AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (legacy) — Question 845

An organization is using cost allocation tags to find the cost distribution of different departments and projects. One of the instances has two separate tags with the key/ value as `InstanceName/HR`, `CostCenter/HR`. What will AWS do in this case?

Answer options

• A. InstanceName is a reserved tag for AWS. Thus, AWS will not allow this tag
• B. AWS will not allow the tags as the value is the same for different keys
• C. AWS will allow tags but will not show correctly in the cost allocation report due to the same value of the two separate keys
• D. AWS will allow both the tags and show properly in the cost distribution report

Correct answer: D

Explanation

AWS cost allocation tags allow different keys to have identical values, as tags are evaluated as distinct key-value pairs. Consequently, AWS will permit both 'InstanceName/HR' and 'CostCenter/HR' and accurately represent them in cost distribution reports. Other options are incorrect because AWS does not reserve the custom tag key 'InstanceName' nor does it restrict duplicate values across different keys.