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A company wants to reduce AWS costs by automating resource scaling and tracking spending. Which combination of AWS services best supports this goal?

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A company wants to reduce AWS costs by automating resource scaling and tracking spending. Which combination of AWS services best supports this goal?
AAWS Auto Scaling + AWS Budgets + AWS Cost Explorer
BAWS CloudTrail + AWS Config + AWS IAM
CAWS Lambda + Amazon S3 + Amazon RDS
DAmazon EC2 + AWS Trusted Advisor + AWS CloudWatch Logs
Step-by-Step Solution
Solution:
  1. Step 1: Identify services for automated scaling

    AWS Auto Scaling automatically adjusts resource capacity based on demand.
  2. Step 2: Identify services for cost tracking

    AWS Budgets sets spending limits and alerts; Cost Explorer analyzes spending patterns.
  3. Step 3: Evaluate other options

    CloudTrail and Config track changes and security, not cost; Lambda, S3, RDS are compute/storage services; Trusted Advisor gives recommendations but not automation; CloudWatch Logs monitor logs.
  4. Final Answer:

    AWS Auto Scaling + AWS Budgets + AWS Cost Explorer -> Option A
  5. Quick Check:

    Auto scale + budgets + cost explorer = cost optimization [OK]
Quick Trick: Auto Scaling + Budgets + Cost Explorer = automate cost control [OK]
Common Mistakes:
  • Confusing CloudTrail with cost tools
  • Choosing unrelated services
  • Ignoring automation tools

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