IAM quiz

Test your IAM knowledge with a free interactive quiz — 16 questions with answers and explanations. No signup needed to play.

What is an IAM group?

1. What is an IAM group?
2. Why prefer IAM roles over embedding long-term access keys in an application?
3. Why is it recommended to avoid using the AWS root account for daily tasks?
4. What does MFA add to IAM sign-in?
5. When an explicit Deny and an explicit Allow both match a request, what happens?
6. When no policy explicitly allows an action, what is the default in IAM?
7. What does "assuming a role" via STS provide?
8. What is a permissions boundary in IAM?
9. What does AWS IAM stand for and do?
10. What is the difference between an IAM user and an IAM role?
11. What is an IAM policy Condition used for?
12. What is an IAM policy?

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