AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 626

Which benefit of the AWS Cloud helps companies achieve lower usage costs because of the aggregate usage of all AWS users?

Answer options

• A. No need to guess capacity
• B. Ability to go global in minutes
• C. Economies of scale
• D. Increased speed and agility

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS achieves massive economies of scale by aggregating usage from millions of customers, allowing them to pass savings back to users in the form of lower pay-as-you-go prices. The other options refer to different cloud advantages, such as eliminating capacity planning (A), expanding geographic reach quickly (B), and reducing the time to spin up new resources (D).