SOA-C02 Question 299
Select 3Your organization wants to better understand its AWS costs by department. As a SysOps Administrator, you are tasked with implementing cost allocation tags to achieve this goal. Which of the following steps must you take to ensure cost allocation tags are effective?
- A
Enable the desired tags as cost allocation tags in the Billing and Cost Management console.
- B
Apply the cost allocation tags to relevant AWS resources.
- C
Define custom tags in the AWS Organizations management account to automatically propagate them across linked accounts.
- D
Generate and download the Cost and Usage Report (CUR) to analyze tagged costs.
- E
Activate the Cost Explorer tool to visualize costs by tag.
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Correct answers: A, B, D
Explanation
To effectively implement cost allocation tags, you must enable the desired tags as cost allocation tags in the Billing and Cost Management console, apply them to the appropriate resources, and use tools like the Cost and Usage Report (CUR) to analyze tagged costs. While visualization tools like Cost Explorer can provide additional insights, they are not required to implement the tags themselves.
- A. Correct.
Correct. Enabling tags as cost allocation tags in the Billing and Cost Management console is necessary for AWS to recognize them for cost reporting purposes.
- B. Correct.
Correct. Tags must be applied to the resources for them to be reflected in cost reports.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. AWS Organizations does not automatically propagate custom tags across linked accounts. Tags need to be created and managed individually on a per-account basis.
- D. Correct.
Correct. Generating the Cost and Usage Report (CUR) allows you to analyze costs based on the tags after they have been set up and applied.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Activating the Cost Explorer tool is not a mandatory step for implementing cost allocation tags. It can be used for visualizing costs but does not affect the tagging process.