may not cover all cases.

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Create an AWS Config aggregator in the management account and enable Config for each account manually.

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Use AWS CloudFormation StackSets to deploy a Config template to each account, and manually add new accounts to the StackSet.

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Use AWS Lambda functions triggered by AWS CloudTrail to enable Config and deploy rules whenever a new account is created.