AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 624

A company's finance department wants to receive a monthly report showing AWS resource usage by department.
Which solution should be used to meet the requirements?

Answer options

• A. Configure AWS Cost and Usage reports for each department. Run the reports monthly.
• B. Schedule a monthly report for each department using AWS Budgets.
• C. Run a monthly AWS CloudTrail report of resource usage by tag using department codes.
• D. Tag all resources with department codes. Generate a monthly cost allocation report.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Cost and Usage Reports provide the most comprehensive and detailed resource usage and cost data available, making them the ideal tool for generating monthly department-level reports. AWS Budgets is primarily used for setting spending thresholds and alerts rather than detailed usage reporting, and AWS CloudTrail tracks API activity rather than actual resource consumption. While cost allocation reports track costs, they do not provide the granular resource usage details offered by AWS Cost and Usage Reports.