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An organization requires that all Amazon S3 buckets block public access entirely. A SysOps administrator needs to ensure that no bucket can be made public, even accidentally. Which approach enforces this control at the organizational level?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Distractor review
Apply an S3 Bucket Policy on each bucket that denies public access.
Incorrect. This requires applying to each bucket and can be modified by users with appropriate permissions.
B
Distractor review
Use an AWS Config managed rule 's3-bucket-public-read-prohibited' to detect and remediate public buckets.
Incorrect. This is detective, not preventive, and may not stop the configuration from being made public.
C
Best answer
Enable S3 Block Public Access at the account level and attach an SCP to deny changes to it.
Correct. Account-level block public access prevents all public access, and an SCP prevents users from disabling it.
D
Distractor review
Create an IAM policy that denies s3:PutBucketPolicy for all users.
Incorrect. This prevents changing bucket policies but does not block public ACLs or other access paths.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: ACLs stop at the first match
ACLs are processed top to bottom. The first matching entry wins, and an implicit deny usually exists at the end.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
ACL questions test precision: source, destination, protocol, port and direction. A generally correct ACL can still fail if it is applied on the wrong interface or in the wrong direction.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Standard ACLs match source addresses.
- Extended ACLs can match source, destination, protocol and ports.
- The first matching ACL entry is used.
- There is usually an implicit deny at the end.
TExam Day Tips
- Check inbound versus outbound direction.
- Read the ACL from top to bottom.
- Look for a broader permit or deny above the intended line.
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Question 1
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Question 2
A company runs a batch processing application on Amazon EC2 that runs for 2 hours every night. The workload can tolerate interruptions. Which EC2 purchasing option provides the lowest cost for this use case?
Question 3
A SysOps administrator needs to monitor the CPU utilization of an Amazon RDS DB instance and receive an alarm when CPU utilization exceeds 80% for 5 consecutive minutes. Which AWS service should be used to create this alarm?
Question 4
A company runs a critical web application on Amazon EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group behind an Application Load Balancer (ALB). The application uses session stickiness (sticky sessions) to maintain user sessions. The SysOps administrator notices that when instances are replaced during a scale-in or failure event, users lose their session data. The administrator needs to preserve session data across instance failures without losing stickiness benefits. What should the administrator do?
Question 5
A company runs a production web application on a single Amazon EC2 instance. The application experiences a predictable and steady workload 24/7. The SysOps administrator wants to minimize compute costs for this instance while ensuring it remains available during the expected workload. Which EC2 purchasing option should the administrator use?
Question 6
A company has a VPC with public and private subnets. The private subnets host application servers that need to make outbound HTTPS connections to the internet. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution that provides outbound internet connectivity while preventing inbound connections from the internet. Additionally, the solution must allow the company to control which domains the application servers can access. Which solution should the administrator implement?
FAQ
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What does this SOA-C02 question test?
Standard ACLs match source addresses.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Enable S3 Block Public Access at the account level and attach an SCP to deny changes to it. — Using S3 Block Public Access at the account level is the most effective way to prevent public access across all buckets in an AWS account, and it can be applied as a service control policy (SCP) at the AWS Organizations level to prevent accounts from overriding it. AWS Config rules only detect non-compliance but do not prevent. Bucket policies can be changed by bucket owners. An SCP that denies modifying S3 Block Public Access ensures enforcement across all accounts in the organization.
What should I do if I get this SOA-C02 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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