AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Question 40

A development team needs to host a website that will be accessed by other teams. The website contents consist of HTML, CSS, client-side JavaScript, and images.
Which method is the MOST cost-effective for hosting the website?

Answer options

• A. Containerize the website and host it in AWS Fargate.
• B. Create an Amazon S3 bucket and host the website there.
• C. Deploy a web server on an Amazon EC2 instance to host the website.
• D. Configure an Application Load Balancer with an AWS Lambda target that uses the Express.js framework.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because hosting a static website on Amazon S3 is typically the most cost-effective solution due to its low storage and data transfer costs. Options A and C involve more complexity and cost due to the need for managing containers or virtual machines, while option D introduces unnecessary overhead with the use of an Application Load Balancer and AWS Lambda for a static site.