AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate — Question 279

A company’s financial department needs to view the cost details of each project in an AWS account. A SysOps administrator must perform the initial configuration that is required to view cost for each project in Cost Explorer.

Which solution will meet this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Activate cost allocation tags. Add a project tag to the appropriate resources.
• B. Configure consolidated billing. Create AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
• C. Use AWS Budgets. Create AWS Budgets reports.
• D. Use cost categories to define custom groups that are based on AWS cost and usage dimensions.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

To track costs by specific projects in Cost Explorer, you must first apply project tags to your AWS resources and then activate those tags as cost allocation tags in the Billing console. While AWS Cost Categories can group costs, activating cost allocation tags is the direct, standard initial mechanism required to segment and filter resource-level project costs in Cost Explorer. AWS Budgets and Cost and Usage Reports are used for budgeting and detailed reporting, but they do not perform the initial categorization of resources needed for project-based cost analysis.