AWS AWS Billing, Pricing, and Cost Management 2

Question 1

A company runs workloads on EC2, AWS Fargate, and AWS Lambda and wants one flexible commitment that discounts all three. Which option fits best?

Accepted Answer

Compute Savings Plans

Answer

Compute Savings Plans apply across EC2, Fargate, and Lambda regardless of instance family, Region, or OS.

Question 2

How much warning does AWS give before it interrupts a Spot Instance?

Accepted Answer

Two minutes

Answer

AWS sends a Spot Instance interruption notice two minutes before reclaiming the capacity.

Question 3

Which Reserved Instance payment option gives the largest discount?

Accepted Answer

All Upfront

Answer

Paying the full commitment at the start gives the deepest RI discount.

Question 4

A team wants an EC2 reservation discount but expects to change instance families during the term. Which option allows that?

Accepted Answer

Convertible Reserved Instances

Answer

Convertible RIs can be exchanged for RIs with different instance families, OS, or tenancy.

Question 5

Which type of data transfer is generally free in AWS?

Accepted Answer

Inbound data transfer from the internet into AWS

Answer

AWS generally doesn't charge for data transferred into AWS from the internet.

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