AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 839

An IAM group is a:

Answer options

• A. group of EC2 machines that gain the permissions specified in the group.
• B. collection of IAM users.
• C. guide for IAM users.
• D. collection of AWS accounts.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

An IAM group is a collection of IAM users, which allows you to specify permissions for multiple users at once to simplify access management. It is not used to group EC2 instances (which use IAM roles) or AWS accounts (which are managed via AWS Organizations), nor is it a guide.