Quick Answer
The answer is AWS Organizations, AWS Lake Formation, and AWS Control Tower. These three services work together to enable central data governance across multiple AWS accounts by providing hierarchical management, cross-account data lake permissions, and a pre-configured governance framework. AWS Organizations allows you to centrally manage policies and account structures, while AWS Lake Formation extends fine-grained access controls to data lakes shared across accounts, and AWS Control Tower automates the setup of a secure, multi-account environment with built-in guardrails. On the AWS Certified Data Engineer Associate DEA-C01 exam, this question tests your understanding of governance versus storage services—a common trap is confusing Amazon S3 or Redshift, which are data storage and warehousing tools, with governance services. Remember the mnemonic “OCL” for Organizations, Control Tower, and Lake Formation: these are the three pillars that centralize governance, not just store or query data.
This DEA-C01 practice question tests your understanding of data security and governance. This is a configuration task: choose the command set that satisfies every stated requirement. Small differences — like 'secret' vs 'password' or 'transport input ssh' vs 'all' — change whether the answer is correct. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
Which THREE AWS services can be used to centrally manage and govern data across multiple AWS accounts? (Select THREE.)
Amazon S3
Why wrong: S3 is storage, not a central governance service.
AWS Control Tower
Control Tower provides a governance framework for multi-account environments.
AWS Organizations
Organizations centrally manage accounts and apply policies.
Amazon Redshift
Why wrong: Redshift is a data warehouse, not a governance service.
AWS Lake Formation
Lake Formation provides centralized data lake access management.
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
AWS Control Tower
Options A, C, and E are correct. Option A (AWS Organizations) provides centralized management. Option C (AWS Lake Formation) can manage data lake permissions across accounts. Option E (AWS Control Tower) offers a pre-configured environment for governance. Option B (Amazon S3) is a storage service, not central governance. Option D (Amazon Redshift) is a data warehouse, not a governance service.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
Amazon S3
Why it's wrong here
S3 is storage, not a central governance service.
AWS Control Tower
Why this is correct
Control Tower provides a governance framework for multi-account environments.
Related concept
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AWS Organizations
Why this is correct
Organizations centrally manage accounts and apply policies.
Related concept
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Amazon Redshift
Why it's wrong here
Redshift is a data warehouse, not a governance service.
AWS Lake Formation
Why this is correct
Lake Formation provides centralized data lake access management.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
Many certification questions include familiar terms but test a specific constraint. Read the exact wording before choosing an answer that is generally true but wrong for this case.
Detailed technical explanation
This question should be treated as a scenario, not a definition check. Identify the problem, the constraint and the best action. Then compare each option against those facts.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A media company stores terabytes of video archives that are accessed once a year for audit purposes. Moving these objects to a cold storage tier (Azure Archive, S3 Glacier, or Google Nearline) costs a fraction of hot storage. Questions like this test whether you understand storage tiers, access frequency tradeoffs, and retrieval latency requirements.
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Data Security and Governance — This question tests Data Security and Governance — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: AWS Control Tower — Options A, C, and E are correct. Option A (AWS Organizations) provides centralized management. Option C (AWS Lake Formation) can manage data lake permissions across accounts. Option E (AWS Control Tower) offers a pre-configured environment for governance. Option B (Amazon S3) is a storage service, not central governance. Option D (Amazon Redshift) is a data warehouse, not a governance service.
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