AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 620

A company needs to have the ability to set up infrastructure for new applications in minutes.

Which advantage of cloud computing will help the company meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Trade fixed expense for variable expense
• B. Go global in minutes
• C. Increase speed and agility
• D. Stop guessing capacity

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Increasing speed and agility in a cloud environment allows developers to quickly access IT resources, reducing the time to spin up new application infrastructure from weeks to just minutes. Other benefits like going global in minutes refer to multi-region deployment, while trading fixed expense for variable expense and stopping guessing capacity relate to financial and capacity planning advantages, respectively.