AWS AWS Cost Management 2

Question 1

Which AWS service provides recommendations to optimize cost by identifying idle and underutilized resources?

Accepted Answer

AWS Trusted Advisor

Answer

Trusted Advisor's cost optimization checks flag idle and underutilized resources.

Question 2

What is the primary purpose of AWS Cost Allocation Tags?

Accepted Answer

Organize and track costs by resource attributes

Answer

Cost allocation tags let you categorize and track AWS spend by labels like project or team.

Question 3

Which purchasing option offers the deepest discount but can be interrupted by AWS with a two-minute warning?

Accepted Answer

Spot Instances

Answer

Spot Instances use spare capacity at steep discounts but can be reclaimed with a two-minute notice.

Question 4

AWS Budgets can trigger an alert based on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Actual or forecasted cost and usage thresholds

Answer

AWS Budgets supports alerts on actual and forecasted cost, usage, RI, and Savings Plans metrics.

Question 5

Which tool gives you the most granular, line-item detail of your AWS charges for custom analysis?

Accepted Answer

AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)

Answer

The Cost and Usage Report provides the most detailed, hourly line-item billing data.

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