A workload runs continuously for the next three years with a predictable, steady usage pattern. Which pricing model would provide the lowest cost for this workload?

Reserved Instances or Savings Plans

A company stores infrequently accessed data that must be retrievable within minutes. Which S3 storage class is the most cost-effective for this data?

S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

When evaluating whether to use a managed service like Amazon RDS instead of self-managing a database on EC2, what is a key cost trade-off to consider?

Self-managed databases are always more cost-effective

Managed services always cost more than self-managed options

Managed services eliminate the need for any database administration

Managed services reduce operational overhead but may have higher service costs

A company runs a production database on an EC2 instance that must be available 24/7. The database usage is steady and predictable. The company wants to reduce compute costs. What is the most cost-effective pricing model?

Standard Reserved Instances with a 1-year or 3-year term

What is the primary purpose of an S3 lifecycle policy?

To automatically transition objects to more cost-effective storage classes or delete them when they are no longer needed

To replicate objects across AWS Regions

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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 4)

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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6free pages

11concepts

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 16–20

16foundation · easy
A workload runs continuously for the next three years with a predictable, steady usage pattern. Which pricing model would provide the lowest cost for this workload?
Select an answer first
17foundation · easy
A company stores infrequently accessed data that must be retrievable within minutes. Which S3 storage class is the most cost-effective for this data?
Select an answer first
18foundation · easy
When evaluating whether to use a managed service like Amazon RDS instead of self-managing a database on EC2, what is a key cost trade-off to consider?
Select an answer first
19application · medium
A company runs a production database on an EC2 instance that must be available 24/7. The database usage is steady and predictable. The company wants to reduce compute costs. What is the most cost-effective pricing model?
Select an answer first
20foundation · easy
What is the primary purpose of an S3 lifecycle policy?
Select an answer first

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