AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 483

Development teams are maintaining several workloads on AWS. Company management is concerned about rising costs and wants the SysOps Administrator to configure alerts so teams are notified when spending approaches preset limits.
Which AWS service will satisfy these requirements?

Answer options

• A. AWS Budgets
• B. AWS Cost Explorer
• C. AWS Trusted Advisor
• D. AWS Cost and Usage report

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Budgets allows users to set custom cost and usage limits and configure automated alerts when those thresholds are approached or exceeded. While AWS Cost Explorer helps visualize spending patterns and AWS Cost and Usage report provides detailed raw billing data, neither offers native alerting features for budget thresholds. AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations for cost optimization but does not support custom spending limit alerts.