AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 127

How does AWS Cloud computing help businesses reduce costs? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. AWS charges the same prices for services in every AWS Region.
• B. AWS enables capacity to be adjusted on demand.
• C. AWS offers discounts for Amazon EC2 instances that remain idle for more than 1 week.
• D. AWS does not charge for data sent from the AWS Cloud to the internet.
• E. AWS eliminates many of the costs of building and maintaining on-premises data centers.

Correct answer: B, E

Explanation

The correct answers, B and E, highlight that AWS allows businesses to scale their resources according to current needs, which helps avoid over-provisioning and reduces costs. Additionally, by using AWS, companies can eliminate the substantial expenses linked to building and maintaining their own data centers. The other options either misrepresent AWS pricing strategies or focus on specific situations that do not contribute to overall cost reduction.