AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 201

A company's use of AWS Cloud services is quickly growing, so a SysOps Administrator has been asked to generate details of daily spending to share with management.
Which method should the Administrator choose to produce this data?

Answer options

• A. Share the monthly AWS bill with management.
• B. Use AWS CloudTrail Logs to access daily costs in JSON format.
• C. Set up a daily Cost and Usage Report and download the output from Amazon S3.
• D. Monitor AWS costs with Amazon CloudWatch and create billing alerts and notifications.

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C because setting up a daily Cost and Usage Report allows for precise tracking of daily spending, which can be easily downloaded from Amazon S3. Option A is incorrect as sharing the monthly bill does not provide daily insights. Option B is not suitable since AWS CloudTrail Logs do not provide cost data. Option D focuses on monitoring rather than generating a detailed daily report.