Which factor primarily determines the cost of data transfer out of AWS to the internet?

The number of EC2 instances used.

The type of storage service used.

The time of day when data is transferred.

The volume of data transferred and the destination region.

Which statement accurately describes the AWS Free Tier?

It provides a 50% discount on all AWS services for the first year.

It offers unlimited free usage of all AWS services.

It includes both limited-time offers and always-free offers to help customers explore services.

It requires a 1-year commitment to receive free usage.

A company runs a production web application on EC2 instances that have a steady baseline usage of 40% of the time. The remaining 60% of the time, the application experiences unpredictable spikes that require additional capacity. The spikes are not fault-tolerant and must not be interrupted. The company wants to minimize costs while ensuring availability. Which combination of pricing models should they use?

Use Reserved Instances for the baseline and On-Demand Instances for the spikes

Use Spot Instances for the baseline and Reserved Instances for the spikes

Use On-Demand Instances for the baseline and Spot Instances for the spikes

Use only On-Demand Instances for both baseline and spikes

A company is planning to migrate data from their on-premises data center to Amazon S3. They want to understand the data transfer costs involved. Which statement about AWS data transfer pricing is correct?

Both inbound and outbound data transfer are free.

Data transfer out of AWS is free, but data transfer into AWS is charged per GB.

Data transfer into AWS (inbound) is free, but data transfer out of AWS (outbound) is charged per GB.

Both inbound and outbound data transfer are charged per GB.

A developer wants to experiment with AWS services to learn how they work, but has a very limited budget and does not want to incur any charges during the first month. Which approach should they take?

Use only services and usage that fall within the AWS Free Tier limits

Use On-Demand instances for all services

Purchase a 1-year Reserved Instance for each service

Use Spot Instances for all experiments

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16foundation · easy
Which factor primarily determines the cost of data transfer out of AWS to the internet?
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Which statement accurately describes the AWS Free Tier?
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18expert · hard
A company runs a production web application on EC2 instances that have a steady baseline usage of 40% of the time. The remaining 60% of the time, the application experiences unpredictable spikes that require additional capacity. The spikes are not fault-tolerant and must not be interrupted. The company wants to minimize costs while ensuring availability. Which combination of pricing models should they use?
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19foundation · easy
A company is planning to migrate data from their on-premises data center to Amazon S3. They want to understand the data transfer costs involved. Which statement about AWS data transfer pricing is correct?
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20application · medium
A developer wants to experiment with AWS services to learn how they work, but has a very limited budget and does not want to incur any charges during the first month. Which approach should they take?
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