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AWS Certified Solutions Architect study material · question 13 of 500

What distinguishes an IAM role from an IAM user?

  1. A role can only be assumed by AWS services, never by people
  2. A role cannot have an identity-based policy attached
  3. A role is limited to a single AWS Region
  4. A role has no long-term credentials and supplies temporary ones when assumed
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Answer: D. A role has no long-term credentials and supplies temporary ones when assumed

A role carries no password or access keys; assuming it returns temporary session credentials, which is the point of using one.

Source: IAM roles (Amazon Web Services) — IAM roles

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