AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 337

Which design principles should a company apply to AWS Cloud workloads to maximize sustainability and minimize environmental impact? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Maximize utilization of Amazon EC2 instances.
• B. Minimize utilization of Amazon EC2 instances.
• C. Minimize usage of managed services.
• D. Force frequent application reinstallations by users.
• E. Reduce the need for users to reinstall applications.

Correct answer: A, E

Explanation

Maximizing the utilization of Amazon EC2 instances ensures that hardware resources are not running idle, which increases energy efficiency and supports sustainability goals. Additionally, reducing the need for users to reinstall applications minimizes the energy and network resources consumed by client devices. Minimizing managed services would actually hurt sustainability, as AWS managed services are highly optimized for multi-tenant efficiency.