ACloud Guru Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Exam

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Which of the following is an AWS Global Service?

VPC
Amazon RDS
IAM
EC2

The correct answer is: IAM

The correct choice identifies IAM, or Identity and Access Management, as an AWS Global Service. This service is essential for managing access to AWS resources securely. IAM allows users to create and manage AWS users and groups, set permissions to allow or deny their access to AWS resources, and provides a centralized way to manage user access across multiple AWS accounts. Being a global service means that IAM operates across all AWS regions and is not confined to a specific geographic area. This ensures that user credentials and permissions are universally enforced, regardless of where resources are deployed. In contrast, the other options represent services that are region-specific. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), for example, is specific to a single region and allows users to define a virtual network within their chosen region. Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) and EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) also operate on a regional basis, where users must specify the region in which they wish to provision their databases or instances.