CLF-C02 Billing and Pricing 2

Question 1

A company wants to receive alerts when their AWS monthly charges exceed a specific threshold. Which service should they use?

Accepted Answer

AWS Budgets

Answer

AWS Budgets lets you set custom cost and usage thresholds and sends alerts via email or SNS when those thresholds are exceeded.

Question 2

Which AWS pricing model allows customers to pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no long-term commitments?

Accepted Answer

On-Demand Instances

Answer

On-Demand Instances let you pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no upfront cost or long-term commitment.

Question 3

What is the primary benefit of using Consolidated Billing in AWS Organizations?

Accepted Answer

It combines usage across all accounts to reach higher volume discount tiers

Answer

Consolidated Billing aggregates usage across all member accounts, which can qualify the organization for higher volume discounts on services like S3 and EC2.

Question 4

A startup expects variable compute workloads with no predictable pattern. Which EC2 purchasing option minimizes cost while accepting possible interruption?

Accepted Answer

Spot Instances

Answer

Spot Instances use spare AWS capacity and can offer up to 90% savings compared to On-Demand, but AWS can reclaim them with a two-minute warning.

Question 5

Which tool provides a visual interface to explore and analyze AWS costs and usage over time?

Accepted Answer

AWS Cost Explorer

Answer

AWS Cost Explorer provides interactive charts and filtering to visualize spending patterns, identify trends, and forecast future costs.

(CLF-C02) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Practice Test

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CLF-C02 Billing and Pricing 2