Tutorials Dojo (Cost & Billing) Flashcards

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Which of the following AWS services provides a security management tool that can be used to configure your AWS WAF rules across different AWS accounts?

AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon Guarduty
AWS Firewall Manager
AWS Resource Access Manager

A

AWS Firewall Manager

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What is the difference between an Availability Zone and a Local Zone?

A

An Availability Zone is an isolated location within an AWS region.

A Local Zone is an extension of an AWS Region in geographic proximity to your users.

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An organization needs to use a natural language processing service to find insights and relationships in article submissions.

Which of the following services can satisfy the given requirement?

Amazon Textract
Amazon WorkDocs
Amazon Monitron
Amazon Comprehend

A

Amazon Comprehend:

a natural language processing service that uses machine learning to find meaning and insights in text.

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Which of the following are valid use cases supported by Amazon CloudFront? (Select TWO.)

Live & On-Demand video streaming
Static asset caching
Schema Conversion
Serverless Interactive Query
Automated Backups
A

Static asset caching
Live & on-demand video streaming

(Secuirty)
(Custonmizable content delivery with Lamda@Edge)
(Dynamic content & API acceleration)
(Software distribution)

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A company plans to use an application streaming service to give its employees instant access to their desktop applications from any device.

Which of the following services fulfills this requirement?

AWS AppSyn
Amazon WorkSpaces
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Amazon AppStream 2.0

A

Amazon AppStream 2.0:
a fully managed application streaming service that provides users with instant access to their desktop applications from anywhere.

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Which of the following is capable of inspecting your AWS environment and making recommendations to lower expenditures, improve system performance and reliability, and close security gaps?

AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Budgets
AWS Inspector

A

AWS Trusted Advisor

is an online tool that provides you real-time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices. It inspects your AWS environment and makes recommendations for saving money, improving system performance and reliability, or closing security gaps.

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Which of the following Amazon EC2 instance purchasing options can help you address compliance requirements and reduce costs by allowing you to use your existing server-bound software licenses?

On-Demand Instance
Dedicated Instance
Reserved Instance
Dedicated Host

A

Dedicated Host

is a physical server with EC2 instance capacity fully dedicated to your use. Dedicated Hosts can help you address compliance requirements and reduce costs by allowing you to use your existing server-bound software licenses.

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A company is planning to adopt a hybrid cloud architecture with AWS. Which of the following can they use to assist them in estimating their costs? (Select TWO.)

AWS Cost Explorer
Cost allocation tag
AWS Pricing Calculator
AWS Sales Representative
Consolidated Billing
A

AWS Pricing Calculator
AWS Sales Representative

To estimate a bill, use the AWS Pricing Calculator.

To estimate the costs of migrating on-premises infrastructure to AWS, you may contact a business sales representative to work with you on your infrastructure migration project.

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A company is currently using an On-Demand EC2 instance for their application which they plan to migrate to a Reserved EC2 Instance to save on cost. Which of the following is the most cost-effective option if the application being hosted would be used for more than 3 years?

No Upfront Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 1-year term that is renewed every year.

All Upfront Convertible Reserved Instance pricing for a 1-year term.

All Upfront, Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term.

No Upfront Convertible Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term.

A

All Upfront, Standard Reserved Instance pricing for a 3-year term.

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10
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You need to launch a new EC2 Instance for a beta program which is scheduled to change its instance family, operating system and tenancy exactly 3 months after its trial period. Which type of Reserved Instance (RI) should you use?

Zonal RI
Scheduled RI
Convertible RI
Standard RI

A

Convertible RI

if you need additional flexibility, such as the ability to use different instance families, operating systems, or tenancies over the Reserved Instance term.

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11
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Which of the following is the most cost-effective AWS Support Plan to use if you need access to AWS Support API for programmatic case management?

Basic
Developer
Business
Enterprise

A

Business

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Which of the following is true regarding the Developer support plan in AWS? (Select TWO.)

Full access to the AWS Support API

Limited access to the 7 Core Trusted Advisor checks

Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS

Has access to the full set of Trusted Advisor checks

No access to the AWS Support API

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Limited access to the 7 core Trusted Advisor checks

No access to the AWS support API

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13
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Which of the following allows you to categorize and track your AWS costs on a detailed level?

Cost allocation tags
Consolidated billing
AWS budgets
Amazon Aurora Backtrack

A

Cost allocation tags

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14
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Which of the following provides you the most granular data about your AWS costs and usage and also load that information into Amazon Athena, Amazon Redshift, AWS QuickSight, or a tool of your choice?

AWS cost and usage report
Consolidated billing
AWS cost explorer
AWS budgets

A

AWS cost and usage report

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Which of the following shares a collection of offerings to help you achieve specific business outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption through paid engagements in several specialty practice areas?

AWS Technical Account Manager

AWS Professional Services

Concierge Support

AWS Enterprise Support

A

AWS Professional Services

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16
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Which of the following are the characteristics of Amazon EC2 Convertible Reserved Instances? (Select TWO.)

Allows the change of instance family, operating system, tenancy, and payment option

Has the capability to change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or greater value

Allows you to match your capacity reservation to a predictable recurring schedule that only requires a fraction of a day, a week, or a month

Allows you to change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or lesser value

Provides the most significant discount of the RI types and are best suited for steady-state usage

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Allows the change of instance family, operating system, tenancy, and payment option

Has the capability to change the attributes of the RI as long as the exchange results in the creation of Reserved Instances of equal or greater value

17
Q

A customer currently has a Basic support plan and they are planning to use the Infrastructure Event Management, Well-Architected Reviews and Operations Reviews features in AWS. What should they do in order to access these features in the most cost-effective manner?

None since these features are already included in their Basic support plan.

Upgrade to Developer support plan.

Upgrade to Business support plan.

Upgrade to Enterprise support plan.

A

Upgrade to Enterprise support plan.

18
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Which of the following AWS Cost Management tools enable you to forecast future costs and usage of your AWS resources based on your past consumption?

AWS Pricing Calculator

AWS Cost and Usage report

Cost Explorer

Amazon Forecast

A

Cost Explorer

is a tool that enables you to view and analyze your costs and usage.

19
Q

In Amazon EC2, which pricing construct adjusts its price based on supply and demand of EC2 instances?

Spot Instance

Standard Reserved Instance

Convertible Reserved Instance

On-Demand Instance

A

Spot Instance

pricing by moving to a model that delivers low, predictable prices that adjust gradually based on long-term trends in supply and demand.

20
Q

Which of the following is the most cost-effective payment option when you purchase either a Standard or Convertible Reserved Instance for a 1-year term?

No Upfront

Partial Upfront

All Upfront

Deferred

A

All Upfront

The All Upfront option provides you with the largest discount compared with the other types.

21
Q

What is the best type of instance purchasing option to choose if you will run an EC2 instance for 3 months to perform a job that is uninterruptible?

On-Demand

Reserved

Spot

Dedicated

A

On-Demand

is the best instance type to use when you need instances for short periods of time and for uninterruptible workloads since they are the cheapest option for its span of time.

22
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Which compute option reduces costs when you commit to a consistent amount of compute usage for a 1-year or 3-year term?

Dedicated Hosts

Reserved Instances

Savings Plans

Spot Instances

A

Savings Plans

23
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Which of the following is true regarding the Business support plan in AWS?

Provides a 15-minute response time support if your production system goes down

Provides a 15-minute response time support if your business-critical system goes down

Provides a 1-hour response time support if your production system goes down

Provides a 1-hour response time support if your production system got impaired

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Provides a 1-hour response time support if your production system goes down