SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company has a multi-account AWS environment with hundreds of accounts. They need to enforce that all accounts have AWS CloudTrail enabled and that logs are delivered to a central S3 bucket. Which TWO actions should be taken to ensure compliance across the organization?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse detective controls (like AWS Config rules) with preventive or automated enforcement mechanisms, leading candidates to choose Option D instead of recognizing that organization trails provide native, automatic compliance.
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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Enable CloudTrail organization trail from the management account.
Enabling an organization trail from the management account automatically creates a CloudTrail trail for all accounts in the AWS Organization, including future accounts, without requiring per-account configuration. This ensures centralized logging to a single S3 bucket and enforces compliance across the entire organization.
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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Enable CloudTrail organization trail from the management account.
Why this is correct
Organization trails automatically apply to all accounts.
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Create an AWS Lambda function in each account to enable CloudTrail.
Why it's wrong here
Too manual and not scalable.
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Attach an SCP that requires CloudTrail to be enabled.
Why it's wrong here
SCPs cannot enable services; they only deny or allow API actions.
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Create an AWS Config rule to detect accounts without CloudTrail.
Why it's wrong here
Detection alone does not enforce enabling CloudTrail.
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Use AWS CloudFormation StackSets with service-managed permissions to deploy a CloudTrail trail to all accounts.
Why this is correct
StackSets can deploy resources across accounts automatically.
Quick reference
AWS S3 Storage Class Comparison
| Storage Class | Min Duration | Retrieval | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Standard | None | Immediate | Frequently accessed data |
| S3 Standard-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Infrequent access, rapid retrieval |
| S3 One Zone-IA | 30 days | Immediate | Non-critical infrequent data |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | None | Immediate–hours | Unknown or changing access patterns |
| S3 Glacier Instant | 90 days | Milliseconds | Archive with instant retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Flexible | 90 days | Minutes–hours | Archive, flexible retrieval |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive | 180 days | Hours | Long-term compliance archive |
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