Identity Access Management (IAM)

Question 1

The 4 IAM components

Answer 1

IAM Groups
IAM Users
IAM Policies
IAM Roles

Question 2

IAM policies use which file format?

Answer 2

JSON

Question 3

The 3 IAM Identities

Answer 3

IAM Users
IAM Groups
IAM Roles

Question 4

True or False, you can attach multiple permission policies to a single Role

Answer 4

True

Question 5

A policy that is directly attached to an individual user is called what?

Answer 5

Inline Policy

Question 6

How to apply permissions to multiple AWS users?

Answer 6

IAM Groups

Question 7

What are the 3 types of IAM policies

Answer 7

Managed Policies
Customer Managed Policies
Inline Policies

Question 8

Which type of policy is always labelled with an orange box icon?

Answer 8

Managed Policies

Question 9

Which type of IAM policy cannot be edited?

Answer 9

Managed Policies

Question 10

Which policy element determines if the policy will Allow or Deny permissions?

Answer 10

Effect

Question 11

Which policy element identifies the user or role that the policy applies to?

Answer 11

Principal

Question 12

To force IAM users to rotate their passwords regularly, which policy option would you use?

Answer 12

Enable password expiration

Question 13

You can use this in IAM to set minimum requirements for passwords, or rotate user passwords on a schedule

Answer 13

Password Policy

Question 14

How many IAM access keys are allowed per user?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

You can download your IAM access keys in which file format?

Answer 15

CSV

Question 16

The 2 components of an IAM access key

Answer 16

Access Key ID

Secret Access Key

Question 17

How would an administrator force users to enable MFA on their accounts?

Answer 17

Using a policy

Question 18

The practice of requiring a second method of verification on-top of your regular password is called…

Answer 18

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)