AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 602

A company's IT department noticed an increase in the spend of their Developer AWS account. There are over 50 Developers using the account, and the Finance team wants to determine the service costs incurred by each Developer.
What should a SysOps Administrator do to collect this information? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Activate the createdBy tag in the account
• B. Analyze the usage with Amazon CloudWatch dashboards
• C. Analyze the usage with Cost Explorer
• D. Configure AWS Trusted Advisor to track resource usage
• E. Create a billing alarm in AWS Budgets

Correct answer: D, E

Explanation

To monitor and manage the rising expenses among multiple developers, AWS Trusted Advisor can be configured to track resource usage and identify cost optimization opportunities. Additionally, creating a billing alarm in AWS Budgets enables the team to monitor cost thresholds and receive alerts when spending exceeds expected limits, helping to control and attribute overall developer account costs.