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Amazon DVA-C02 Exam - Topic 1 Question 59 Discussion

Actual exam question for Amazon's DVA-C02 exam
Question #: 59
Topic #: 1
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An 1AM role is attached to an Amazon EC2 instance that explicitly denies access to all Amazon S3 API actions. The EC2 instance credentials file specifies the 1AM access key and secret access key, which allow full administrative access.

Given that multiple modes of 1AM access are present for this EC2 instance, which of the following is correct?

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Suggested Answer: D

by Chantay at Jan 05, 2026, 05:16 AM

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Tricia
4 days ago
I thought IAM roles could override those denies. This is confusing!
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Denae
10 days ago
That’s a common misconception, but the deny rule takes precedence.
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Lavonna
15 days ago
Wait, are you sure? The access key gives full admin rights.
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Rhea
20 days ago
Totally agree, D is the right answer!
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Gerald
25 days ago
The IAM role denies all S3 actions, so no access.
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Lauran
1 month ago
D) The EC2 instance will not be able to perform any S3 action on any S3 bucket. The explicit deny always wins, no matter how powerful the credentials are.
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Lacresha
1 month ago
I'm pretty sure the EC2 instance has a split personality - one that can do anything, and one that can do nothing. Gotta love those IAM policies!
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Dustin
2 months ago
I guess the EC2 instance is trying to pull off a magic trick with those credentials. Abracadabra, no S3 access for you!
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Marya
2 months ago
D) The EC2 instance will not be able to perform any S3 action on any S3 bucket.
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Avery
2 months ago
C) The EC2 instance will be able to perform all actions on any S3 bucket.
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Rebbecca
2 months ago
I thought I read somewhere that if there's a deny in place, it blocks all access, but I could be mixing it up with another topic.
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Rosalyn
3 months ago
This reminds me of a practice question where the deny policy took precedence. I think the answer is D.
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Arlette
3 months ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like the full administrative access might override the deny policy.
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Elly
3 months ago
I remember that IAM policies can explicitly deny actions, so I think the EC2 instance won't be able to do anything with S3.
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Gearldine
3 months ago
Okay, I'm feeling more confident now. The key here is that the IAM role attached to the EC2 instance explicitly denies all S3 API actions, so that should override the full admin access from the credentials file. The correct answer is D.
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Luis
3 months ago
I think I know the answer, but I want to double-check my understanding. The explicit denial in the IAM role should take precedence, so the EC2 instance won't be able to perform any S3 actions, right?
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Lajuana
3 months ago
I'm a bit confused here. If the EC2 instance has full admin access, shouldn't it be able to override the IAM role restrictions? Or does the explicit denial take precedence?
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Marget
4 months ago
Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. The EC2 instance has full administrative access, but the IAM role attached to it explicitly denies S3 API actions. That's a bit of a contradiction.
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Desirae
4 months ago
Hmm, this seems like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully consider the different IAM access modes and how they might interact.
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