CLF-C02 Question 324
Select 3Your company has been experiencing unexpected spikes in AWS costs. As a Cloud Practitioner, you are tasked with identifying tools to help monitor and optimize costs while also being alerted to any operational issues that might impact your AWS resources. Which combination of AWS services will help you achieve this?
- A
AWS Trusted Advisor
- B
AWS Health Dashboard
- C
AWS Cost Explorer
- D
AWS Health API
- E
AWS CloudFormation
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Correct answers: A, B, D
Explanation
To optimize costs and monitor your environment effectively, you can use AWS Trusted Advisor for actionable cost-optimization recommendations, AWS Health Dashboard for real-time insights into the health of AWS services and resources, and AWS Health API for automating health monitoring and integrating it with external systems. While AWS Cost Explorer is helpful for cost analysis, it does not provide operational health insights. AWS CloudFormation is unrelated to cost monitoring or optimization in this context.
- A. Correct.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations on cost optimization, security, performance, and fault tolerance, making it a key tool for identifying cost-saving opportunities.
- B. Correct.
AWS Health Dashboard offers a personalized view of the health of AWS services and resources, ensuring you're aware of operational issues that could impact costs or performance.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS Cost Explorer is a tool for analyzing cost and usage trends, but it does not provide real-time health updates or specific operational insights.
- D. Correct.
AWS Health API allows programmatic access to AWS Health information, enabling automation and integration with monitoring systems to stay informed about resource and service status.
- E. Incorrect.
AWS CloudFormation is a service used for managing infrastructure as code and does not provide cost optimization or operational health monitoring capabilities.