SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company uses AWS Organizations and wants to delegate administration of a specific service to a member account. The service must be able to perform actions across all accounts in the organization. Which steps should the company take?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse delegated administration with creating cross-account IAM roles or using the OrganizationAccountAccessRole, not realizing that AWS Organizations provides a native, centralized registration mechanism for service-level delegation.
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 Organizations to register the member account as a delegated administrator for the service.
AWS Organizations allows you to designate a member account as a delegated administrator for a specific AWS service. Once registered, that account can perform administrative actions (e.g., creating resources, managing policies) across all accounts in the organization on behalf of that service, without needing individual IAM roles or permissions in each account.
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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Use AWS Organizations to register the member account as a delegated administrator for the service.
Why this is correct
Delegated administration allows the member account to manage the service across the organization.
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Create a service-linked role in each account to allow the service to perform actions.
Why it's wrong here
Service-linked roles are created automatically by the service, not manually.
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Grant the member account IAM permissions to assume the OrganizationAccountAccessRole in all accounts.
Why it's wrong here
This would grant broad admin access, not service-specific delegation.
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Create an IAM role in each account with a trust policy that allows the service to assume it.
Why it's wrong here
Delegated administration eliminates the need for per-account roles.
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