AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 549

A company is running a web application on Amazon EC2 instances. The company wants the application's compute capacity to automatically adjust to meet customer demand.

Which AWS service or capability should the company use to meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. AWS Compute Optimizer
• B. AWS Auto Scaling
• C. AWS Launch Wizard
• D. AWS AppConfig

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. AWS Compute Optimizer provides recommendations to optimize resource usage, while AWS Launch Wizard guides the deployment of third-party applications and AWS AppConfig manages application configuration deployments.