Identity Access Management (IAM)

Question 1

Describe the purpose of IAM

Answer 1

IAM allows you to manage users, groups, roles and their access to the AWS platform

Question 2

Power User Access allows ________.

Answer 2

Access to all AWS services except for management of groups and users within IAM

Question 3

When trying to grant an amazon account access to S3 using access control lists what method of identification should you use to identify that account with?

Answer 3

The email address of the account or the canonical user id

Question 4

In Identity and Access Management what are valid forms of security credentials?

Answer 4

• Email and Password (Root User)
• IAM User Name and Password
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Access Keys (Access Key ID and Secret Access Key)
• Key Pairs