AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 148

A systems administrator created a new IAM user for a developer and assigned the user an access key instead of a user name and password. What is the access key used for?

Answer options

• A. To access the AWS account as the AWS account root user
• B. To access the AWS account through the AWS Management Console
• C. To access the AWS account through a CLI
• D. To access all of a company’s AWS accounts

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The access key is primarily used for programmatic access to AWS services, which means it is utilized when accessing the AWS account through a CLI. The other options are incorrect because the access key does not provide root user access, cannot be used for the Management Console directly, and does not grant access to all accounts unless specifically configured.