CCP AWS Pricing, Billing and Cost Management 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which AWS pricing model offers the largest discount compared to On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment?
- Spot Instances
- Reserved Instances (Correct answer)
- Savings Plans
- Dedicated Hosts
Correct answer: Reserved Instances
Reserved Instances offer up to 72% savings over On-Demand pricing when you commit to a specific instance type for 1 or 3 years.
Question 2: Which AWS pricing model is best for workloads that can tolerate interruptions and want the lowest possible compute cost?
- On-Demand Instances
- Reserved Instances
- Spot Instances (Correct answer)
- Dedicated Instances
Correct answer: Spot Instances
Spot Instances use spare EC2 capacity and can be up to 90% cheaper than On-Demand, but AWS may reclaim them with a two-minute warning.
Question 3: Which AWS tool lets you estimate the monthly cost of your planned AWS infrastructure before deploying it?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Pricing Calculator (Correct answer)
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Correct answer: AWS Pricing Calculator
The AWS Pricing Calculator lets you model your expected workloads and estimate monthly costs before committing to any resources.
Question 4: Which AWS service allows you to set spending thresholds and receive alerts when your costs or usage exceed defined limits?
- AWS Cost Explorer
- AWS Budgets (Correct answer)
- AWS Bills
- AWS Pricing Calculator
Correct answer: AWS Budgets
AWS Budgets lets you define cost, usage, or reservation budgets and sends alerts via SNS or email when thresholds are breached.
Question 5: What is the AWS Free Tier, and how long does the standard 12-month free tier last?
- Unlimited free usage forever
- Free usage for 12 months after account creation (Correct answer)
- Free only for Enterprise Support customers
- Free for 6 months on new regions
Correct answer: Free usage for 12 months after account creation
The AWS Free Tier offers new customers 12 months of limited free usage for many services, starting from account creation date.
Question 6: Which AWS Cost Management tool provides visualizations of your historical and forecasted spending by service, region, or tag?
- AWS Budgets
- AWS Pricing Calculator
- AWS Cost Explorer (Correct answer)
- AWS Billing Dashboard
Correct answer: AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Cost Explorer provides interactive charts and filtering to analyze past spending patterns and forecast future costs.
CCP AWS Pricing, Billing and Cost Management 1
Which AWS pricing model offers the largest discount compared to On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1- or 3-year commitment?