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2 AWS Pricing Models Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 2 AWS Pricing Models, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: Dedicated Instances are billed per host, while Dedicated Hosts are billed per instance.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
Choose one
1 point

A team needs compute for a short experiment and is unsure whether it will continue. The workload must remain available and cannot tolerate interruption. Which EC2 purchasing option is the best fit?

  1. A

    Savings Plans

  2. B

    On-Demand

  3. C

    Reserved Instances

  4. D

    Spot Instances

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

Savings Plans require a commitment for .

04
Written response
1 point

A team is designing for Spot interruptions. How many minutes of notice does AWS generally provide?

05
Choose all
1 point

Which statements describe Dedicated Hosts? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    They provide host-level visibility and placement control.

  2. B

    They are billed per instance.

  3. C

    They can support eligible licenses tied to sockets, cores, or VMs.

  4. D

    They rent a physical server dedicated to the customer's use.

06
Choose one
1 point

A service has a reliable baseline of compute usage, but the team expects to change EC2 instance families and Regions. Which Savings Plan type best fits that flexibility requirement?

  1. A

    EC2 Instance Savings Plan

  2. B

    Compute Savings Plan

  3. C

    Regional Reserved Instance

  4. D

    Zonal Reserved Instance

07
Fill in the blank
1 point

A Reserved Instance also reserves capacity in its specified Availability Zone.

08
True or false
1 point

True or false: If eligible usage falls below a Savings Plan commitment, the customer still pays for the commitment.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

09
Written response
1 point

A company has predictable usage of a particular EC2 configuration and wants a billing discount through a commitment to that configuration. Which purchasing option should it compare with a Savings Plan?

10
Choose one
1 point

A workload must have capacity available in a particular Availability Zone. Which option should the team evaluate specifically to address that capacity requirement?

  1. A

    A Regional Reserved Instance, because it reserves capacity in any Availability Zone in its Region.

  2. B

    A Compute Savings Plan, because a billing commitment guarantees capacity in a selected Availability Zone.

  3. C

    An On-Demand Capacity Reservation, evaluated separately from the discount choice.

  4. D

    Spot Instances, because spare capacity is guaranteed in the selected Availability Zone.

11
Choose all
1 point

A team is designing a mixed EC2 cost strategy for predictable baseline demand, uncertain peaks, and interruptible work. Which recommendations are consistent with the material? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Cover predictable baseline demand with a commitment.

  2. B

    Retain On-Demand for uncertain peaks.

  3. C

    Use Spot for work that can be interrupted.

  4. D

    Use Spot for any workload that must remain continuously available.

12
Open ended
1 point

A workload requires single-tenant hardware, but it does not need physical-host visibility, placement control, or host-based license eligibility. Its demand is also uncertain. Recommend a hardware tenancy option and a billing option, and explain how each meets a different requirement.

13
Choose one
1 point

A team has a stable EC2 instance family and Region and wants a Savings Plan with a more specific EC2 commitment. Which type should it consider?

  1. A

    Compute Savings Plan

  2. B

    EC2 Instance Savings Plan

  3. C

    Spot Instances

  4. D

    Dedicated Instances

14
Choose one
1 point

A team is considering a Dedicated Host for a workload that would use only a small portion of the physical server. Which cost concern should most directly influence its decision?

  1. A

    They can be interrupted without notice.

  2. B

    They do not provide host-level visibility.

  3. C

    The customer pays for the host, so poor utilization can make it costly.

  4. D

    They are only available with a 1- or 3-year commitment.

15
Choose one
1 point

A nightly batch job saves checkpoints, can restart after interruption, and can finish whenever spare EC2 capacity is available. Which purchasing option is the best fit?

  1. A

    Spot Instances

  2. B

    On-Demand

  3. C

    Savings Plans

  4. D

    Dedicated Hosts

16
Choose one
1 point

A nightly batch job saves checkpoints, can restart after interruption, and can finish whenever spare capacity is available. Which option is the best fit?

  1. A

    On-Demand

  2. B

    Spot Instances

  3. C

    Regional Reserved Instances

  4. D

    Dedicated Instances

17
Choose one
1 point

A workload requires single-tenant hardware, but the customer does not need visibility into or placement control over the physical host. Which option best matches that requirement?

  1. A

    On-Demand instances on shared hardware

  2. B

    Dedicated Hosts billed per host

  3. C

    Spot Instances on spare capacity

  4. D

    Dedicated Instances billed per instance

18
Written response
1 point

Which Reserved Instance scope provides a billing discount without reserving capacity? Enter the full scope name or its standard abbreviation.

19
True or false
1 point

True or false: If eligible compute usage falls below a Savings Plan commitment, some of the paid commitment can go unused.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

20
Written response
1 point

A cost-planning sheet describes a Savings Plan commitment as a fixed number of EC2 instances. According to the pricing model, what unit should the team use to express the committed amount instead?