CLO-002 Management And Technical Operations Practice Question
A cloud administrator is tasked with reducing idle resource costs in AWS. Which tool should be configured to provide specific rightsizing recommendations for EC2 instances based on historical utilization data?
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
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AWS Compute Optimizer
AWS Compute Optimizer uses machine learning to analyze historical utilization metrics to provide rightsizing recommendations for EC2 instances.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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AWS Cost Explorer
Why it's wrong here
Cost Explorer analyzes costs but does not provide resource-level performance-based rightsizing recommendations.
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AWS Trusted Advisor
Why it's wrong here
Trusted Advisor provides general best practice checks but is less granular than Compute Optimizer for specific rightsizing.
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AWS Budgets
Why it's wrong here
AWS Budgets tracks cost thresholds and alerts, it does not suggest resource optimizations.
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AWS Compute Optimizer
Why this is correct
Compute Optimizer is the specific service designed for rightsizing recommendations.
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