Provyn Prep · AWS Fundamentals competency
Identity & networking in the AWS Fundamentals assessment
Identity & networking is one of the areas a Provyn AWS Fundamentals credential scores separately, so a recruiter can see it on its own rather than averaged into one number. This guide explains what it covers, how it is tested and what to practice.
What it covers
IAM users, roles and policies, VPC networking, DNS, CDNs, load balancing and storing secrets.
Topics in the practice set for this area
- networking
- IAM
- DNS
- CDN
- secrets
- networking / load balancing
How it is tested
In the timed assessment, questions in this area use these formats: incident walkthrough, matching, multiple choice, put the steps in order, short answer. Each attempt draws its own set of questions, and this area gets its own sub-score on the credential when the attempt includes enough questions from it. The assessment questions themselves are never published; the practice set below is written separately for study.
What to practice
- Write a least-privilege IAM policy for a single task and test what it denies.
- Draw a VPC with public and private subnets and trace how traffic leaves each.
- Explain when to use a role instead of long-lived access keys.
Try a practice question
From the free practice set (8 questions in this area). Answers and explanations are in the practice set.
- A VPC is:
- IAM is for:
- CloudFront is:
Practice before the real thing
Both are free and use practice questions only, never questions from the real assessment.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06.