Cost Management Flashcards

1
Q

You have used the following PowerShell expression to retrieve AWS cost explorer data, but nothing displays on the screen. What is the problem?

$costusage=get-cecostandusage -granularity monthly -timeperiod $interval -metric BlendedCost

The $interval date variable is not formatted correctly

You need to set –timeperiod to $true

The –timeperiod parameter name is incorrect

You need to run $costusage.resultsbytime.total.values

A

You need to run $costusage.resultsbytime.total.values

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2
Q

Which AWS CLI command is used to retrieve Cost Explorer data?

aws get-cost-and-usage

aws ce get-cost-and-usage

aws ce show

aws ce list

A

aws ce get-cost-and-usage

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3
Q

Which of the following is NOT a valid AWS budget type?

Usage budget

Regional budget

Reservation budget

Cost budget

A

Regional budget

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4
Q

You are configuring the AWS instance schedule but cannot locate a configuration option where RDS and EC2 instances are specified. How are instance schedules associated with instances?

SNS topics

Each instance is associated with the instance schedule in the instance properties

Tags

S3 configuration files

A

Tags

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5
Q

You are viewing AWS charges through the Cost Explorer. You need to download the charges. Which file formats are supported?

PDF

XML

XLS

CSV

A

CSV

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6
Q

Which of the following EC2 reserved instance commitment options are valid?

1 year

6 months

5 years

3 years

A

1 year

3 years

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7
Q

Why are spot instances provided at a discount compared to on-demand?

Uptime is not guaranteed

Slow performance

Lack of encryption

Limited high availability

A

Uptime is not guaranteed

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8
Q

While enabling the “Receive PDF invoice by email” AWS option, you cannot specify an email address. Why is this?

The currently logged in user lacks sufficient permissions

The GUI needs to be refreshed in the web browser

The root account email address is used

An IAM user has not yet been created

A

The root account email address is used

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9
Q

Which of the following RDS reserved instance commitment options are valid?

6 months

1 year

5 years

3 years

A

1 year

3 years

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