Intoduction to AWS IAM

What is AWS IAM?

• A service for managing server instances in AWS.

• A service for managing user identities and access to AWS resources.

• A service for managing storage and databases in AWS.

• A service for monitoring and logging in AWS.

Which AWS IAM entity is used to grant permissions for accessing AWS resources?

• Users

• Roles

• Groups

• Policies

What is an IAM role?

• A group of IAM users with similar permissions.

• An IAM entity with temporary credentials used by applications running on EC2 instances.

• A policy document that defines permissions for AWS resources.

• An IAM user with administrative privileges.

What is the purpose of an IAM policy?

• To define the password requirements for IAM users.

• To define permissions for AWS resources.

• To define the network access rules for VPCs.

• To define the backup and recovery options for EC2 instances.

Which AWS service allows you to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for IAM users?

• AWS CloudTrail

• AWS S3

• AWS IAM

• AWS VPC

What is the main purpose of IAM groups?

• To define permissions for IAM users.

• To enable cross-account access to AWS resources.

• To allow IAM users to assume roles in other AWS accounts.

• To organize IAM users and apply policies to them in a group.

Which AWS service provides a way to securely access and manage AWS services using a command-line interface?

• AWS IAM

• AWS CloudFormation

• AWS CLI (Command Line Interface)

• AWS Lambda

Which of the following authentication methods are supported by IAM?

• Username and password

• Access keys

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA)

• All of the above

What does IAM stand for in AWS?

• Intelligent Asset Manager

• Integrated Access Manager

• Identity and Access Management

• Instance Authentication Module

Which of the following is true about IAM users?

• They have full administrative privileges in AWS.

• They can access and manage AWS resources.

• They are AWS service accounts used for internal processes.

• They can only be created by the root AWS account.