True or false: Dedicated Instances are billed per host, while Dedicated Hosts are billed per instance.
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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?
- A
Savings Plans
- B
On-Demand
- C
Reserved Instances
- D
Spot Instances
Savings Plans require a commitment for .
A team is designing for Spot interruptions. How many minutes of notice does AWS generally provide?
Which statements describe Dedicated Hosts? Select all that apply.
- A
They provide host-level visibility and placement control.
- B
They are billed per instance.
- C
They can support eligible licenses tied to sockets, cores, or VMs.
- D
They rent a physical server dedicated to the customer's use.
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?
- A
EC2 Instance Savings Plan
- B
Compute Savings Plan
- C
Regional Reserved Instance
- D
Zonal Reserved Instance
A Reserved Instance also reserves capacity in its specified Availability Zone.
True or false: If eligible usage falls below a Savings Plan commitment, the customer still pays for the commitment.
- A
True
- B
False
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?
A workload must have capacity available in a particular Availability Zone. Which option should the team evaluate specifically to address that capacity requirement?
- A
A Regional Reserved Instance, because it reserves capacity in any Availability Zone in its Region.
- B
A Compute Savings Plan, because a billing commitment guarantees capacity in a selected Availability Zone.
- C
An On-Demand Capacity Reservation, evaluated separately from the discount choice.
- D
Spot Instances, because spare capacity is guaranteed in the selected Availability Zone.
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.
- A
Cover predictable baseline demand with a commitment.
- B
Retain On-Demand for uncertain peaks.
- C
Use Spot for work that can be interrupted.
- D
Use Spot for any workload that must remain continuously available.
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.
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?
- A
Compute Savings Plan
- B
EC2 Instance Savings Plan
- C
Spot Instances
- D
Dedicated Instances
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?
- A
They can be interrupted without notice.
- B
They do not provide host-level visibility.
- C
The customer pays for the host, so poor utilization can make it costly.
- D
They are only available with a 1- or 3-year commitment.
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?
- A
Spot Instances
- B
On-Demand
- C
Savings Plans
- D
Dedicated Hosts
A nightly batch job saves checkpoints, can restart after interruption, and can finish whenever spare capacity is available. Which option is the best fit?
- A
On-Demand
- B
Spot Instances
- C
Regional Reserved Instances
- D
Dedicated Instances
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?
- A
On-Demand instances on shared hardware
- B
Dedicated Hosts billed per host
- C
Spot Instances on spare capacity
- D
Dedicated Instances billed per instance
Which Reserved Instance scope provides a billing discount without reserving capacity? Enter the full scope name or its standard abbreviation.
True or false: If eligible compute usage falls below a Savings Plan commitment, some of the paid commitment can go unused.
- A
True
- B
False
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?
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