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CLF-C02 · Question #205

Which guidelines are best practices for using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. Create individual IAM users. E. Use groups to assign permissions to IAM users.. Best practices for AWS IAM include creating individual IAM users to ensure granular access control and using groups to assign permissions efficiently, promoting the principle of least privilege.

Submitted by jordan8· Mar 6, 2026Security and Compliance

Question

Which guidelines are best practices for using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AShare access keys.
  • BCreate individual IAM users.
  • CUse inline policies instead of customer managed policies.
  • DGrant maximum privileges to IAM users.
  • EUse groups to assign permissions to IAM users.

How the community answered

(30 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    77% (23)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    13% (4)

Why each option

Best practices for AWS IAM include creating individual IAM users to ensure granular access control and using groups to assign permissions efficiently, promoting the principle of least privilege.

AShare access keys.

Sharing access keys is a severe security vulnerability that compromises accountability and makes it difficult to track actions, violating the principle of least privilege.

BCreate individual IAM users.Correct

Creating individual IAM users for each person or service that needs access to AWS resources enables proper auditing, granular access control, and simplifies credential management without sharing root account credentials.

CUse inline policies instead of customer managed policies.

While inline policies have their uses, using customer managed policies is generally preferred for reusability, versioning, and easier management across multiple IAM entities.

DGrant maximum privileges to IAM users.

Granting maximum privileges to IAM users violates the principle of least privilege, which states that users should only have the minimum permissions necessary to perform their tasks.

EUse groups to assign permissions to IAM users.Correct

Using groups to assign permissions to IAM users simplifies administration and ensures consistency, as you can attach policies to a group, and all users in that group inherit those permissions. This is more scalable than attaching policies directly to individual users.

Concept tested: IAM best practices

Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html

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