Which AWS service of tool helps to centrally manage billing and allow controlled access to resources across AWS accounts?
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS Organizations
Cost Explorer
AWS Budgets
Answer is AWS Organizations
The key word here is "centrally manage billing and allow controlled access" and that's AWS Organization
Question 292
Which of the following is an advantage that users experience when they move on-premises workloads to the AWS Cloud?
Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers
Price discounts that are identical to discounts from hardware providers
Distribution of all operational controls to AWS
Elimination of operational expenses
Answer is Elimination of expenses for running and maintaining data centers
Moving to AWS in theory means you no longer need any infrastructure on premises other than an internet connection, in practice this is rarely the case
Question 293
What does the AWS Concierge Support team provide?
A technical expert dedicated to the user
A primary point of contact for AWS Billing and AWS Support
A partner to help provide scaling guidance for an event launch
A dedicated AWS staff member who reviews the user's application architecture
Answer is A primary point of contact for AWS Billing and AWS Support
Your Amazon Web Services Concierge is a senior customer service agent who is assigned to your account when you subscribe to an Enterprise or qualified Reseller Support plan. This Concierge agent is your primary point of contact for billing or account inquiries; when you don’t know whom to call, they will find the right people to help. In most cases, the Amazon Web Services Concierge is available during regular business hours in your headquarters’ geography. The best way to contact the Amazon Web Services Concierge is through the Amazon Web Services Support Center.
A company needs to generate reports that can break down cloud costs by product, by company-defined tags, and by hour, day, and month.
Which AWS tool should the company use to meet these requirements?
Reserved Instance utilization and coverage reports
Savings Plans utilization reports
AWS Budgets reports
AWS Cost and Usage Reports
Answer is AWS Cost and Usage Reports
AWS Cost and Usage Reports tracks your AWS usage and provides estimated charges associated with your account. Each report contains line items for each unique combination of AWS products, usage type, and operation that you use in your AWS account. You can customize the AWS Cost and Usage Reports to aggregate the information either by the hour, day, or month.
Price calculator - for cost estimation
Cost explorer - for current and past cost and usage in graphs
Question 295
Which AWS service is always provided at no charge?
Amazon S3
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Elastic Load Balancers
AWS WAF
Answer is AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
You can interact with IAM through the web-based IAM console, the AWS Command Line Interface, or the AWS API or SDKs. IAM is offered at no additional charge.
In which ways does the AWS Cloud offer lower total cost of ownership (TCO) of computing resources than on-premises data centers? (Choose two.)
AWS replaces upfront capital expenditures with pay-as-you-go costs.
AWS is designed for high availability, which eliminates user downtime.
AWS eliminates the need for on-premises IT staff.
AWS uses economies of scale to continually reduce prices.
AWS offers a single pricing model for Amazon EC2 instances.
Answers are;
A. AWS replaces upfront capital expenditures with pay-as-you-go costs.
D. AWS uses economies of scale to continually reduce prices.
Advantages of the Cloud :
> Translation of IT cost from Capital Expense to Operational Expense
No need to maintain and apply maintenance on the datacenter
Stop guessing capacity
> Economy at scale
Rapidity and Agility
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Which AWS service or tool can a company use to visualize, understand, and manage AWS spending and usage over time?
AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon CloudWatch
Cost Explorer
AWS Budgets
Answer is Cost Explorer
AWS Cost Explorer has an easy-to-use interface that lets you visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time. Get started quickly by creating custom reports that analyze cost and usage data. Analyze your data at a high level (for example, total costs and usage across all accounts), or dive deeper into your cost and usage data to identify trends, pinpoint cost drivers, and detect anomalies.
After selecting an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host reservation, which pricing option would provide the largest discount?
No upfront payment
Hourly on-demand payment
Partial upfront payment
All upfront payment
Answer is All upfront payment
When selecting an Amazon EC2 Dedicated Host reservation, there are different pricing options available, including no upfront payment, partial upfront payment, and all upfront payment.
Among these options, the largest discount is provided when choosing the all upfront payment option. With the all upfront payment option, you pay for the entire reservation upfront, which gives you the highest discount compared to the other options.
A company has refined its workload to use specific AWS services to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
Which best practice for cost governance does this example show?
Resource controls
Cost allocation
Architecture optimization
Tagging enforcement
Answer is Architecture optimization
Architecture optimization is a best practice for cost governance that involves designing and deploying your workloads in a way that minimizes costs. This can be done by using the right AWS services for the job, optimizing your resource utilization, and using cost-saving features such as Reserved Instances and Spot Instances.
A user is able to set up a master payer account to view consolidated billing reports through:
AWS Budgets.
Amazon Macie.
Amazon QuickSight.
AWS Organizations.
Answer is AWS Organizations.
AWS Organizations is a service that enables the management of multiple AWS accounts within an organization. It provides features for centralized billing and management of resources across these accounts.
When using AWS Organizations, a master payer account is set up to consolidate the billing and obtain consolidated billing reports for all the linked accounts. The master payer account is responsible for paying for the usage across all the linked accounts and can view and analyze the consolidated billing reports to gain insights into the overall spending and resource usage of the organization.