SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company uses AWS Organizations and has a requirement that all Amazon S3 buckets must have versioning enabled. The company wants to automatically enable versioning on any bucket that is created without it. Which solution should be implemented?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates choose Option B (SCP) because they assume SCPs can enforce API-level conditions like versioning, but SCPs cannot evaluate request parameters that are not supported as condition keys in the IAM policy context.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Use AWS Config with a managed rule s3-bucket-versioning-enabled and configure auto-remediation using an AWS Systems Manager Automation document to enable versioning.
AWS Config can detect S3 buckets without versioning using the managed rule `s3-bucket-versioning-enabled`, and then automatically remediate the noncompliant resource by invoking an AWS Systems Manager Automation document that enables versioning on the bucket. This provides a fully automated, event-driven solution that meets the requirement without manual intervention or blocking bucket creation.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
Use AWS Config with a managed rule s3-bucket-versioning-enabled and configure auto-remediation using an AWS Systems Manager Automation document to enable versioning.
Why this is correct
Config rule detects and auto-remediates by enabling versioning.
- ✗
Use an SCP to deny s3:CreateBucket unless versioning is enabled.
Why it's wrong here
SCP can deny creation but does not enable versioning on existing buckets.
- ✗
Use AWS Config to detect buckets without versioning and send an SNS notification.
Why it's wrong here
Notifies but does not remediate.
- ✗
Use AWS CloudFormation StackSets to deploy a bucket with versioning enabled in each account.
Why it's wrong here
Only applies to buckets created via CloudFormation.
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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