AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 19

According to the AWS shared responsibility model, which task is the customer's responsibility?

Answer options

• A. Maintaining the infrastructure needed to run AWS Lambda
• B. Updating the operating system of Amazon DynamoDB instances
• C. Maintaining Amazon S3 infrastructure
• D. Updating the guest operating system on Amazon EC2 instances

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because customers are responsible for managing the guest operating system on their Amazon EC2 instances. In contrast, maintaining the infrastructure for services like AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon S3 falls under AWS's responsibility.