AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 525

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

AWS helps reduce costs by allowing businesses to scale resources on demand, ensuring they only pay for what they use rather than over-provisioning. It also eliminates the heavy capital expenditures and operational costs required to build and maintain physical on-premises data centers. AWS pricing actually varies by region, idle instances still incur charges, and data transfer out to the internet is generally not free.