A solutions architect is comparing two architectural options: Option A has lower upfront cost but higher ongoing operational overhead, while Option B has higher upfront cost but lower operational overhead. What is the primary purpose of a cost-benefit analysis in this scenario?

To select the option that requires the least amount of management effort

To ensure the option is compliant with AWS best practices

To determine which option has the lowest initial cost

To evaluate the trade-offs between costs and benefits over the solution's lifecycle

What is the purpose of AWS Cost Explorer?

To visualize, understand, and analyze your AWS costs and usage over time

To provide recommendations for cost optimization

To set budgets and receive alerts

To automatically reduce costs by terminating idle resources

A company has a workload that processes images uploaded by users. The workload runs only when a new image is uploaded, and the processing time is typically less than 1 minute. The company wants to minimize costs. Which architecture should the company use?

A fleet of EC2 instances running 24/7 to handle image processing requests.

A single large EC2 instance that can handle the peak processing load.

AWS Lambda triggered by an S3 event to process the image.

Amazon ECS with Fargate running a service that polls S3 for new images.

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Domain 2Objective 6

Task 2.6: Determine a Cost Optimization Strategy to Meet Solution Goals and Objectives SAP-C02 Practice Questions (Page 2)

Part of the Content Domain 2: Design for New Solutions domain, which makes up ~31% of our current practice bank. AWS does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~22–37 in this domain), expect 4–6 from this objective — we provide 30 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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11 Concepts in This Objective

Cost optimization strategy definition
Cost modeling and estimation
Cost-benefit analysis
Right-sizing resources
Using pricing models
Storage cost optimization
Data transfer cost optimization
Managed services cost trade-offs
Serverless and event-driven cost benefits
Cost monitoring and governance
Trade-offs between cost and other objectives

Questions 6–10

6foundation · easy
A solutions architect is comparing two architectural options: Option A has lower upfront cost but higher ongoing operational overhead, while Option B has higher upfront cost but lower operational overhead. What is the primary purpose of a cost-benefit analysis in this scenario?
Select an answer first
7foundation · easy
A batch processing job is fault-tolerant and can be interrupted at any time. Which EC2 pricing model is most cost-effective for this job?
Select an answer first
8foundation · easy
When estimating the cost of a new AWS architecture, which tool can help you estimate monthly costs before deployment?
Select an answer first
9foundation · easy
What is the purpose of AWS Cost Explorer?
Select an answer first
10application · medium
A company has a workload that processes images uploaded by users. The workload runs only when a new image is uploaded, and the processing time is typically less than 1 minute. The company wants to minimize costs. Which architecture should the company use?
Select an answer first

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Questions 6–10

A solutions architect is comparing two architectural options: Option A has lower upfront cost but higher ongoing operational overhead, while Option B has higher upfront cost but lower operational overhead. What is the primary purpose of a cost-benefit analysis in this scenario?

A batch processing job is fault-tolerant and can be interrupted at any time. Which EC2 pricing model is most cost-effective for this job?

When estimating the cost of a new AWS architecture, which tool can help you estimate monthly costs before deployment?

What is the purpose of AWS Cost Explorer?

A company has a workload that processes images uploaded by users. The workload runs only when a new image is uploaded, and the processing time is typically less than 1 minute. The company wants to minimize costs. Which architecture should the company use?

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