Design Cost-Optimized Architectures Practice Question

Question

For a seasonal retail site, an architect is reviewing Compute Savings Plans requirement set 2. 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. Reduce predictable compute costs with usage commitments.
3. C. Use long-lived access keys in application configuration so services can call AWS APIs directly.
4. D. Disable monitoring until the workload reaches steady production traffic.

Correct Answer

B. Reduce predictable compute costs with usage commitments.

Explanation

The best answer applies Compute Savings Plans: reduce predictable compute costs with usage commitments. The other options increase operational risk, weaken security, or remove observability that an AWS Solutions Architect should preserve.

Question details

• Difficulty: medium
• Domain: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
• Objective: Compute Savings Plans

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