Which architectural decision is most likely to reduce cloud costs without compromising reliability?

Using auto-scaling to match capacity with demand

Eliminating all redundancy to save money

Using only premium storage tiers for all data

Deploying resources in multiple regions for high availability

A cloud architect is reviewing a virtual machine that has been running for months with an average CPU utilization of 5%. Which cost optimization strategy would be most effective for this VM?

Enabling auto-scaling on the VM

Right-sizing the VM to a smaller instance type

Moving the VM to a different availability zone

A company runs a development and test environment in Azure that is used only during business hours (9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday). The environment consists of 20 VMs. The company wants to reduce compute costs. Which strategy is most effective?

Right-size the VMs to a smaller SKU

Use Azure DevTest Labs with auto-shutdown and auto-start schedules

Purchase Reserved Instances for the VMs

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Which cloud provider tool is specifically designed to help customers monitor, analyze, and forecast their cloud spending?
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Which architectural decision is most likely to reduce cloud costs without compromising reliability?
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18foundation · easy
A cloud architect is reviewing a virtual machine that has been running for months with an average CPU utilization of 5%. Which cost optimization strategy would be most effective for this VM?
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Which of the following is a primary cost component that cloud providers charge for moving data out of their cloud environment?
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A company runs a development and test environment in Azure that is used only during business hours (9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday). The environment consists of 20 VMs. The company wants to reduce compute costs. Which strategy is most effective?
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Questions 16–20

Which cloud provider tool is specifically designed to help customers monitor, analyze, and forecast their cloud spending?

Which architectural decision is most likely to reduce cloud costs without compromising reliability?

A cloud architect is reviewing a virtual machine that has been running for months with an average CPU utilization of 5%. Which cost optimization strategy would be most effective for this VM?

Which of the following is a primary cost component that cloud providers charge for moving data out of their cloud environment?

A company runs a development and test environment in Azure that is used only during business hours (9 AM to 5 PM, Monday to Friday). The environment consists of 20 VMs. The company wants to reduce compute costs. Which strategy is most effective?

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