- A
Users can be granted access to multiple accounts from a central location.
Identity Center provides centralized access management.
- B
Users must be IAM users in each account.
Why wrong: Identity Center uses roles, not IAM users.
- C
Identity Center requires an on-premises Active Directory.
Why wrong: It can use its own directory or connect to Active Directory, but not required.
- D
Permission sets are assigned to IAM roles in the management account.
Why wrong: Permission sets are created in Identity Center, not IAM roles.
- E
Users can be created in the Identity Center directory.
Identity Center has its own identity store.
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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 wants to centrally manage IAM users across multiple AWS accounts using AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On). Which of the following are true? (Choose TWO.)
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
✓
Users can be granted access to multiple accounts from a central location.
Option A is correct because AWS IAM Identity Center provides a central location where you can create users and groups, and then grant them single sign-on access to multiple AWS accounts and business applications. This eliminates the need to manage separate IAM users in each account, as permissions are assigned centrally through permission sets that map to IAM roles in the target accounts.
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.
- ✓
Users can be granted access to multiple accounts from a central location.
Why this is correct
Identity Center provides centralized access management.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- ✗
Users must be IAM users in each account.
Why it's wrong here
Identity Center uses roles, not IAM users.
- ✗
Identity Center requires an on-premises Active Directory.
Why it's wrong here
It can use its own directory or connect to Active Directory, but not required.
- ✗
Permission sets are assigned to IAM roles in the management account.
Why it's wrong here
Permission sets are created in Identity Center, not IAM roles.
- ✓
Users can be created in the Identity Center directory.
Why this is correct
Identity Center has its own identity store.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse permission sets with IAM roles in the management account, but permission sets are actually applied to roles created in the member accounts, not the management account.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
Under the hood, IAM Identity Center uses AWS Organizations to create IAM roles in each member account based on the permission sets you define. When a user signs in, Identity Center assumes the appropriate role in the target account using AWS STS, and the session is scoped to the permissions defined in the permission set. A key subtlety is that permission sets are essentially IAM policies that are attached to a role created by Identity Center in each account, and these roles are automatically provisioned and updated as you modify permission sets.
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.
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Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — This question tests Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
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The correct answer is: Users can be granted access to multiple accounts from a central location. — Option A is correct because AWS IAM Identity Center provides a central location where you can create users and groups, and then grant them single sign-on access to multiple AWS accounts and business applications. This eliminates the need to manage separate IAM users in each account, as permissions are assigned centrally through permission sets that map to IAM roles in the target accounts.
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