CLF-C02 Billing, Pricing & Support Models 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS service allows you to estimate the cost of a new AWS architecture before deploying it?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Pricing Calculator (Correct answer)
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct answer: AWS Pricing Calculator
AWS Pricing Calculator is a free web-based tool that lets you model your architecture and generate cost estimates before you commit to any AWS resources.
Question 2: Under the AWS shared responsibility model, who is responsible for the cost of data transfer OUT from AWS to the internet?
- AWS, as part of its infrastructure costs
- The customer, based on the amount of data transferred (Correct answer)
- Shared equally between AWS and the customer
- It is always free of charge
Correct answer: The customer, based on the amount of data transferred
Customers are responsible for data transfer costs OUT from AWS to the internet; data transfer IN to AWS is generally free.
Question 3: Which AWS Support plan provides a dedicated Technical Account Manager (TAM)?
- Developer
- Business
- Enterprise On-Ramp
- Enterprise (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Enterprise
Only the Enterprise Support plan includes a dedicated TAM who provides proactive guidance, architectural reviews, and coordinates access to AWS programs.
Question 4: What happens to the overall per-unit price when a company uses Consolidated Billing with multiple AWS accounts that have high S3 usage?
- Each account is billed separately at standard rates
- Usage is combined, potentially reaching lower pricing tiers (Correct answer)
- AWS charges a consolidation fee on top of usage
- Only the payer account qualifies for volume discounts
Correct answer: Usage is combined, potentially reaching lower pricing tiers
Consolidated Billing combines usage across all member accounts, which can help the organization cross volume discount tiers faster and reduce per-unit costs.
Question 5: A startup needs AWS support with a response time of less than 4 hours for production system failures. What is the minimum support plan needed?
- Basic
- Developer
- Business (Correct answer)
- Enterprise
Correct answer: Business
The Business Support plan guarantees less than 4-hour response time for production system impairments and less than 1-hour for production system outages.
Question 6: Which of the following is a characteristic of AWS On-Demand EC2 pricing?
- Requires a 1 or 3-year commitment
- Provides up to 75% discount over On-Demand
- Pay per second or hour with no long-term commitment (Correct answer)
- Capacity can be reclaimed by AWS at any time
Correct answer: Pay per second or hour with no long-term commitment
On-Demand instances let you pay for compute capacity by the hour or second with no upfront payment or long-term commitment, offering maximum flexibility.
Question 7: Which AWS service provides a detailed breakdown of your AWS costs by service, account, tag, or time period?
- AWS Trusted Advisor
- AWS Cost Explorer (Correct answer)
- AWS Config
- AWS CloudTrail
Correct answer: AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Cost Explorer provides interactive graphs and reports to visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time with multiple filtering dimensions.
CLF-C02 Billing, Pricing & Support Models 3
Which AWS service allows you to estimate the cost of a new AWS architecture before deploying it?