AIF-C01 Practice Question: Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions
An organization uses AWS Lake Formation to govern access to data used for machine learning in Amazon SageMaker. They want to ensure that a particular IAM role used by SageMaker can only query a subset of columns in a table containing sensitive customer data. Which Lake Formation permission should be granted to the role?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Grant SELECT on the table with column-level filter
Lake Formation supports column-level permissions via Data Permissions. You can grant SELECT permission on specific columns of a table to an IAM role, restricting access to only those columns.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Grant DESCRIBE on the table
Why it's wrong here
DESCRIBE allows viewing metadata but not querying data.
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Grant INSERT on the table
Why it's wrong here
INSERT permission allows adding data, not querying.
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Create a view with only the allowed columns and grant SELECT on the view
Why it's wrong here
While this would work, it is not a direct Lake Formation permission; the question asks which permission should be granted to the role, and Lake Formation supports column-level grants directly.
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Grant SELECT on the table with column-level filter
Why this is correct
Lake Formation allows granting SELECT on specific columns, achieving column-level access control.
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