AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer Associate SOA-C03 Practice Question
An application that runs on Amazon EC2 assumes an IAM role named AppRole to write items to a DynamoDB table. After a recent change to IAM policies, the application receives AccessDenied errors when it calls PutItem. You are asked to identify exactly which statement in all attached identity-based and resource-based policies is blocking the request so that you can propose a fix. Which AWS tool will give you the most direct, line-by-line evaluation of every policy that applies to AppRole for this specific API call?
The IAM policy simulator lets you choose a principal (user or role), specify an AWS API action such as dynamodb:PutItem, and then evaluates all identity-based, resource-based, and permissions-boundary policies that apply. It shows whether the request is allowed or denied and pinpoints the specific statement that causes a deny, making it ideal for troubleshooting unexpected AccessDenied errors. CloudTrail only shows that the call was denied but not why. IAM Access Analyzer identifies potential external access paths but does not evaluate a single request. Trusted Advisor security checks highlight general best-practice issues and will not trace policy logic for an individual API action.
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