CLO-002 Business Principles OF Cloud Environments Practice Question
Which THREE types of costs should be included in a thorough TCO analysis for cloud migration?
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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Application refactoring and development labor
A complete TCO involves hardware, software, and the human cost of management and transition.
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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Application refactoring and development labor
Why this is correct
The effort to rewrite apps is a major migration expense.
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Marketing budget for the migration project
Why it's wrong here
This is a project overhead, not a primary TCO technical cost.
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Physical office building rent
Why it's wrong here
This is an existing operational cost, not a cloud migration specific cost.
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Data egress and ingress network charges
Why this is correct
Network bandwidth is a major cost factor for cloud apps.
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Cloud service subscription and consumption costs
Why this is correct
The actual ongoing cloud usage cost is core to TCO.
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