AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 907

An online retail company has seasonal sales spikes several times a year, primarily around holidays. Demand is lower at other times. The company finds it difficult to predict the increasing infrastructure demand for each season.
Which advantages of moving to the AWS Cloud would MOST benefit the company? (Choose two.)

Answer options

Correct answer: B, E

Explanation

Elasticity allows the company to automatically scale its infrastructure up during peak holiday seasons and scale down when demand decreases, ensuring they always have the right amount of resources. Pay-as-you-go pricing complements this by ensuring they only pay for the active resources they use, preventing wasted capital on idle hardware during off-peak times. Other benefits like global footprint, service quotas, and the shared responsibility model do not resolve the issue of unpredictable seasonal capacity planning.