SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
This SAP-C02 practice question tests your understanding of design solutions for organizational complexity. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. 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.
A company is using AWS Organizations and wants to delegate administration of AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS SSO) to a specific member account. What must be done?
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 the AWS Organizations console to register the member account as a delegated administrator for IAM Identity Center
To delegate administration of IAM Identity Center to a specific member account in AWS Organizations, you must register that account as a delegated administrator using the AWS Organizations console or API. This grants the member account the necessary permissions to manage Identity Center settings, users, and groups without requiring the management account to perform all tasks. Option B is correct because it follows the official AWS mechanism for delegating administrative control of Identity Center to a member account.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
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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Create an IAM role in the member account with permissions to manage Identity Center
Why it's wrong here
IAM role does not make the account a delegated administrator.
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Use the AWS Organizations console to register the member account as a delegated administrator for IAM Identity Center
Why this is correct
This grants the member account admin rights over Identity Center.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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Attach an SCP to the member account allowing Identity Center actions
Why it's wrong here
SCPs do not grant delegation.
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Create a new user in the management account with admin privileges
Why it's wrong here
This does not delegate to a member account.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse delegating administration with simply granting IAM permissions via roles or SCPs, not realizing that AWS requires a specific registration process through Organizations to enable delegated administration for Identity Center.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
When you register a member account as a delegated administrator for IAM Identity Center, AWS Organizations creates a service-linked role (AWSServiceRoleForOrganizations) in the member account and grants it permissions to call Identity Center APIs on behalf of the organization. This allows the delegated account to manage Identity Center instances, permission sets, and assignments without requiring the management account to be involved in day-to-day operations. A real-world scenario is a large enterprise that wants to allow a separate security team (in a member account) to manage user access centrally while keeping the management account for billing and organizational structure only.
KKey Concepts to Remember
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
→Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
→Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
A company's IT admin needs to give a contractor read-only access to production logs without sharing account credentials. Using role-based access control (RBAC) and temporary scoped permissions — not a permanent shared password — is the correct pattern. Questions like this test whether you can apply least-privilege access across cloud identity services.
What to study next
Got this wrong? Here's your next step.
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — This question tests Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Use the AWS Organizations console to register the member account as a delegated administrator for IAM Identity Center — To delegate administration of IAM Identity Center to a specific member account in AWS Organizations, you must register that account as a delegated administrator using the AWS Organizations console or API. This grants the member account the necessary permissions to manage Identity Center settings, users, and groups without requiring the management account to perform all tasks. Option B is correct because it follows the official AWS mechanism for delegating administrative control of Identity Center to a member account.
What should I do if I get this SAP-C02 question wrong?
Identify which exam domain this question belongs to, review the core concept, then practise similar questions from the same domain.
What is the key concept behind this question?
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
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