Cognito User and Identity Pools Quiz

5 questions Pass: 70% +25 pts (50 with Pro)

Quiz covering Identity Federation

What you'll be asked

  1. Which AWS Cognito component is primarily responsible for authenticating users and managing user directories?
  2. If you need to provide your users with temporary AWS credentials to access services like S3 or DynamoDB, which Cognito component should you use?
  3. A developer wants to allow users to sign in using their existing Google or Facebook accounts. Which feature of Cognito User Pools facilitates this?
  4. What happens when a user signs in through a User Pool and then requires access to an AWS resource via an Identity Pool?
  5. You have an application that uses Cognito Identity Pools. You notice that even though a user is authenticated, they receive 'Access Denied' errors when trying to upload files to an S3 bucket. What is the most likely cause?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.