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AWS SAP-C02 · Question 09 · Domain 1.5: Cost Optimization

A company uses AWS Organizations with Consolidated Billing. They want to allocate costs to different business units based on resource usage. Some resources, like shared network infrastructure, cannot be directly tagged to a single business unit. How can they achieve accurate cost allocation?

Answer options:

A.

Use AWS Cost Categories to group accounts and tags, and define split charge rules for shared resources.

B.

Create a custom AWS Lambda function to parse the Cost and Usage Report (CUR) and manually calculate splits.

C.

Use AWS Budgets to set limits for each business unit and alert when shared resources exceed limits.

D.

Apply multiple business unit tags to the shared resources and use Cost Explorer to filter.

How to approach this question

Identify the feature designed for splitting shared costs.

Full Answer

A.Use AWS Cost Categories to group accounts and tags, and define split charge rules for shared resources.✓ Correct
Use AWS Cost Categories to group accounts and tags, and define split charge rules for shared resources.
AWS Cost Categories allow you to define custom rules to map your costs into meaningful categories. The 'Split charge' feature specifically addresses the equitable distribution of shared resource costs.

Common mistakes

Assuming tags alone can split costs proportionally.

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