True or false: Simply using AWS services automatically makes a workload secure and compliant.
2 Security and Compliance Online Quiz Questions
Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 2 Security and Compliance, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.
A team wants to inspect and filter HTTP(S) requests to help protect its web application. Which AWS service is designed for this purpose?
- A
AWS Shield
- B
AWS WAF
- C
AWS Config
- D
Amazon Inspector
An application on an EC2 instance needs access to one S3 bucket. Which approach best follows least privilege and avoids embedding credentials in the code?
- A
Store a long-lived access key in the application code.
- B
Use the AWS account root user credentials.
- C
Attach an IAM role with the required permissions to the EC2 instance.
- D
Give the application unrestricted access to all S3 buckets.
True or false: When a customer uses Amazon S3, the customer still controls its data and permissions, even though AWS operates more of the underlying infrastructure.
- A
True
- B
False
A company runs an application on Amazon EC2. Under the shared responsibility model, who manages the guest operating system, its patches, the application, and the instance's network access?
- A
AWS manages the guest operating system and applications on every EC2 instance.
- B
The customer manages the guest operating system, patches, applications, and instance network access.
- C
AWS manages the customer's application patches, while the customer manages the data center.
- D
The customer manages the virtualization layer, while AWS manages the guest operating system.
Select all responsibilities that remain with a customer working toward compliance for its AWS workload.
- A
Determine which requirements apply to their own workloads.
- B
Configure their environments appropriately and meet the applicable requirements.
- C
Protect AWS data centers and hardware.
- D
Maintain their own compliance evidence and processes.
After an unexpected API change, an administrator needs to investigate who made the call, when it occurred, and where it came from. Which service's records are most directly suited to that investigation?
- A
AWS CloudTrail
- B
Amazon GuardDuty
- C
AWS Security Hub
- D
AWS Config
A team is reviewing its AWS access practices. Select all choices that align with the security guidance.
- A
Grant only the permissions needed for a task.
- B
Prefer temporary credentials for people and workloads where possible.
- C
Store long-lived access keys in application source code for convenient access.
- D
Enable multi-factor authentication and protect the root user.
Which AWS service helps provision and manage TLS certificates for supported AWS services?
A compliance team needs access to AWS audit reports and certifications. Which AWS service provides these documents?
Encryption protects stored data, while encryption protects data as it moves between clients and services.
Security groups are associated with a such as an EC2 instance, while network ACLs apply at the level.
A company points to an AWS certification as proof that its own application meets all applicable requirements. Explain why that is not sufficient and identify the customer's remaining compliance responsibilities.
True or false: Encrypting stored data is sufficient on its own to secure an AWS workload.
- A
True
- B
False
A team needs to control network traffic at the subnet level and also apply a control to an individual EC2 instance. Which statement correctly describes the relevant AWS controls?
- A
A security group applies at the subnet level, while a network ACL is associated with an individual EC2 instance.
- B
A network ACL applies at the subnet level, while a security group is associated with resources such as EC2 instances.
- C
Both controls apply only to the AWS account root user.
- D
Both controls inspect and filter HTTP(S) requests to web applications.
What protocol is commonly used to protect data in transit between clients and AWS services?
A company wants AWS audit reports and certifications to support its own compliance assessment. Which statement best describes how AWS Artifact helps?
- A
AWS Artifact automatically certifies the customer's application when the customer uses AWS.
- B
AWS Artifact determines which laws apply to every customer workload and configures the environment to meet them.
- C
AWS Artifact provides AWS security and compliance documents that customers can use in their own assessment work.
- D
AWS Artifact replaces the need for customers to maintain their own compliance evidence and processes.
A team needs to create and control cryptographic keys used for encrypting stored data in AWS services. Which service best fits that need?
- A
AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
- B
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
- C
AWS Secrets Manager
- D
Amazon Macie
Which AWS service helps an organization centrally manage workforce access to multiple AWS accounts and applications?
An application on an EC2 instance must read from one specific S3 bucket. Which approach best follows least privilege while avoiding long-lived credentials in the code?
- A
Store a long-lived access key in the application code and grant it broad access to AWS resources.
- B
Attach an IAM role to the EC2 instance and grant it only the permissions needed for the specific S3 bucket.
- C
Use the account root user's credentials so the application can access the bucket without permission errors.
- D
Create an IAM group for the EC2 instance and place the bucket credentials in the group.
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