AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 179

Which actions are the responsibility of AWS, according to the AWS shared responsibility model? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Securing the virtualization layer
• B. Patching the operating system on Amazon EC2 instances
• C. Enforcing a strict password policy for IAM users
• D. Patching the operating system on Amazon RDS instances
• E. Configuring security groups and network ACLs

Correct answer: A, D

Explanation

The correct answers, A and D, indicate that AWS is responsible for securing the virtualization layer and patching the operating system on Amazon RDS instances. In contrast, options B, C, and E are actions that customers must take, such as managing EC2 operating system patches, enforcing IAM password policies, and configuring security groups and network ACLs.