AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 740

A company needs the ability to acquire resources when the resources are needed. The company also needs the ability to release the resources when the resources are no longer needed.

Which AWS concept represents the company’s goals?

Answer options

• A. Scalability
• B. Sustainability
• C. Elasticity
• D. Operational excellence

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Elasticity refers to the ability to dynamically acquire resources when demand increases and release them when demand decreases, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency. Scalability focuses on a system's capacity to handle growth but does not specifically address the scale-down and decommissioning aspects. Sustainability and Operational excellence are broader pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework rather than the specific mechanism of scaling resources dynamically.