Design Secure Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a data ingestion service, an architect is reviewing IAM roles requirement set 14. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?

Answer choices

1. A. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
2. B. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
3. C. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.
4. D. Use temporary credentials for aws services and federated users.

Correct Answer

D. Use temporary credentials for aws services and federated users.

Explanation

The best answer applies IAM roles: use temporary credentials for AWS services and federated users. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.

Question details

• Difficulty: hard
• Domain: Design Secure Architectures
• Objective: IAM roles

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