Assuming IAM Roles Quiz

5 questions • Pass: 70% • +25 pts

Quiz covering Authentication and Authorization

Assuming IAM Roles Quiz

5 questions | Pass: 70% | Earn 25 points

Questions in this quiz

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  1. 1

    What is the primary purpose of using an IAM role instead of long-term IAM user credentials?

  2. 2

    When an EC2 instance assumes an IAM role, how does the application running on the instance obtain the temporary security credentials?

  3. 3

    An application in Account A needs to access an S3 bucket in Account B. What is required to facilitate this cross-account access?

  4. 4

    If a user is assigned an IAM policy with 'Deny' on 'sts:AssumeRole' and an inline policy with 'Allow' on 'sts:AssumeRole', what is the result?

  5. 5

    A developer has configured a Trust Policy for a role to allow an external entity to assume it. What is the impact of a misconfigured 'ExternalId' condition in the Trust Policy?