CLF-C02 Billing, Pricing, and Support Practice Test 11 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company's IT director wants to present a business case for migrating from on-premises infrastructure to AWS. They need to compare the full cost of running on-premises (hardware, facilities, power, labour) against the cost of running equivalent workloads on AWS. Which AWS tool helps create this comparison?

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Accepted Answer

AWS TCO Calculator. The AWS TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) Calculator is specifically designed to compare the full costs of running on-premises infrastructure (including hardware, facilities, power, and labor) against the equivalent costs on AWS. It generates a detailed side-by-side cost comparison report, helping IT directors build a business case for migration by quantifying potential savings.

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AWS Pricing Calculator

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

Question 2

A company's finance team needs the most granular AWS billing data available, including cost and usage data at the hourly level, broken down by resource ID and cost allocation tags, delivered to Amazon S3 for analysis with their BI tools. Which AWS service provides this?

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AWS Cost and Usage Report. AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) is the correct choice because it provides the most granular billing data available, including hourly-level cost and usage, broken down by resource ID and cost allocation tags, and can be delivered to Amazon S3 for analysis with BI tools. This service is designed for detailed, customizable reports that meet the finance team's requirements for granularity and integration.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

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Amazon CloudWatch Billing Metrics

Question 3

A company needs 24/7 phone and chat access to AWS support engineers, full access to all AWS Trusted Advisor checks, and a response time of less than 1 hour for production system outages. Which is the minimum AWS Support plan that meets all these requirements?

Accepted Answer

Business Support. The Business Support plan is the minimum plan that provides 24/7 phone and chat access to AWS support engineers, full access to all AWS Trusted Advisor checks, and a response time of less than 1 hour for production system outages. The Basic and Developer plans lack 24/7 phone/chat and full Trusted Advisor checks, while the Enterprise On-Ramp plan offers these features but is not the minimum because Business Support already meets all requirements.

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Basic Support

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Developer Support

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Enterprise On-Ramp Support

Question 4

A company runs workloads for multiple teams in a single AWS account and wants to track and report costs per team in their monthly AWS bill. Which feature allows them to categorise and report AWS costs by team?

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AWS Cost Allocation Tags. AWS Cost Allocation Tags allow you to tag AWS resources with team-specific metadata (e.g., 'Team: Engineering') and then activate those tags in the Billing and Cost Management console. Once activated, AWS generates cost reports that group and summarize charges by those tags, enabling per-team cost tracking in the monthly bill. This is the correct feature because it directly categorizes costs at the resource level and reports them in billing data.

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Organisations consolidated billing

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AWS Cost and Usage Report

Question 5

A company has bring-your-own-license (BYOL) server software that is licensed per physical CPU socket. They need to run this software on AWS and require visibility into and control over the physical host their instances run on. Which EC2 option meets this requirement?

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Dedicated Hosts. Dedicated Hosts provide you with a physical server fully dedicated to your use, allowing you to see and control the physical host's CPU sockets and cores. This is essential for bring-your-own-license (BYOL) software that is licensed per physical CPU socket, as you must ensure compliance with the license terms by managing the exact hardware configuration.

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On-Demand Instances

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Reserved Instances

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Dedicated Instances

Question 6

A startup has a development AWS account and wants the minimum paid AWS Support plan that provides email-based technical support from AWS staff. They do not need 24/7 phone access. Which is the minimum support plan that provides access to AWS technical support engineers?

Accepted Answer

Developer Support. The Developer Support plan is the minimum AWS Support plan that provides access to AWS technical support engineers via email during business hours. Basic Support offers no technical support from AWS staff, only account and billing assistance. Business and Enterprise Support include 24/7 phone and chat support, which exceeds the stated requirement for email-only access.

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Basic Support

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Business Support

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Enterprise Support

Question 7

Which AWS pricing model provides the largest discount compared to On-Demand pricing in exchange for a 1 or 3-year commitment with full upfront payment?

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Reserved Instances (All Upfront, 3-year). Reserved Instances (All Upfront, 3-year) provide the largest discount compared to On-Demand pricing because the customer commits to a 1- or 3-year term and pays the entire amount upfront, which gives AWS predictable capacity planning and reduces billing overhead. This model can offer discounts of up to 72% off On-Demand rates, significantly more than partial upfront or no upfront options, and is the most cost-effective for steady-state workloads.

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Spot Instances

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On-Demand Instances

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Compute Savings Plans (1-year, No Upfront)

Question 8

A company uses multiple AWS accounts managed under AWS Organizations. Which service allows them to share Reserved Instance discounts and Savings Plans across all accounts in the organization?

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AWS Organizations with consolidated billing. AWS Organizations with consolidated billing enables you to aggregate usage across all member accounts, allowing Reserved Instance (RI) discounts and Savings Plans to be shared. This means that unused capacity from one account can be applied to reduce costs in another account within the same organization, maximizing overall savings.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Cost and Usage Report

Question 9

Which AWS support plan provides access to AWS Infrastructure Event Management (IEM) for product launches and migrations at no additional charge?

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Enterprise Support. The Enterprise Support plan includes AWS Infrastructure Event Management (IEM) at no additional charge, providing architectural and scaling guidance for product launches and migrations. This is a key differentiator from lower-tier plans, which either do not include IEM or require an extra fee. The Business Support plan offers IEM only as a paid add-on, while Developer and Basic plans lack access entirely.

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Developer Support

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Business Support

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Basic Support

Question 10

A company wants to receive alerts when their AWS spend exceeds a specific threshold. Which AWS service should they use to configure these alerts?

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AWS Budgets. AWS Budgets allows you to set custom cost and usage budgets and receive alerts when your actual or forecasted spend exceeds a defined threshold. It is the primary service designed for proactive cost monitoring and alerting, supporting both monthly and daily budget tracking with configurable actions such as email notifications or automated responses via AWS Chatbot.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Cost and Usage Report

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Amazon CloudWatch Billing alarms

Question 11

Which tool allows a company to estimate the monthly cost of running a new AWS architecture before deploying any resources?

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AWS Pricing Calculator. The AWS Pricing Calculator (formerly Simple Monthly Calculator) allows users to estimate the monthly cost of AWS services by configuring resources like EC2 instances, storage, and data transfer before deployment. It provides a detailed cost breakdown based on selected regions, instance types, and usage patterns, enabling informed budgeting without incurring actual charges.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 12

A company is evaluating whether to use AWS Compute Savings Plans or EC2 Instance Savings Plans. Which statement correctly describes when EC2 Instance Savings Plans provide the highest discount?

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When the workload uses a consistent instance family within a single Region. EC2 Instance Savings Plans offer the highest discount (up to 72% compared to On-Demand) because they require a commitment to a specific instance family within a single AWS Region. This allows AWS to optimize capacity planning and pass greater savings to the customer, whereas Compute Savings Plans are more flexible but provide lower discounts (up to 66%).

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When the workload spans multiple AWS Regions

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When the workload uses multiple instance families

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When the workload runs on AWS Fargate

Question 13

Which AWS Cost Management tool provides daily forecasts and allows customers to track Reserved Instance and Savings Plans utilization and coverage?

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AWS Cost Explorer. AWS Cost Explorer provides daily cost and usage forecasts for up to 12 months ahead and includes dedicated views for Reserved Instance (RI) and Savings Plans utilization and coverage. This allows customers to monitor how much of their reserved capacity is being used and whether their commitments are adequately covering actual usage.

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AWS Pricing Calculator

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AWS Cost and Usage Report

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AWS Budgets

Question 14

A company wants to use AWS free tier for testing new services. Which statement about the AWS Free Tier is accurate?

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The Free Tier includes a mix of 12-month free, always free, and short-term trial offers. The AWS Free Tier is structured into three categories: 12-month free offers (e.g., 750 hours of EC2 t2.micro per month), always free offers (e.g., 1 million Lambda requests per month), and short-term trials (e.g., 30-day free trial of Amazon Inspector). This mix allows customers to test services without incurring costs for the specified limits and durations.

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The Free Tier is available indefinitely for all AWS services

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The Free Tier applies equally to all AWS accounts including Enterprise support customers

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AWS does not charge if you stay within Free Tier limits for any service

Question 15

Which AWS support plan is the minimum level required to access the full set of AWS Trusted Advisor checks?

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Business. The Business support plan is the minimum level required to access the full set of AWS Trusted Advisor checks. While the Basic and Developer plans provide access to only a subset of seven core checks (such as service limits and security groups), the Business plan unlocks all Trusted Advisor checks, including cost optimization, performance, and fault tolerance checks. The Enterprise plan also provides full access but is not the minimum level required.

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Basic

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Developer

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Enterprise