AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 546

A company is using Amazon DynamoDB.

Which task is the company’s responsibility, according to the AWS shared responsibility model?

Answer options

• A. Patch the operating system.
• B. Provision hosts.
• C. Manage database access permissions.
• D. Secure the operating system.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed service, meaning AWS handles infrastructure tasks such as host provisioning, operating system patching, and OS security. Under the AWS shared responsibility model, the customer is responsible for managing data, which includes configuring database access permissions through IAM. Therefore, managing access permissions is the customer's duty, while the other options are managed by AWS.