AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 236

According to the AWS shared responsibility model, which activities are the customer's responsibility for security in the AWS Cloud? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Hardware maintenance
• B. Amazon EC2 operating system patching
• C. API access control for AWS resources
• D. Configuration management of infrastructure devices
• E. Maintenance of an Availability Zone

Correct answer: B, C

Explanation

The correct answers are B and C because customers are responsible for managing the operating system of their EC2 instances, including applying patches, and for controlling API access to their AWS resources. Options A, D, and E are incorrect as they pertain to responsibilities that AWS manages, such as hardware maintenance and the underlying infrastructure of Availability Zones.