CLF-C02 Question 35
Single answerA company is migrating its on-premises infrastructure to AWS to reduce costs. Which of the following demonstrates a primary economic advantage of using the AWS Cloud?
- A
Paying only for the compute resources used without upfront capital investments
- B
Requiring a multi-year contract to lock in lower pricing
- C
Purchasing physical servers to store data in an AWS-managed facility
- D
Outsourcing all IT management tasks to AWS support staff
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The primary economic advantage of using AWS is its pay-as-you-go pricing model, which eliminates the need for upfront capital investments and ensures customers pay only for the resources they actually use. This flexibility and scalability are key concepts of cloud economics.
- A. Correct.
Paying only for the compute resources used without upfront capital investments is a core benefit of AWS's pay-as-you-go pricing model, which allows businesses to avoid large initial costs and pay only for what they use.
- B. Incorrect.
Requiring a multi-year contract to lock in lower pricing does not align with AWS's flexible pricing models, which do not mandate long-term commitments unless a specific savings plan is chosen.
- C. Incorrect.
Purchasing physical servers to store data in an AWS-managed facility is not an AWS cloud model. AWS provides virtualized infrastructure, meaning customers do not own or manage physical hardware.
- D. Incorrect.
Outsourcing all IT management tasks to AWS support staff is incorrect because AWS provides infrastructure management tools, but customers retain responsibility for managing their own applications and configurations.