AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 322

Which task is the responsibility of a company that is using Amazon RDS?

Answer options

• A. Provision the underlying infrastructure.
• B. Create IAM policies to control administrative access to the service.
• C. Install the cables to connect the hardware for compute and storage.
• D. Install and patch the RDS operating system.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, Amazon RDS is a managed service where AWS handles the physical infrastructure, cabling, and operating system patching. The customer is responsible for data management, including configuring IAM policies to control access to the RDS resources. Therefore, managing administrative access via IAM is the customer's responsibility.