SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a central IT team that manages networking resources for multiple application teams. Each application team needs to manage its own EC2 instances and RDS databases. Which AWS architecture best supports this separation of duties?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many candidates assume separate VPCs or Transit Gateway are necessary for isolation, but the shared VPC model with IAM policies provides both centralized network management and delegated resource control, which is the exact pattern tested in the SAP-C02 exam for organizational complexity.
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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Use a shared VPC with separate subnets for each team, with IAM policies to control access.
A shared VPC allows the central IT team to own and manage the networking resources (VPC, subnets, route tables, etc.) while each application team can independently manage their own EC2 instances and RDS databases within their designated subnets. IAM policies can be scoped to restrict each team to only their subnets and resources, achieving clear separation of duties without requiring multiple VPCs or complex connectivity.
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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Use AWS Transit Gateway to connect individual VPCs managed by each team.
Why it's wrong here
Transit Gateway is for network connectivity, not for central management of resources.
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Use a shared VPC with separate subnets for each team, with IAM policies to control access.
Why this is correct
Shared VPC allows central management of network resources while teams manage their own resources.
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Create a single VPC and use VPC peering to connect team resources.
Why it's wrong here
VPC peering is for connecting VPCs, not for managing resource creation within a VPC.
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Create a separate VPC for each application team and use VPC peering.
Why it's wrong here
This decentralizes network management, contrary to the requirement.
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