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3 AWS Cost Estimation and Management Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 3 AWS Cost Estimation and Management, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: An AWS Pricing Calculator estimate is a guaranteed bill that includes applicable taxes.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
True or false
1 point

True or false: Receiving an AWS Budgets alert automatically stops resources and caps further charges.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

An AWS Budgets configuration is intended to track how much of a service is consumed, rather than how much it costs. This is a budget.

04
Choose one
1 point

A finance team needs a summary of charges for a completed billing period. Which report should it use?

  1. A

    Bills and billing views

  2. B

    AWS Cost Explorer

  3. C

    AWS Budgets reports

  4. D

    AWS Data Exports with CUR 2.0

05
Choose one
1 point

A team wants selected budget metrics sent to it on a weekly schedule. Which AWS feature is suited to this?

  1. A

    AWS Budgets reports

  2. B

    Bills and billing views

  3. C

    AWS Pricing Calculator

  4. D

    Cost allocation tags

06
Written response
1 point

A team sets a monthly cost budget of $500\$500 and an alert threshold at 80%80\% of the budget. What dollar amount triggers the threshold? Enter the amount in USD.

07
Choose one
1 point

A team is estimating a planned workload using public On-Demand rates. It does not need to model existing usage, discounts, or purchase commitments. Which calculator should it use?

  1. A

    The in-console calculator, because it is the only calculator that uses public On-Demand rates

  2. B

    The public calculator, because the team wants a planning estimate using public On-Demand rates

  3. C

    AWS Budgets, because budgets estimate planned service configurations

  4. D

    Cost Explorer, because it generates estimates for workloads that have not yet been deployed

08
Fill in the blank
1 point

After applying resource tags, a team must the relevant tag keys in Billing and Cost Management → Cost allocation tags to use them for cost allocation.

09
Choose one
1 point

A team wants to compare cost trends over time and filter or group the data by service, linked account, or activated cost allocation tag. Which tool best fits this task?

  1. A

    AWS Cost Explorer

  2. B

    AWS Pricing Calculator

  3. C

    AWS Budgets reports

  4. D

    Bills and billing views

10
Written response
1 point

Which AWS offering provides configurable, detailed cost and usage line items delivered to Amazon S3? Enter the AWS offering's name.

11
Choose all
1 point

A team is preparing a realistic estimate for a planned workload. Which details are relevant assumptions to enter when modeling its costs? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    The AWS Region

  2. B

    Resource configuration

  3. C

    Hours of operation

  4. D

    Storage

  5. E

    Data transfer

  6. F

    The team's preferred tag-key spelling, as a substitute for service and usage details

  7. G

    A tax amount, because calculator estimates include applicable taxes

12
Choose all
1 point

A team wants to organize supported AWS charges by project. Which statements describe appropriate use of cost allocation tags? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Apply tags to supported AWS resources.

  2. B

    Activate the relevant tag keys in Billing and Cost Management → Cost allocation tags.

  3. C

    Use activated tags to group or filter cost data in tools such as Cost Explorer.

  4. D

    Assume that tags automatically classify every charge, including charges for unsupported resources or charge types.

  5. E

    Use tags to change the prices charged by AWS services.

13
Open ended
1 point

A team is planning a web application with compute instances, attached storage, a database, and data transfer. Describe how the team should build a useful AWS Pricing Calculator estimate and explain why the result may differ from its eventual bill.

14
True or false
1 point

True or false: Applying cost allocation tags to an AWS resource changes the price of the service.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Written response
1 point

Which AWS tool can you use to estimate costs for a planned workload?

16
Choose one
1 point

A team wants to compare its use of a particular AWS service against a defined limit. Which option is designed to track service usage?

  1. A

    A cost budget

  2. B

    A usage budget

  3. C

    A Cost Explorer report

  4. D

    A billing export

17
Choose one
1 point

A cloud-finance team needs detailed cost and usage line items delivered to Amazon S3 so it can build custom reports. Which AWS billing report should it use?

  1. A

    Bills and billing views

  2. B

    AWS Cost Explorer

  3. C

    AWS Budgets reports

  4. D

    AWS Data Exports with Cost and Usage Report 2.0 (CUR 2.0)

18
Written response
1 point

What is the name or standard abbreviation of the detailed cost and usage report format that provides line items through AWS Data Exports?

19
Choose one
1 point

You are estimating a web application that will use compute instances, attached storage, a database, and data transfer. Which approach gives the most complete workload estimate?

  1. A

    Estimate only compute instances because other charges are included automatically.

  2. B

    Estimate compute and storage, but leave out database and data transfer costs.

  3. C

    Include the expected compute, attached storage, database, and data transfer.

  4. D

    Estimate only the database because it represents the application workload.

20
Choose one
1 point

A team wants a planning estimate that accounts for its existing usage, discounts, and Reserved Instance commitments. Which approach best fits this need?

  1. A

    Use the public calculator because it models existing usage and purchase commitments.

  2. B

    Use the in-console calculator because it can model existing usage, discounts, and purchase commitments.

  3. C

    Use AWS Budgets because it estimates planned workloads and discounts.

  4. D

    Use Cost Explorer because it creates guaranteed estimates for future charges.