CLF-C02 Practice Question 121: Cloud Financial Management
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) · Test 13 · question 1 of 10
After moving to AWS, a company's engineering teams launch resources freely and costs keep rising. Leadership decides to invest in a dedicated function, with its own programs, processes, training and people, to build cost awareness and cost efficiency across the organization, in the same way the company built its security capability. Which design principle of the AWS Well-Architected Framework cost optimization pillar does this apply?
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Answer:
Implement Cloud Financial Management means that an organization should dedicate time and resources to build capability in Cloud Financial Management and cost optimization, to achieve financial success and accelerate business value in the cloud. AWS compares it directly to building security or operational excellence capability: through knowledge building, programs, resources and processes, the organization becomes cost-efficient. That organizational investment is exactly what leadership is making.
Option A, adopt a consumption model, is a *technical* practice: pay only for the resources you need, such as stopping development environments outside working hours. Option C, stop spending money on undifferentiated heavy lifting, is about letting AWS handle data center operations and using managed services so you can focus on customers. Option D, measure overall efficiency, is about comparing a workload's business output with the cost of delivering it.
Reference: Cost optimization design principles