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Browse all 2 practice questions covering AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for the DEA-C01 certification exam. Answers are intentionally hidden on this page so you can self-test first before checking results in quiz mode.
- Question 1Data Security and Governance
An organization uses multiple AWS accounts for different teams and wants to centrally manage data governance, permissions, and metadata across all accounts' data lakes. Which AWS service is designed for cross-account data lake governance?
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Start DEA-C01 Quiz - Question 2Data Security and Governance
A data governance team wants to ensure that only specific IAM roles can create, update, or delete databases and tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog. Which service provides fine-grained access control at the database and table level?
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Key IAM Concepts for DEA-C01
DEA-C01 IAM Exam Tips
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) questions in DEA-C01 are typically scenario-based. Focus on data ingestion, transformation, storage optimization, and governance. Priority concepts: iam, role, policy, permission, least privilege, cross-account.
What DEA-C01 Expects
- Anchor your answer in choose scalable data pipeline patterns with clear data quality and security controls.
- IAM scenarios for DEA-C01 are frequently mapped to Domain 4 (18%), so read the objective carefully before picking controls or architecture.
- Expect multi-topic scenarios where IAM interacts with IAM, networking, storage, or observability patterns rather than appearing as an isolated question.
- When two options are both technically valid, prefer the choice that best aligns with the exam's operational scope (Associate) and vendor best practices.
High-Value IAM Concepts
- Know the core IAM building blocks cold: iam, role, policy, permission.
- Review the edge-case features and limits for least privilege, cross-account; these details are commonly used to differentiate answer choices.
- Practice service-integration reasoning: how IAM pairs with Lake Formation, KMS, CloudTrail in real deployment patterns.
- For DEA-C01, explain why the chosen IAM design meets reliability, security, and cost expectations better than the alternatives.
Common DEA-C01 Traps
- Watch for ignoring partitioning, schema evolution, or query efficiency.
- Questions in Data Security and Governance often include distractors that look correct for IAM but violate least-privilege, durability, or availability requirements.
- Avoid picking options purely by feature name; validate data path, failure handling, and governance impact before answering.
- If the prompt hints at automation or repeatability, eliminate manual-only operational answers first.
Fast Review Checklist
- Can you compare at least two IAM implementation paths and justify which one best fits the scenario?
- Can you map the chosen answer back to Data Security and Governance (18%) outcomes for DEA-C01?
- Can you explain security and access boundaries for IAM without relying on default-open assumptions?
- Can you describe how IAM integrates with Lake Formation and KMS during failure, scaling, and monitoring events?