CLF-C02 Billing, Pricing, and Support Practice Test 8 — 15 Questions

Question 1

A company uses multiple AWS accounts managed through AWS Organizations. The finance team wants to see a consolidated view of all costs across accounts, and also wants to filter costs by specific projects using custom tags that are applied to resources. The team has already created tag keys and applied them to resources in all accounts. What additional step must the team take in the Management Account to ensure these tags appear as cost allocation dimensions in AWS Cost Explorer?

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Accepted Answer

Activate the tag keys for cost allocation tracking.. In AWS Organizations, custom tags must be explicitly activated for cost allocation tracking in the Management Account's Billing and Cost Management console. Without this activation, the tags exist on resources but are not recognized as cost allocation dimensions in AWS Cost Explorer, so the finance team cannot filter costs by those tags. Activating the tag keys enables Cost Explorer to ingest the tag key-value pairs and present them as filtering dimensions in cost reports.

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Enable the AWS Cost Explorer default reports.

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Create a budget using AWS Budgets with the tag filters.

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Configure the AWS Support plan to include cost analysis.

Question 2

A company runs a development environment composed of multiple Amazon EC2 instances. The finance team has set a monthly budget of $5,000 for this environment and wants to automatically stop all EC2 instances if the accumulated cost reaches $4,500 before the end of the month. The team needs a managed AWS-native solution that does not require custom scripts or third-party tools. Which AWS feature or service should the company use to meet this requirement?

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AWS Budgets with a budget action that stops EC2 instances when the threshold is exceeded. AWS Budgets allows you to set a cost budget with an associated budget action that can automatically stop EC2 instances when the actual or forecasted cost exceeds a specified threshold (e.g., $4,500). This is a fully managed, native AWS solution that requires no custom scripts or third-party tools, directly meeting the requirement to stop instances automatically based on cost.

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AWS Cost Explorer with a saved filter and manual instance termination

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AWS Trusted Advisor cost optimization checks

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AWS Organizations Service Control Policies (SCPs)

Question 3

A company is planning to migrate its on-premises workloads to AWS. The cloud architect needs to create a detailed estimate of the monthly AWS bill based on specific configuration details, such as the number of Amazon EC2 instances with particular instance types, storage volumes, data transfer amounts, and Amazon RDS database instances. The architect wants to input these known specifications and obtain an estimated monthly cost breakdown before launching any resources. Which AWS tool should the architect use to meet this requirement?

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AWS Pricing Calculator. The AWS Pricing Calculator (formerly AWS Simple Monthly Calculator) allows users to input specific configuration details such as EC2 instance types, storage volumes, data transfer amounts, and RDS database instances to generate a detailed monthly cost estimate before launching any resources. This tool is designed for upfront cost planning and provides a breakdown of estimated charges based on the user's exact specifications, making it the correct choice for the architect's requirement.

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AWS TCO Calculator

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

Question 4

A company uses multiple AWS accounts and needs to perform granular cost and usage analysis using standard SQL queries. The cloud operations team requires the most detailed data possible, including resource-level attributes such as instance type, usage quantity, and cost allocation tags. This data must be automatically delivered to an Amazon S3 bucket on a daily basis for long-term retention and querying. Which AWS service should the company use to generate this dataset?

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AWS Cost and Usage Report. AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) is the correct choice because it provides the most detailed cost and usage data available, including resource-level attributes like instance type, usage quantity, and cost allocation tags. It can be automatically delivered to an Amazon S3 bucket on a daily basis and supports querying with standard SQL via AWS Athena or Amazon Redshift Spectrum, meeting the requirements for granular analysis and long-term retention.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Pricing Calculator

Question 5

A company uses AWS Organizations with consolidated billing across multiple member accounts. The finance team requires that only the management account (payer account) can view and modify payment methods and receive invoices. Member accounts must be prevented from accessing billing and payment information in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. Which AWS feature should be configured to enforce this restriction?

Accepted Answer

Apply a Service Control Policy (SCP) to deny billing-related actions for all member accounts.. Service Control Policies (SCPs) in AWS Organizations allow you to centrally restrict the AWS services and actions that member accounts can use. By applying an SCP that denies billing-related actions (e.g., `aws-portal:*` or `awsbilling:*`) to all member accounts, the management account can enforce that only the payer account can view and modify payment methods and receive invoices. This directly meets the requirement without affecting the management account, which is not subject to SCPs.

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Enable all features in AWS Organizations, including consolidated billing.

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Enable AWS CloudTrail to log billing events for all accounts.

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Configure AWS Cost Explorer to grant cross-account access only to the management account.

Question 6

A company has been running multiple workloads on AWS for the past six months. The finance team needs to analyze historical spending to identify month-over-month trends by AWS service and by individual linked accounts. The team requires a graphical, interactive tool that allows them to apply custom date ranges and filters, and view the results as customizable charts and graphs. Which AWS service should the finance team use to meet this requirement?

Accepted Answer

AWS Cost Explorer. AWS Cost Explorer provides a graphical interface with pre-built charts and graphs that allow users to visualize historical spending trends. It supports filtering by AWS service and linked accounts, and enables custom date ranges for month-over-month analysis, making it the correct choice for the finance team's requirements.

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Trusted Advisor

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AWS Consolidated Billing

Question 7

A company runs a production workload on AWS and needs technical support that includes phone and email access with a response time of less than 1 hour for critical system failures. The company also wants architectural guidance for cost optimization and performance improvement. The company currently has an AWS account with the Basic Support plan. Which AWS Support plan should the company choose to meet these requirements at the most cost-effective price?

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Business Support. The Business Support plan is the most cost-effective option that provides phone and email support with a response time of under 1 hour for critical system failures, along with architectural guidance for cost optimization and performance improvement. The Basic and Developer plans lack phone support and the required response time SLA, while the Enterprise plan offers additional features (e.g., a Technical Account Manager) that are not needed here, making it more expensive than necessary.

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Basic Support

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Developer Support

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Enterprise Support

Question 8

A company runs a mix of Amazon EC2 instances (different instance families) and AWS Fargate tasks across multiple AWS Regions. The cloud operations team wants to reduce costs while retaining maximum flexibility to change instance families, operating systems, and compute platforms (EC2 or Fargate) without losing the discount. They are willing to commit to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1-year term. Which AWS pricing model should they choose?

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Compute Savings Plans. Compute Savings Plans provide the most flexibility, applying to any EC2 instance family, any operating system, and any compute platform (including Fargate) across any region, as long as the hourly spend commitment is met. This matches the team's requirement to retain maximum flexibility to change instance families, OS, and compute platforms without losing the discount, for a 1-year term.

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EC2 Instance Savings Plans

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Reserved Instances (Standard)

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Dedicated Hosts

Question 9

A startup is running a pilot application on AWS and wants to control costs strictly. The finance team sets a monthly budget of $1,000. They need to receive an email notification when actual or forecasted spending reaches 80% of the budget. Additionally, if the budget is exceeded, they want to automatically stop a non-critical Amazon EC2 instance to prevent further cost overruns. Which combination of AWS services should they use to meet all these requirements with minimal operational overhead?

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AWS Budgets with a budget action configured to stop the EC2 instance when the budget limit is exceeded. AWS Budgets natively supports budget actions that can automatically stop an EC2 instance when the actual or forecasted spending exceeds a defined threshold. This eliminates the need for custom scripting or additional services, meeting the requirements with minimal operational overhead. The budget alert at 80% can be configured via AWS Budgets' notification feature to send an email through Amazon SNS.

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AWS Cost Explorer with Amazon SNS notifications to send alerts at 80% spending, and an AWS Lambda function to stop the EC2 instance

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AWS Budgets with a budget alert set at 80% of the $1,000 limit, and an AWS Trusted Advisor check to stop the instance when costs exceed the budget

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Amazon CloudWatch cost metric alarms combined with AWS Auto Scaling to reduce instance capacity when spending exceeds the budget

Question 10

A company plans to migrate its on-premises workload to AWS. The finance team wants to compare the total cost of ownership between running the workload on-premises and running it on AWS. They need to estimate monthly costs for different Amazon EC2 instance types, pricing models (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot), and storage options before making any commitment. Which AWS tool should the finance team use to create this detailed cost estimate?

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AWS Pricing Calculator. AWS Pricing Calculator is the correct tool because it allows users to create detailed cost estimates for AWS services, including EC2 instance types, pricing models (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot), and storage options, before any commitment. It provides a granular breakdown of monthly costs, enabling a total cost of ownership (TCO) comparison between on-premises and AWS workloads. This aligns directly with the finance team's requirement to estimate costs without incurring actual usage.

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 11

A startup recently signed up for AWS and is using the AWS Free Tier to run a small web application. The startup's finance lead wants to monitor the team's usage of AWS services to ensure they do not exceed the Free Tier limits and incur unexpected charges. The finance lead needs a tool that can proactively send an alert when the team approaches 80% of the Free Tier limit for a specific service, such as Amazon EC2. Which AWS service or feature should the finance lead use to set up this alert?

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AWS Budgets. AWS Budgets allows you to set custom cost and usage budgets, including alerts for Free Tier usage. You can configure a budget to track your actual Free Tier consumption for a specific service like Amazon EC2 and trigger an alert when usage reaches 80% of the Free Tier limit. This meets the finance lead's requirement for proactive notification before exceeding limits and incurring charges.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Trusted Advisor

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AWS Personal Health Dashboard

Question 12

A company uses AWS for multiple workloads across several linked accounts under AWS Organizations. The finance team needs to analyze historical cost and usage data to identify monthly spending trends by service (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon S3) and by linked account. They also need to filter the data by date range and view the top cost drivers. The team prefers a built-in AWS tool that provides an interactive interface with graphs and tables, without requiring them to download or process raw data. Which AWS service or tool should the finance team use?

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AWS Cost Explorer. AWS Cost Explorer is the correct choice because it provides a built-in, interactive interface with pre-built graphs and tables that allow the finance team to analyze historical cost and usage data without downloading or processing raw data. It supports filtering by service (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon S3), linked account, and date range, and can identify top cost drivers through customizable views and filtering options.

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Trusted Advisor

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AWS Cost and Usage Reports

Question 13

A company runs a business-critical workload on AWS. The workload must have a 15-minute response time from AWS Support if it becomes unavailable. Additionally, the company wants a dedicated technical account manager (TAM) who will proactively review the architecture and provide best practice recommendations. Which AWS Support plan should the company choose?

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Enterprise Support. The Enterprise Support plan is the only AWS Support plan that provides a 15-minute response time for business-critical workloads and includes a dedicated Technical Account Manager (TAM). The TAM proactively reviews the architecture and offers best practice recommendations, which directly matches the company's requirements.

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Basic Support

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Developer Support

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Business Support

Question 14

A company operates multiple AWS accounts for separate departments. The finance team wants to simplify monthly billing by receiving a single consolidated invoice that covers all accounts. Additionally, the company wants to aggregate usage across accounts to qualify for lower volume-based pricing tiers. Which AWS feature should the company enable to meet these requirements?

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Consolidated billing through AWS Organizations. AWS Organizations enables consolidated billing by allowing you to combine multiple AWS accounts under a single paying account, which aggregates usage across all accounts. This aggregation qualifies the company for lower volume-based pricing tiers (e.g., AWS volume discounts for services like S3 or EC2) because usage is summed across all member accounts. The master account receives a single consolidated invoice covering all accounts, simplifying monthly billing.

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AWS Cost Explorer

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AWS Budgets

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AWS Trusted Advisor

Question 15

A company runs a combination of Amazon EC2 instances and AWS Lambda functions for its applications. The finance team wants to reduce costs by making a commitment to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in dollars per hour) for a 1-year term. The team wants the flexibility to change instance families, sizes, and AWS regions, and also wants the commitment to cover both EC2 and Lambda usage. Which AWS pricing option should the team purchase?

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Compute Savings Plans. Compute Savings Plans provide the required flexibility to change instance families, sizes, and AWS regions, and they automatically apply to both EC2 and Lambda usage. This plan offers a discounted hourly rate in exchange for a 1-year commitment to a consistent amount of compute spend (measured in dollars per hour), making it the only option that meets all the stated requirements.

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EC2 Instance Savings Plans

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Reserved Instances

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Spot Instances