AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 411

A university receives a grant to conduct research by using AWS services. The research team needs to make sure the grant money lasts for the entire school year. The team has decided on a monthly allocation that adds up to the total grant amount.

Which AWS service or feature will notify the team if spending exceeds the planned amount?

Answer options

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Budgets is the correct tool because it allows users to set custom spend limits and configure alerts to notify them when costs exceed or are forecasted to exceed those limits. Cost Explorer is designed for visualizing and analyzing cost trends retrospectively rather than sending real-time budget alerts. Cost allocation tags and Cost categories are metadata tools used to organize and track costs, but they do not feature built-in alerting mechanisms.