AWS SysOps Associate Sysopscostperf — practice questions

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Which AWS pricing model gives the biggest discount on EC2 but allows AWS to reclaim the capacity with 2 minutes' notice?Read the answer and worked solution →Which AWS feature automatically transitions S3 objects between storage classes (Standard → IA → Glacier → Deep Archive) or deletes them after N days?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which AWS pricing model gives the biggest discount on EC2 but allows AWS to reclaim the capacity with 2 minutes' notice?

Dedicated Hosts
On-Demand
EC2 Spot Instances
Reserved Instances

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Correct answer: C. EC2 Spot Instances

Spot can be reclaimed with 2-min notice but offers up to ~90% off. On-demand has no discount RIs trade flexibility for discount with no preemption Dedicated Hosts are billed by host and cost more.

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Which AWS feature automatically transitions S3 objects between storage classes (Standard → IA → Glacier → Deep Archive) or deletes them after N days?

AWS Trusted Advisor
Amazon CloudFront
S3 Versioning
S3 Lifecycle policies

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Correct answer: D. S3 Lifecycle policies

Lifecycle rules age objects through cheaper classes or delete them. Versioning preserves history (separate feature). CloudFront is a CDN. Trusted Advisor advises but doesn't transition.