What is the primary benefit of applying resource tags to cloud resources?

Improved ability to track and allocate costs by project or department

Enhanced security of the resources

Faster performance of the resources

Automatic reduction of cloud spending

A cloud administrator notices that some resources are not tagged, making it difficult to report on costs by project. The company has a policy that all resources must be tagged with a project ID. What should the administrator do to enforce this policy?

Create a cost report that ignores untagged resources.

Use a policy that requires tags on all new resources and periodically review untagged resources.

Manually tag all existing resources and hope new ones are tagged.

A company is comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) between running a web application on a cloud VM versus a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. The application requires regular updates and patching. Which factor should be considered in the TCO comparison?

Licensing costs are the same for both options.

The PaaS offering may include automatic patching, reducing labor costs.

The VM option is always cheaper because it uses less expensive compute.

The PaaS offering is always more expensive because it includes management fees.

What is a key characteristic of spot instances in a cloud environment?

They are only available for a limited time and then deleted automatically

They offer significant discounts but can be terminated by the provider with short notice

They are reserved for a specific customer and cannot be interrupted

They provide a fixed, guaranteed price for the lifetime of the instance

CompTIACloud Essentials+

Domain 3Objective 3

Given a Scenario, Review and Report on the Financial Expenditures Related to Cloud Resources. CLO-002 Practice Questions (Page 6)

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26foundation · medium
What is the primary benefit of applying resource tags to cloud resources?
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27application · medium
A cloud administrator notices that some resources are not tagged, making it difficult to report on costs by project. The company has a policy that all resources must be tagged with a project ID. What should the administrator do to enforce this policy?
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28expert · hard
A company is comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) between running a web application on a cloud VM versus a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering. The application requires regular updates and patching. Which factor should be considered in the TCO comparison?
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29application · easy
A company needs to provide 100 employees with access to a cloud-based application. The application is licensed per user. The company has 120 employees, but only 80 will use the application. How many licenses should the company purchase?
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30foundation · medium
What is a key characteristic of spot instances in a cloud environment?
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