AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 394

A user is trying to create a list of IAM users with the AWS console. When the IAM users are creat-ed which of the below mentioned credentials will be enabled by default for the user?

Answer options

• A. IAM X.509 certificates
• B. Nothing. Everything is disabled by default
• C. IAM passwords
• D. IAM access key and secret access key

Correct answer: B

Explanation

When a new IAM user is created in AWS, it is initialized with no credentials by default. The administrator must explicitly configure either a console password or access keys to allow the user to interact with AWS services.