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AWS Certified Solutions Architect study material · question 86 of 500

Which advantage do temporary credentials have over long-term access keys when a task finishes?

  1. They are stored with the user for auditing
  2. They automatically escalate to the role's maximum permissions
  3. They expire on their own, so nobody has to rotate or revoke them
  4. They can be reused later if the same task recurs
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Answer: C. They expire on their own, so nobody has to rotate or revoke them

Because temporary credentials have a limited lifetime and cannot be replayed after expiry, no explicit revocation step is required.

Source: Temporary security credentials in IAM (Amazon Web Services) — Temporary security credentials in IAM

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