1-100 Flashcards by Jose Barrera

What costs are included when comparing AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with on-premises TCO?

Project management

Antivirus software licensing

Data center security

Software development

Data center security

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A company wants to reduce the physical compute footprint that developers use to run code. Which service would meet that need by enabling serverless architectures?

Amazon Elastic

Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

AWS Lambda

Amazon DynamoDB

AWS CodeCommit

AWS Lambda

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What is the benefit of using AWS managed services, such as Amazon ElastiCache and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)?

They require the customer to monitor and replace failing instances.

They have better performance than customer-managed services.

They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs.

They do not require the customer to optimize instance type or size selections.

They simplify patching and updating underlying OSs.

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Which of the following are features of Amazon CloudWatch Logs? (Select TWO.)

Summaries by Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS)

Free Amazon Elasticsearch Service analytics

Provided at no charge

Real-time monitoring

Adjustable retention

Real-time monitoring

Adjustable retention

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Which AWS service should be used for long-term, low-cost storage of data backups?

Amazon RDS

Amazon Glacier

AWS Snowball

AWS EBS

Amazon Glacier

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Which AWS managed service is used to host databases?

AWS Batch

AWS Artifact

AWS Data Pipeline

Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS

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Where are AWS compliance documents, such as an SOC 1 report, located?

Amazon Inspector

AWS CloudTrail

AWS Artifact

AWS Certificate Manager

AWS Artifact

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The AWS Cloud’s multiple Regions are an example of:

agility

global infrastructure

elasticity

pay-as-you-go pricing.

global infrastructure.

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When architecting cloud applications, which of the following are a key design principle?

Use the largest instance possible

Provision capacity for peak load

Use the Scrum development process

Implement elasticity

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Which design principles for cloud architecture are recommended when re-architecting a large monolithic application? (Select TWO.)

Use manual monitoring.
Use fixed servers.
Implement loose coupling.
Rely on individual components.
Design for scalability.

Implement loose coupling.

Rely on individual components.

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Which of the following can limit Amazon Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket access to specific users?

A public and private key-pair

Amazon Inspector

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies

Security Groups

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies

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Which of the following are valid ways for a customer to interact with AWS services? (Select TWO.)

Command-line interface
On-premises
Software Development Kits
Software-as-a-service
Hybrid

Command-line interface

Software Development Kits

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Which of the following Identity and Access Management (IAM) entities is associated with an access key ID and secret access key when using AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)?

IAM group

IAM user

IAM role

IAM policy

IAM user

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Which of the following Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models provides the highest average savings compared to On-Demand pricing?

One-year, No Upfront, Standard RI pricing

One-year, All Upfront, Convertible RI pricing

Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing

Three-year, No Upfront, Convertible RI pricing

Three-year, All Upfront, Standard RI pricing

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Which AWS service can be used to manually launch instances based on resource requirements?

Amazon EBS

Amazon S3

Amazon EC2

Amazon ECS

Amazon EC2

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Which of the following AWS features enables a user to launch a pre-configured Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance?

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Amazon Machine Image

Amazon EC2Systems Manager

Amazon AppStream 2.0

Amazon Machine Image

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Which service should a customer use to consolidate and centrally manage multiple AWS accounts?

AWS IAM

AWS Organizations

AWS Schema Conversion Tool

AWS Config

AWS Organizations

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Which AWS service provides a customized view of the health of specific AWS services that power a customer’s workloads running on AWS?

AWS Service Health Dashboard

AWS X-Ray

AWS Personal Health Dashboard

Amazon CloudWatch

AWS Personal Health Dashboard

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Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is the customer responsible for?

Ensuring that disk drives are wiped after use.

Ensuring that firmware is updated on hardware devices.

Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.

Ensuring that network cables are category six or higher.

Ensuring that data is encrypted at rest.

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Which of the following is a fast and reliable NoSQL database service?

Amazon Redshift

Amazon RDS

Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon S3

Amazon DynamoDB

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A characteristic of edge locations is that they:

host Amazon EC2 instances closer to users.

help lower latency and improve performance for users.

cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server.

refresh data changes daily.

cache frequently changing data without reaching the origin server.

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Which of the following components of the AWS Global Infrastructure consists of one or more discrete data centers interconnected through low latency links?

Availability Zone

Edge location

Region

Private networking

Availability Zone

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A customer needs to run a MySQL database that easily scales. Which AWS service should they use?

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Redshift

Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon ElastiCache

Amazon Aurora

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Which of the following are advantages of AWS consolidated billing? (Select TWO.)

The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts
Service limits increasing by default in all accounts
A fixed discount on the monthly bill
Potential volume discounts, as used in all accounts is combined
The automatic extension of the master account’s AWS support plan to all accounts

The ability to receive one bill for multiple accounts

Potential volume discounts, as usage in all accounts, is combined

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Which of the following is a benefit of using the AWS Cloud? Permissive security removes the administrative burden. Ability to focus on revenue-generating activities. Control over cloud network hardware. Choice of specific cloud hardware vendors.

Permissive security removes the administrative burden.

Which of the following services will **automatically scale** with an expected increase in web traffic? AWS CodePipeline Elastic Load Balancing Amazon EBS AWS Direct Connect

Elastic Load Balancing

AWS supports which of the following methods to add security to Identity and Access Management (IAM) users? **(Select TWO)** - Implementing Amazon Rekognition Using - AWS Shield-protected resources - Blocking access with Security Groups - Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) - Enforcing password strength and expiration

Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Enforcing password strength and expiration

Which service enables risk **auditing** by continuously monitoring and logging account activity, including user actions in the AWS Management Console and AWS SDKs? Amazon CloudWatch AWS CloudTrail AWS Config AWS Health

AWS CloudTrail

Distributing workloads across multiple Availability Zones supports which cloud architecture design principle? Implement automation. Design for agility. Design for failure. Implement elasticity.

Design for failure.

Which AWS tools assist with estimating costs? **(Select three.)** - Detailed billing report - Cost allocation tags - AWS Simple Monthly Calculator - AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator - Cost Estimator

Cost allocation tags AWS Simple Monthly Calculator AWS Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator

Which service stores objects, provides real-time access to those objects, and offers versioning and lifecycle capabilities? Amazon Glacier AWS Storage Gateway Amazon S3 Amazon EBS

Amazon S3

Which of the following AWS services can be used to serve large amounts of online video content with the lowest possible latency? **(Select TWO.)** - appGateway - Amazon S3 - Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) - Amazon Glacier Amazon CloudFront

Amazon S3 Amazon CloudFront

According to best practices, how should an application be designed to run in the AWS Cloud? Use tightly coupled components. Use loosely coupled components. Use infrequently coupled components. Use frequently coupled components.

Use loosely coupled components.

What approach to transcoding a large number of individual video files adheres to AWS architecture principles? Using many instances in parallel Using a single large instance during off-peak hours Using dedicated hardware Using a large GPU instance type

Using many instances in parallel

Which AWS services should be used for **read/write** of **constantly** changing data? **(Select TWO.)** - Amazon Glacier - Amazon RDS - AWS Snowball - Amazon Redshift - Amazon EFS

Amazon RDS Amazon EFS

What **AWS team assists customers** with accelerating cloud adoption through **paid engagements** in any of several specialty practice areas? AWS Enterprise Support AWS Solutions Architects AWS Professional Services AWS Account Managers

AWS Professional Services

Which is the MINIMUM AWS Support plan that allows for a **one-hour target** response time for support cases? Enterprise Business Developer Basic

Business

Compared with costs in traditional and virtualized data centers, AWS has: greater variable costs and greater upfront costs. fixed usage costs and lower upfront costs. lower variable costs and greater upfront costs. lower variable costs and lower upfront costs.

lower variable costs and lower upfront costs.

Which of the following are characteristics of Amazon S3? **(Select TWO.)** - A global file system - An object store - A local file store - A network file system - A durable storage system

An object store A durable storage system

A company is migrating an application that is running non-interruptible workloads for a **three-year** time frame. Which pricing construct would provide the **MOST cost-effective** solution? Amazon EC2 Spot Instances Amazon EC2 Dedicated Instances Amazon EC2 On-Demand Instances Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances

Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances

Which service allows a company with **multiple AWS accounts** to **combine** its usage to obtain volume discounts? AWS Server Migration Service AWS Organizations AWS Budgets AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Organizations

Which AWS characteristics make **AWS cost-effective** for a workload with dynamic user demand? **(Select TWO.)** - High availability - Shared security model - Elasticity - Pay-as-you-go pricing - Reliability

Elasticity Pay-as-you-go pricing

A company is considering using AWS for a **self-hosted database** that requires a **nightly shutdown** for maintenance and cost-saving purposes. Which service should the company use? Amazon Redshift Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with Amazon EC2 instance store Amazon EC2 with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon EC2 with Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Which services can be used across hybrid AWS Cloud architectures? **(Select TWO.)** - Amazon Route 53 - Virtual Private Gateway - Classic Load Balancer - Auto Scaling - Amazon CloudWatch default metrics

Amazon Route 53 Virtual Private Gateway

Where can AWS **compliance and certification** reports be downloaded? AWS Artifact AWS Concierge AWS Certificate Manager AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Artifact

Which of the following security-related actions are available at **no cost**? Calling AWS Support Contacting AWS Professional Services to request a workshop Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers Attending AWS classes at a local university

Accessing forums, blogs, and whitepapers

What is Amazon CloudWatch? A code repository with a customizable build and team commit features. A metrics repository with customizable notification thresholds and channels. A security configuration repository with threat analytics. A rule repository of a web application firewall with automated vulnerability prevention features.

A metrics repository with customizable notification thresholds and channels.

What is the AWS **customer responsible** for according to the AWS shared responsibility model? Physical access controls Data encryption Secure disposal of storage devices Environmental risk management

Data encryption

The use of what AWS feature or service allows companies to track and **categorize** spending on a detailed level? Cost allocation tags Consolidated billing AWS Budgets AWS Marketplace

Cost allocation tags

Which of the following is a correct relationship between regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations? Data centers contain regions. Regions contain Availability Zones. Availability Zones contain edge locations. Edge locations contain regions.

Regions contain Availability Zones.

Which of the following security-related services does AWS offer? **(Select TWO.)** - Multi-factor authentication physical tokens - AWS Trusted Advisor security checks - Data encryption - Automated penetration testing - Amazon S3 copyrighted content detection

Data encryption Automated penetration testing

For which **auditing** process does **AWS have sole** responsibility? AWS IAM policies Physical security Amazon S3 bucket policies AWS CloudTrail Logs

Physical security

Which storage service can be used as a low-cost option for hosting static websites? Amazon Glacier Amazon DynamoDB Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

Which task is **AWS responsible** for in the **shared responsibility** model for security and compliance? Granting access to individuals and services Encrypting data in transit Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware Updating operating systems

Updating Amazon EC2 host firmware

Where should a company go to **search software listings** from independent software vendors to find, test, buy and deploy software that runs on AWS? AWSMarketplace Amazon Lumberyard AWS Artifact Amazon CloudSearch

AWSMarketplace

Which of the following is an AWS managed Domain Name System (**DNS**) web service? Amazon Route 53 Amazon Neptune Amazon SageMaker Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Route 53

Which AWS services can host a Microsoft SQL Server database? **(Select TWO.)** Amazon EC2 Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Amazon Aurora Amazon Redshift Amazon S3

Amazon EC2 Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

Which of the following are categories of AWS Trusted Advisor? **(Select TWO.)** - Fault Tolerance - InstanceUsage - Infrastructure - Performance - Storage Capacity

Fault Tolerance Performance

How would an AWS customer easily apply common access controls to a large set of users? Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group. Apply an IAM policy to an IAM role. Apply the same IAM policy to all IAM users with access to the same workload. Apply an IAM policy to an Amazon Cognito user pool.

Apply an IAM policy to an IAM group.

Which of the following is a shared control between the customer and AWS? Providing a key for Amazon S3 client-side encryption Configuration of an Amazon EC2 instance Environmental controls of physical AWS data centers Awareness and training

Awareness and training

What technology enables compute **capacity to adjust** as loads change? Load balancing Automatic failover Round robin Auto Scaling

Auto Scaling

A customer is deploying a new application and **needs to choose an AWS Region**. Which of the following factors could influence the customer’s decision? **(Select TWO.)** - Reduced latency to users - The application’s presentation in the local language - Data sovereignty compliance - Cooling costs in hotter climates - Proximity to the customer’s office for on-site visits

Reduced latency to users Data sovereignty compliance

A company is looking for a scalable data **warehouse solution**. Which of the following AWS solutions would meet the company’s needs? Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Amazon DynamoDB AmazonKinesis Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift

Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following tasks are the responsibility of the AWS customer? **(Select TWO.)** - Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest - Ensuring that AWS NTP servers are set to the correct time - Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services - Ensuring that access to data centers is restricted - Ensuring that hardware is disposed of properly

Ensuring that application data is encrypted at rest Ensuring that users have received security training in the use of AWS services

Which service provides a virtually **unlimited amount** of online highly durable object storage? Amazon Redshift Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) Amazon S3

Amazon S3

How many **Availability Zones** should compute resources be provisioned across to achieve high availability? A minimum of one A minimum of two A minimum of three A minimum of four or more

A minimum of two

Which of the following AWS Cloud services can be used to run a **customer-managed** relational database? Amazon EC2 Amazon Route 53 Amazon ElastiCache AmazonDynamoDB

Amazon EC2

Under the AWS shared responsibility model, which of the following activities are the **customer’s responsibility**? **(Select TWO.)** - Patching operating system components for Amazon RDS - Encrypting data on the client-side - Training the data center staff - Configuring Network Access Control Lists (ACL) - Maintaining environmental controls within a data center

Encrypting data on the client-side Configuring Network Access Control Lists (ACL)

Which of the following is an advantage of consolidated billing on AWS? Volume pricing qualification Shared access permissions Multiple bills per account Eliminates the need for tagging

Volume pricing qualification

One of the advantages to moving infrastructure from an on-premises data center to the AWS Cloud is: it allows the business to eliminate IT bills. it allows the business to put a server in each customer’s data center. it allows the business to focus on business activities. it allows the business to leave servers unpatched.

it allows the business to focus on business activities.

The financial benefits of using AWS are: **(Select TWO.)** - reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - increased capital expenditure (capex) - reduced operational expenditure (opex) - deferred payment plans for startups - business credit lines for startups

reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) deferred payment plans for startups.

Which of the following steps should be taken by a customer when conducting **penetration testing** on AWS? Conduct penetration testing using Amazon Inspector, and then notify AWS support. Request and wait for approval from the customer’s internal security team, and then conduct testing. Notify AWS support, and then conduct testing immediately. Request and wait for approval from AWS support, and then conduct testing.

Request and wait for approval from the customer’s internal security team, and then conduct testing.

Which of the following Amazon EC2 pricing models allow customers to use existing server-bound **software licenses**? Spot Instances Reserved Instances Dedicated Hosts On-Demand Instances

Dedicated Hosts

A customer would like to design and build a new workload on AWS Cloud but does not have the AWS-related software technical expertise in-house. Which of the following AWS programs can a customer take advantage of to achieve that outcome? AWS Partner Network Technology Partners AWS Marketplace AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners AWS Service Catalog

AWS Partner Network Consulting Partners

Which AWS service would you use to obtain **compliance reports** and certificates? AWS Artifact AWS Lambda Amazon Inspector AWS Certificate Manager

AWS Artifact

Which Amazon EC2 pricing model adjusts based on **supply and demand** of EC2 instances? On-Demand Instances Reserved Instances Spot Instances Convertible Reserved Instances

Spot Instances

Which Amazon EC2 instance pricing model can provide discounts of up to **90%**? ReservedInstances On-Demand Dedicated Hosts Spot Instances

Spot Instances

When performing a cost analysis that supports the **physical isolation** of a customer workload, which compute hosting model should be accounted for in the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)? Dedicated Hosts Reserved Instances On-Demand Instances No Upfront Reserved Instances

Dedicated Hosts

Which AWS service allows companies to connect an Amazon VPC to an on-premises data center? - AWS VPN - Amazon Redshift - API Gateway - Amazon Direct Connect

Amazon Direct Connect

Which of the following is the **customer’s responsibility** under the AWS shared, responsibility model? Patching underlying infrastructure Physical security Patching Amazon EC2 instances Patching network infrastructure

Patching Amazon EC2 instances

Which AWS Cost Management tool allows you to view the **most granular data** about your AWS bill? AWS Cost Explorer AWS Budgets AWS Cost and Usage report AWS Billing dashboard

AWS Cost and Usage report

Which AWS service provides a simple and scalable **shared file storage** solution for use with Linux-based AWS and on-premises servers? Amazon S3 Amazon Glacier Amazon EBS Amazon EFS

Amazon EFS

Web servers running on Amazon EC2 access a legacy application running in a corporate data center. What term would describe this model? Cloud-native Partner network Hybrid architecture Infrastructure as a service

Hybrid architecture

Which AWS service provides alerts when an AWS event may impact a company’s AWS resources? AWS Personal Health Dashboard AWS Service Health Dashboard AWS Trusted Advisor AWS Infrastructure Event Management

AWS Personal Health Dashboard

Whatis the **lowest-cost**, a durable storage option for retaining database backups for **immediate retrieval?** Amazon S3 Amazon Glacier Amazon EBS Amazon EC2 Instance Store

Amazon S3

Which of the Reserved Instance (RI) pricing models can **change the attributes** of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of RIs of **equal or greater value**? Dedicated RIs Scheduled RIs Convertible RIs Standard RIs

Convertible RIs

Which AWS services are defined as **global** instead of regional? **(Select TWO.)** - Amazon Route 53 - Amazon EC2 - Amazon S3 - Amazon CloudFront - Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon Route 53 Amazon CloudFront

If a customer needs to **audit the change management** of AWS resources, which of the following AWS services should the customer use? AWS Config AWS Trusted Advisor Amazon CloudWatch Amazon Inspector

AWS Config

Which of the following services could be used to **deploy** an application to servers running **on-premises**? **(Select TWO.)** - AWS Elastic Beanstalk - AWS OpsWorks - AWS CodeDeploy - AWS Batch - AWS X-Ray

AWS OpsWorks AWS CodeDeploy

Which AWS service provides the ability to **manage infrastructure** as code? AWS CodePipeline AWS CodeDeploy AWS Direct Connect AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation

Which of the following inspects AWS environments to find opportunities that can save money for users and also improve system performance? a) AWS Cost Explorer b) AWS Trusted Advisor c) Consolidated billing d) Detailed billing

AWS Trusted Advisor

What is one of the advantages of the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)? It simplifies relational database administration tasks. It provides 99.99999999999% reliability and durability. It automatically scales databases for loads. It enabled users to dynamically adjust CPU and RAM resources.

It simplifies the relational database administration tasks.

Which feature of the AWS cloud will support an international company’s requirement for **low latency** to all of its customers? Fault tolerance Global reach Pay-as-you-go pricing High availability

Global reach

A customer is using multiple AWS accounts with separate billing. How can the customer take advantage of volume discounts with minimal impact to the AWS resources? Create one global AWS account and move all AWS resources to that account. Sign up for three years of Reserved Instance pricing upfront. Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations. Sign up for the AWS Enterprise support plan to get volume discounts.

Use the consolidated billing feature from AWS Organizations.

Which AWS IAM feature allows developers to access AWS services through the AWS CLI? API keys Access keys User names/Passwords SSH keys

Access keys

Which statement best describes Elastic Load Balancing? It translates a domain name into an IP address using DNS. It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2instances. It collects metrics on connected Amazon EC2 instances. It automatically adjusts the number of Amazon EC2 instances to support incoming traffic.

It distributes incoming application traffic across one or more Amazon EC2 instances.

Which AWS feature will reduce the customer’s total cost of ownership (TCO)? A shared responsibility security model Single tenancy Elastic computing Encryption

Elastic computing

Under the shared responsibility model, which of the following is a **shared control** between a customer and AWS? Physical controls Patch management Zone security Data center auditing

Zone security

Which is a recommended pattern for designing a highly available architecture on AWS? Ensure that components have low-latency network connectivity. Run enough Amazon EC2 instances to operate at peak load. Ensure that the application is designed to accommodate the failure of any single component. Use a monolithic application that handles all operations.

Ensure that the application is designed to accommodate the failure of any single component.

What is an example of agility in the AWS Cloud? Access to multiple instance types Access to managed services Using Consolidated Billing to produce one bill The decreased acquisition time for new compute resources

The decreased acquisition time for new compute resources