AWS AWS Cost Management

Question 1

What is AWS Cost Explorer used for?

Accepted Answer

Visualizing, understanding, and managing AWS spending patterns over time

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Exploring new AWS services

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Browsing the AWS Marketplace

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Managing S3 bucket permissions

Question 2

What are AWS Savings Plans?

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Flexible pricing models offering significant discounts in exchange for a consistent usage commitment

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Free tier services that never expire

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Coupons for AWS training courses

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Discount codes for AWS certifications

Question 3

What is the difference between Reserved Instances and Spot Instances?

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Reserved provide discounts for committed usage; Spot offer deep discounts on unused capacity that can be interrupted

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Reserved are more expensive than On-Demand

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Spot instances are guaranteed to run continuously

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There is no price difference between them

Question 4

What is AWS Budgets and how does it help with cost management?

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A service to set custom spending thresholds and receive alerts when costs exceed or are forecasted to exceed budgets

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A financial planning tool for business strategy

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A service that automatically reduces AWS spending

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A tool for creating AWS billing invoices

Question 5

What is the AWS Well-Architected Framework's cost optimization pillar?

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A set of best practices for running systems that deliver business value at the lowest cost

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A framework for finding the cheapest AWS region

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A discount program for well-designed architectures

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A certification program for cost analysts

Question 6

What is the purpose of AWS Trusted Advisor cost optimization checks?

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To identify idle resources, underutilized instances, and opportunities to save money

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To verify that AWS services are functioning correctly

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To recommend architectural changes for performance

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To check for security vulnerabilities only