CLF-C02 Question 326
Select 3Your company has recently experienced unexpected spikes in AWS costs. You have been tasked with identifying tools to monitor your cloud environment and ensure cost optimization. Which of the following AWS services or features can help you achieve this goal?
- A
AWS Trusted Advisor
- B
AWS Health Dashboard
- C
AWS Health API
- D
AWS Cost Explorer
- E
AWS CloudFormation
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Correct answers: A, B, C
Explanation
AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Health Dashboard, and AWS Health API collectively help manage and monitor your environment for cost optimization. Trusted Advisor provides actionable recommendations to reduce costs, while AWS Health Dashboard and Health API notify you of events that could impact your resources and costs. AWS Cost Explorer is useful for cost analysis but does not directly assist with monitoring the health of environments. AWS CloudFormation is unrelated to monitoring or cost optimization.
- A. Correct.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides cost optimization recommendations, such as identifying underutilized resources or reducing unnecessary expenditures. It is a key tool for managing costs.
- B. Correct.
AWS Health Dashboard delivers personalized alerts and insights about AWS events that could potentially impact your resources, helping you monitor and address issues proactively, which indirectly aids in cost management.
- C. Correct.
AWS Health API allows programmatic access to AWS Health events and notifications, enabling better integration with monitoring tools to address cost-related impacts.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Cost Explorer provides detailed cost analysis and forecasting, but it is not specifically designed for event monitoring or system health checks for cost optimization.
- E. Incorrect.
AWS CloudFormation is used for infrastructure as code and automation, and while it supports resource management, it does not directly monitor or optimize costs or health.