CLF-C02 Question 308
Select 3Your company uses AWS Organizations to manage multiple AWS accounts. The management account owner notices that some member accounts are incurring unexpectedly high costs and wants to allocate these costs to specific accounts for better visibility. Which of the following features can help achieve this?
- A
Enable consolidated billing in AWS Organizations to combine all account bills into a single payment.
- B
Use AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) to analyze costs and usage data for each member account.
- C
Set up Service Control Policies (SCPs) to restrict spending in member accounts.
- D
Use AWS Budgets to monitor and alert on specific cost thresholds for individual accounts.
- E
Tag resources with cost allocation tags to track and allocate costs to specific accounts.
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Correct answers: B, D, E
Explanation
To allocate costs to specific accounts and gain visibility into spending, you can use AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) for detailed data, AWS Budgets to set thresholds and monitor costs, and cost allocation tags to track spending at a resource level. Consolidated billing combines account payments but does not provide granular cost details, and Service Control Policies (SCPs) are used for governance rather than cost management.
- A. Incorrect.
Consolidated billing only aggregates costs but does not provide detailed allocation or analysis for individual accounts. It is not sufficient for breaking down specific costs.
- B. Correct.
AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) provide detailed insights into usage and costs for each account, which can help allocate costs accurately.
- C. Incorrect.
Service Control Policies (SCPs) are used to enforce governance and restrict actions but are not related to cost allocation or visibility.
- D. Correct.
AWS Budgets can help monitor spending and alert based on thresholds, making it a helpful tool for tracking and managing costs for individual accounts.
- E. Correct.
Using cost allocation tags allows tagging resources and attributing costs to specific accounts, aiding in cost tracking and allocation.