AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 266

A company wants to save costs by archiving data that is no longer frequently accessed by end users.

Which Amazon S3 feature will meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. S3 Versioning
• B. S3 Lifecycle
• C. S3 Object Lock
• D. S3 Inventory

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Amazon S3 Lifecycle configurations allow users to define rules that automatically transition objects to more cost-effective storage classes, such as S3 Glacier, based on age. Other features like S3 Versioning (for maintaining multiple object versions), S3 Object Lock (for enforcing write-once-read-many protection), and S3 Inventory (for metadata reporting) do not automate cost-saving storage tiering.