AWS Cost Optimization Strategies Quiz

1. Which EC2 feature allows you to pay for unused capacity and resell it?

Capacity Reservations

Dedicated Hosts

Scheduled Instances

Fleet Capacity

2. True or False: Reserved Instances provide cost savings only for compute resources.

True

False

3. What is the primary cost advantage of using NAT Gateway versus NAT Instance?

Lower per-GB processing charges

No hourly charges, only data processing

Automatic scaling without management

Free for the first 100 GB

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5. Which tool provides AWS cost forecasting and budgeting alerts?

AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Budgets

AWS Config

AWS CloudTrail

6. True or False: Moving data between AWS regions incurs no data transfer charges.

True

False

7. Which CloudFront feature reduces origin requests and lowers data transfer costs?

Signed URLs

Edge caching

Origin Shield

Custom domains

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9. Which RDS feature provides cost savings for non-production environments?

Multi-AZ deployments

Read replicas

RDS Reserved Instances

Enhanced monitoring

10. True or False: S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves objects between access tiers.

True

False

11. Which AWS pricing model provides the deepest discounts for predictable, long-term workloads?

On-Demand Instances

Reserved Instances

Spot Instances

Dedicated Hosts

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13. What is the maximum discount available for three-year Reserved Instance commitments?

40%

50%

60%

70%

14. Which AWS service provides real-time cost and usage visibility across accounts?

AWS Budgets

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Billing Console

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

15. True or False: Spot Instances can be interrupted by AWS with only 30 seconds notice.

True

False

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17. Which storage class should you use for data accessed less than once per month?

S3 Standard

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

S3 Glacier Deep Archive

S3 One Zone-IA

18. What is the typical discount range for Compute Savings Plans with a one-year commitment?

10–20%

20–30%

30–40%

50–70%

19. Which service helps identify underutilized EC2 instances to reduce costs?

AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Compute Optimizer

AWS Systems Manager

20. What is the primary advantage of AWS Savings Plans over Reserved Instances?

Lower hourly rates

Flexibility across instance families, regions, and OS

No commitment required

Automatic scaling included

AWS Solutions Architect Cost Optimization Strategies Quiz

1. Which EC2 feature allows you to pay for unused capacity and resell it?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. True or False: Reserved Instances provide cost savings only for compute resources.

3. What is the primary cost advantage of using NAT Gateway versus NAT Instance?

4. EBS volumes should be monitored and deleted if ____.

5. Which tool provides AWS cost forecasting and budgeting alerts?

6. True or False: Moving data between AWS regions incurs no data transfer charges.

7. Which CloudFront feature reduces origin requests and lowers data transfer costs?

8. AWS Compute Optimizer analyzes metrics over at least ____ days to provide recommendations.

9. Which RDS feature provides cost savings for non-production environments?

10. True or False: S3 Intelligent-Tiering automatically moves objects between access tiers.

11. Which AWS pricing model provides the deepest discounts for predictable, long-term workloads?

12. Consolidating multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organizations enables ____ discounts.

13. What is the maximum discount available for three-year Reserved Instance commitments?

14. Which AWS service provides real-time cost and usage visibility across accounts?

15. True or False: Spot Instances can be interrupted by AWS with only 30 seconds notice.

16. Auto Scaling Groups help reduce costs by automatically adjusting capacity based on ____.

17. Which storage class should you use for data accessed less than once per month?

18. What is the typical discount range for Compute Savings Plans with a one-year commitment?

19. Which service helps identify underutilized EC2 instances to reduce costs?

20. What is the primary advantage of AWS Savings Plans over Reserved Instances?