Design Cost-Optimized Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a seasonal retail site, an architect is reviewing managed services requirement set 4. Which design choice best fits the requirement while following AWS architectural best practices?

Answer choices

1. A. Place all components on a single large instance to simplify troubleshooting.
2. B. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
3. C. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.
4. D. Reduce operational overhead when a managed service fits the workload.

Correct Answer

D. Reduce operational overhead when a managed service fits the workload.

Explanation

The best answer applies managed services: reduce operational overhead when a managed service fits the workload. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.

Question details

• Difficulty: hard
• Domain: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
• Objective: managed services

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