AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 268

Which task can a user complete by using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)?

Answer options

• A. Validate JSON syntax from an application configuration file.
• B. Analyze logs from an Amazon API Gateway call.
• C. Filter traffic to or from an Amazon EC2 instance.
• D. Grant permissions to applications that run on Amazon EC2 instances.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) allows you to securely manage access to AWS services by granting specific permissions to users, groups, and resources, such as applications running on Amazon EC2 instances via IAM roles. Filtering network traffic is handled by Security Groups and Network ACLs, while log analysis is performed by services like Amazon CloudWatch.