AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 37

Which tasks require use of the AWS account root user? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Changing an AWS Support plan
• B. Modifying an Amazon EC2 instance type
• C. Grouping resources in AWS Systems Manager
• D. Running applications in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• E. Closing an AWS account

Correct answer: A, E

Explanation

The root user is required for certain critical tasks such as changing the AWS Support plan and closing an AWS account, as these actions involve account management privileges. The other options, like modifying EC2 instance types or grouping resources, can be performed by users with appropriate IAM permissions and do not require root access.