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4 Pricing, Billing, and Support Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 4 Pricing, Billing, and Support, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions
01
True or false
1 point

True or false: Setting an AWS Budget to a monthly cost threshold automatically stops all AWS spending when the threshold is reached.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

02
Choose one
1 point

A team is testing a service and expects its usage to vary considerably. Which pricing approach lets it pay for usage without a long-term commitment?

  1. A

    Savings Plans

  2. B

    On-Demand

  3. C

    Spot Instances

  4. D

    Reserved Instances

03
True or false
1 point

True or false: AWS Organizations consolidated billing merges member accounts' resources and permissions into the management account.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

04
Choose one
1 point

A finance analyst wants to filter historical AWS costs by workload and create a cost forecast. Which tool is designed for this?

  1. A

    AWS Cost Explorer

  2. B

    AWS Budgets

  3. C

    AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

  4. D

    AWS Pricing Calculator

05
Written response
1 point

What AWS tool helps estimate planned costs before you deploy, based on the inputs and assumptions you provide?

06
Fill in the blank
1 point

A team tags resources by project and environment so it can compare their spending. It must first those tags for cost allocation, then it can use to explore and compare costs.

07
Choose all
1 point

A workload has a steady baseline of eligible compute usage, while a separate batch job can tolerate interruptions. Which two pricing approaches could fit these workloads, respectively? Select all correct answers.

  1. A

    Savings Plans

  2. B

    On-Demand

  3. C

    Spot Instances

  4. D

    Free Tier offers

08
Choose one
1 point

A team wants to identify unusual spending patterns and receive alerts so it can investigate. Which AWS tool best fits this need?

  1. A

    AWS Budgets

  2. B

    AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

  3. C

    AWS Cost Explorer

  4. D

    Cost and Usage Reports

09
Written response
1 point

Which AWS pricing model offers discounted eligible compute usage in exchange for a consistent hourly spend commitment, generally for one or three years?

10
Fill in the blank
1 point

Spot Instances use EC2 capacity at a discount, but that capacity can be . This makes them suitable for flexible batch jobs that can tolerate the risk.

11
Choose all
1 point

A company wants to review historical costs, receive threshold alerts, detect unusual spending, and estimate costs before deploying a new workload. Which statements correctly describe the tools that support these tasks? Select all correct answers.

  1. A

    AWS Cost Explorer can visualize historical costs and usage and forecast costs.

  2. B

    AWS Budgets can alert when actual or forecast amounts reach a threshold.

  3. C

    AWS Cost Anomaly Detection identifies unusual spending patterns and sends alerts for investigation.

  4. D

    The AWS Pricing Calculator estimates planned costs before deployment.

  5. E

    AWS Budgets automatically stop all spending when a threshold is reached.

12
Open ended
1 point

A company sees rising AWS costs across development and production. Propose a practical cost-management plan that explains how it would estimate and measure costs, identify which workloads incur them, reduce waste, decide whether to commit to discounted pricing, and monitor for unexpected changes. Include relevant tools or practices and explain at least one limitation of estimates or alerts.

13
Choose one
1 point

A team wants to be notified if its monthly cost reaches a chosen limit, while continuing to manage resources itself. Which statement about AWS Budgets is accurate?

  1. A

    It automatically includes Free Tier usage in every estimate.

  2. B

    It guarantees the final bill will match the estimate.

  3. C

    It can alert when actual or forecast amounts reach a chosen threshold.

  4. D

    It automatically removes resources that are unused.

14
True or false
1 point

True or false: Once a team adds cost-related tags to its AWS resources, those tags are automatically active for cost allocation reporting.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

15
Written response
1 point

A team wants to examine historical AWS costs by filtering and grouping usage data, then create a cost forecast. Which tool should it use?

16
Choose one
1 point

A team uses the AWS Pricing Calculator before deployment. Which statement should guide how it interprets the estimate?

  1. A

    The calculator guarantees the final bill if its inputs are accurate.

  2. B

    The estimate depends on the supplied inputs and assumptions, and Free Tier usage is not automatically included.

  3. C

    The calculator automatically applies every Free Tier offer to planned usage.

  4. D

    The calculator includes only compute charges, excluding storage and data transfer.

17
Choose one
1 point

A team needs a lower-cost EC2 option for a batch job that can tolerate interruption and retry later. Which pricing approach best fits?

  1. A

    On-Demand

  2. B

    Savings Plans

  3. C

    Spot Instances

  4. D

    Reserved Instances

18
Choose one
1 point

A team wants to compare development and production spending using resource tags. Which sequence supports that goal?

  1. A

    Apply consistent tags, activate them for cost allocation, and use Cost Explorer to compare spending by those categories.

  2. B

    Apply tags to resources; they are automatically active for cost allocation without further setup.

  3. C

    Use Cost Explorer to create resource tags, then wait for the tags to activate automatically.

  4. D

    Use consolidated billing to turn resource tags into cost-allocation categories.

19
Choose one
1 point

An organization enables consolidated billing through AWS Organizations. Which outcome should it expect?

  1. A

    Member accounts are merged into one account, including their resources and permissions.

  2. B

    The management account receives and pays the consolidated bill, while member accounts remain distinct.

  3. C

    Each member account must pay a separate bill, but the management account can view them.

  4. D

    Consolidated billing automatically tags every resource in the organization.

20
Written response
1 point

A startup uses an eligible AWS service beyond the usage cap specified by its Free Tier offer. What offer condition did it exceed? Enter the two-word category.