Which statement correctly distinguishes capital expenditure (Capex) from operational expenditure (Opex) in cloud consumption?

Capex is a one-time upfront cost; Opex is a recurring operational cost.

Capex is a recurring monthly cost; Opex is a one-time upfront cost.

Capex and Opex are both recurring costs, but Opex is only for cloud services.

Capex and Opex are both one-time costs, but Capex is for software licenses.

Which strategy is commonly used to control cloud costs by predicting and committing to a certain level of usage in exchange for discounted rates?

Eliminating all monitoring and alerts

Scaling up all resources to maximum capacity

Reserved instances or savings plans

A company uses a PaaS service that charges per GB-hour of memory used by their application. They have a workload that runs for 30 minutes every hour, and they want to reduce costs. Which approach would be most effective?

Move to a different PaaS provider with a flat monthly fee

Increase the memory allocation to improve performance

Scale the service to zero during idle periods

Keep the service running continuously to avoid cold starts

A company has a hybrid cloud environment where on-premises systems are fully utilized, and they need to add capacity for a new project. They want to avoid long-term commitments and only pay for what they use. Which consumption pattern should they use?

Use public cloud on-demand resources

Purchase new on-premises hardware

Use reserved instances for the new project

Sign a 3-year cloud contract for discounted rates

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1foundation · easy
Which statement correctly distinguishes capital expenditure (Capex) from operational expenditure (Opex) in cloud consumption?
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2foundation · easy
Which strategy is commonly used to control cloud costs by predicting and committing to a certain level of usage in exchange for discounted rates?
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3expert · hard
A company uses a PaaS service that charges per GB-hour of memory used by their application. They have a workload that runs for 30 minutes every hour, and they want to reduce costs. Which approach would be most effective?
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4application · medium
A company has a consistent baseline workload that runs on-premises, but they experience seasonal spikes that require additional compute capacity. They want to avoid purchasing extra hardware for peak loads. Which hybrid cloud consumption pattern should they use?
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5expert · hard
A company has a hybrid cloud environment where on-premises systems are fully utilized, and they need to add capacity for a new project. They want to avoid long-term commitments and only pay for what they use. Which consumption pattern should they use?
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