SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company is using AWS Organizations with a multi-account strategy. The finance team wants to centrally manage and enforce cost allocation tags across all accounts. Which solution is MOST effective?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates choose reactive solutions (like AWS Config or Lambda) because they seem automated, but the question asks for the 'most effective' solution, which requires proactive enforcement via SCPs to prevent untagged resources from ever existing.
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
✓
Create a service control policy (SCP) that denies the creation of resources if they do not have the required tags.
A service control policy (SCP) can be applied at the root, OU, or account level in AWS Organizations to deny the creation of resources that do not have the required cost allocation tags. This enforces tagging proactively at the API call level, preventing untagged resources from being created in the first place, which is the most effective approach for central enforcement.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Create a service control policy (SCP) that denies the creation of resources if they do not have the required tags.
Why this is correct
SCPs can enforce tag requirements proactively.
- ✗
Use AWS Budgets to alert on untagged resources.
Why it's wrong here
Budgets do not enforce tags.
- ✗
Use AWS Config rules to detect untagged resources and trigger a Lambda function to tag them.
Why it's wrong here
Detective, not preventive.
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Create an AWS Lambda function that tags resources after they are created.
Why it's wrong here
Reactive, not preventive.
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