- A
AWS Basic Support
Why wrong: Incorrect. Basic Support only provides account and billing support; it does not include a TAM or technical support for application issues.
- B
AWS Developer Support
Why wrong: Incorrect. Developer Support provides technical support but does not include a TAM, and its response times are longer (12 hours for critical cases).
- C
AWS Business Support
Why wrong: Incorrect. Business Support provides 24/7 access to Cloud Support Engineers and a 1-hour response for critical cases, but it does not include a dedicated TAM.
- D
AWS Enterprise Support
Correct. Enterprise Support includes a TAM, 15-minute critical case response, proactive guidance, and quarterly business reviews.
Question 435 of 1,024
CLF-C02 Billing, Pricing, and Support Practice Question
This CLF-C02 practice question tests your understanding of billing, pricing, and support. Match the stated requirement to the specific cloud service, access model, or configuration option — many options are valid in isolation but not for this scenario. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
A healthcare company runs a production application on AWS that stores protected health information (PHI). The company needs a support plan that provides a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) who will perform quarterly business reviews, offer proactive architectural guidance, and help optimize the environment. The company also requires a 15-minute response time for critical system failures. Which AWS Support plan should the company choose?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
AWS Enterprise Support
AWS Enterprise Support is the only plan that provides a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) who conducts quarterly business reviews, offers proactive architectural guidance, and helps optimize the environment. It also guarantees a 15-minute response time for critical system failures, meeting the healthcare company's requirements for handling protected health information (PHI) with high availability and compliance.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
AWS Basic Support
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Basic Support only provides account and billing support; it does not include a TAM or technical support for application issues.
When this WOULD be correct
A company with a non-production workload that requires only basic account and billing support, with no need for technical support or architectural guidance, would choose AWS Basic Support. For example, a small development team running a test environment with minimal support needs.
- ✗
AWS Developer Support
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Developer Support provides technical support but does not include a TAM, and its response times are longer (12 hours for critical cases).
When this WOULD be correct
A startup running a non-production environment with a few developers needs support for early-stage development, including best-practice guidance and a 1-hour response for critical issues, but does not require a TAM or 15-minute response.
- ✗
AWS Business Support
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Business Support provides 24/7 access to Cloud Support Engineers and a 1-hour response for critical cases, but it does not include a dedicated TAM.
- ✓
AWS Enterprise Support
Why this is correct
Correct. Enterprise Support includes a TAM, 15-minute critical case response, proactive guidance, and quarterly business reviews.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
Option-by-option analysis
Why each answer is right or wrong
Understanding why wrong answers are wrong — and when they would be correct — is what separates a 750 score from a 900. The CLF-C02 exam frequently reuses these exact scenarios with slightly different constraints.
✓AWS Enterprise SupportCorrect answer▾
Why this is correct
Correct. Enterprise Support includes a TAM, 15-minute critical case response, proactive guidance, and quarterly business reviews.
✗AWS Basic SupportWrong answer — click to see why▾
Why this is wrong here
AWS Basic Support does not provide a Technical Account Manager (TAM), quarterly business reviews, proactive architectural guidance, or a 15-minute response time for critical failures. It only offers basic support for account and billing issues.
★ When this WOULD be the correct answer
A company with a non-production workload that requires only basic account and billing support, with no need for technical support or architectural guidance, would choose AWS Basic Support. For example, a small development team running a test environment with minimal support needs.
Why candidates choose this
Candidates may mistakenly think Basic Support is sufficient for any workload, or they may overlook the specific requirements for a TAM and fast response times, assuming basic support covers all needs.
✗AWS Developer SupportWrong answer — click to see why▾
Why this is wrong here
AWS Developer Support does not provide a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM), quarterly business reviews, or proactive architectural guidance, and its response time for critical cases is 1 hour, not 15 minutes.
★ When this WOULD be the correct answer
A startup running a non-production environment with a few developers needs support for early-stage development, including best-practice guidance and a 1-hour response for critical issues, but does not require a TAM or 15-minute response.
Why candidates choose this
Candidates may confuse Developer Support with Enterprise Support, thinking it includes a TAM and faster response times, or underestimate the support requirements for PHI workloads.
Analysis generated from the official CLF-C02blueprint and verified against question context. The “when correct” sections are what AI assistants cite when candidates ask “what’s the difference between these options?”
Common exam traps
Common exam trap: answer the scenario, not the keyword
The trap here is that candidates often confuse AWS Business Support's 1-hour critical response time and general architectural guidance with the dedicated TAM and quarterly business reviews that are exclusive to Enterprise Support, leading them to select Business Support instead.
Detailed technical explanation
How to think about this question
AWS Enterprise Support includes a designated TAM who acts as a single point of contact for proactive guidance, cost optimization, and operational health reviews. The 15-minute response time for critical cases is backed by AWS's infrastructure and escalation processes, ensuring rapid incident management for PHI workloads that may require HIPAA compliance. Under the hood, the TAM leverages AWS Trusted Advisor and Well-Architected Framework reviews to continuously optimize the environment, which is critical for regulated industries.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
- Find the constraint that changes the correct option.
- Eliminate answers that are true in general but not in this case.
TExam Day Tips
- Watch for words such as best, first, most likely and least administrative effort.
- Review why wrong options are wrong, not only why the correct option is correct.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
How this comes up in practice
An e-commerce site experiences heavy traffic on Black Friday and near-zero traffic during off-peak weeks. Rather than provisioning permanent large VMs, the team uses auto-scaling groups that add capacity automatically under load and reduce it overnight. Questions like this test whether you understand elasticity, availability zones, and cloud compute scaling patterns.
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What does this CLF-C02 question test?
Billing, Pricing, and Support — This question tests Billing, Pricing, and Support — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: AWS Enterprise Support — AWS Enterprise Support is the only plan that provides a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) who conducts quarterly business reviews, offers proactive architectural guidance, and helps optimize the environment. It also guarantees a 15-minute response time for critical system failures, meeting the healthcare company's requirements for handling protected health information (PHI) with high availability and compliance.
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