SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company is designing a multi-account strategy for its development, testing, and production environments. The security team requires that all accounts share a centralized logging solution. Which approach meets this requirement with the LEAST administrative overhead?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap here is that candidates may overcomplicate the solution by choosing options that involve additional services (Glue, Kinesis, OpenSearch) or partial centralization (CloudWatch cross-account access), missing the simplicity and native support of CloudTrail's direct cross-account S3 delivery.
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 AWS CloudTrail to deliver logs to a central S3 bucket in the logging account.
AWS CloudTrail can be configured to deliver logs from multiple accounts to a single central S3 bucket in a logging account by setting up a CloudTrail trail in each account that points to the same bucket. This approach requires minimal administrative overhead as it leverages native AWS cross-account logging capabilities without additional data movement or transformation services.
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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Configure each account to write logs to its own S3 bucket and use AWS Glue to copy them to a central bucket.
Why it's wrong here
Requires managing many buckets and Glue jobs.
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Use AWS CloudTrail to deliver logs to a central S3 bucket in the logging account.
Why this is correct
CloudTrail can deliver to a single bucket across accounts via trail with organization-level settings.
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Use Amazon CloudWatch Logs in each account and view logs from a central account via cross-account access.
Why it's wrong here
Does not provide a single centralized log store; requires per-account management.
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Use Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose in each account to stream logs to a central Amazon OpenSearch Service.
Why it's wrong here
Overly complex and costly for simple log aggregation.
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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