AWS Certified SysOps Administrator SOA-C01 – Question494

A user is trying to create a list of IAM users with the AWS console. When the IAM users are creat-ed which of the below mentioned credentials will be enabled by default for the user?

A.
IAM X.509 certificates
B. Nothing. Everything is disabled by default
C. IAM passwords
D. IAM access key and secret access key

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation: Newly created IAM users have no password and no access key (access key ID and secret access key). If the user needs to administer your AWS resources using the AWS Management Console, you can create a password for the user. If the user needs to interact with AWS programmatically (using the command line interface (CLI), the AWS SDK, or service-specific APIs), you can create an access key for that user. The credentials you create for users are what they use to uniquely identi-fy themselves to AWS. Reference:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_WorkingWithGr…