SAP-C02 Practice Question: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
A company wants to automate the creation of new AWS accounts and apply baseline security configurations. Which combination of services should be used to achieve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
A common mix-up: candidates confuse AWS Control Tower with AWS Organizations alone, forgetting that Control Tower adds automated account provisioning and pre-built security guardrails (SCPs) that Organizations alone does not provide.
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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AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
AWS Control Tower provides a managed service to automate the creation of new AWS accounts through Account Factory, while Service Control Policies (SCPs) enforce baseline security guardrails across all accounts in the organization. This combination ensures that every new account is provisioned with consistent security policies without manual intervention.
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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AWS Service Catalog and AWS Config.
Why it's wrong here
Service Catalog provisions products, not accounts; AWS Config monitors compliance.
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AWS Organizations API and CloudTrail.
Why it's wrong here
Organizations API can create accounts, but CloudTrail does not apply baseline configurations.
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AWS Control Tower and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
Why this is correct
Control Tower provides account factory and guardrails via SCPs.
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AWS CloudFormation StackSets and IAM.
Why it's wrong here
CloudFormation StackSets deploy templates across accounts but do not create accounts.
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