Question 1

An enterprise cloud customer received a custom rebate on cloud spend for the last quarter due to exceeding their usage commitment. The cloud provider’s rebate terms state that the rebate will only apply to actual consumption that meets specific cost-saving initiatives, such as using Reserved Instances and reducing idle resources. The FinOps team wants to ensure they maximize these rebate opportunities while keeping spend efficient across the next quarter. What is the most effective strategy to achieve this?

Options :

A : Encourage teams to maximize their consumption without focusing on specific instance types to guarantee high usage meets rebate requirements.

B : Consolidate workloads onto fewer, higher-cost instances to increase spend quickly, ensuring rebate criteria are met.

C : Increase reliance on pay-as-you-go instances to ensure flexibility and focus on high usage to earn future rebates.

D : Implement strict policies requiring all teams to use Reserved Instances for predictable workloads and run periodic audits for idle resources.

Answer: D

Question 2

Which of the following best describes an advanced tagging strategy that improves cost allocation accuracy for multi-cloud environments?

(Select two correct answers)

Options :

A : Assign dynamic tags based on workload usage patterns and auto-provisioning.

B : Implement cross-cloud tagging only for services that generate more than 10% of total costs.

C : Rely solely on vendor-managed default tags for cost tracking.

D : Use a single global tag naming convention across all cloud platforms and services.

E : Use tags to differentiate between production, development, and testing environments.

Answer: D,E

Question 3

Which of the following actions best ensures that cloud financial policies designed at the engineering level are followed consistently across multiple development teams?

Options :

A : Set up a financial compliance training program for all engineers to ensure they understand cloud spending limits.

B : Create policy templates that are integrated into Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks to enforce compliance during deployment.

C : Rely on manual audits performed by finance teams at the end of each quarter.

D : Restrict access to cloud billing data, limiting visibility to senior engineers only.

Answer: B

Question 4

Scenario: A gaming company operates a serverless backend on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support a global multiplayer game. They use Google Cloud Functions to handle API requests from players and store game state data in Google Cloud Firestore. Recently, costs have surged due to increased player interactions, leading to frequent Cloud Function invocations and high Firestore read/write charges. The development team wants to optimize the serverless architecture to reduce these expenses while maintaining real-time game response times for a smooth player experience.What is the most cost-effective approach to optimize the architecture while meeting the performance requirements?

Options :

A : Switch Cloud Functions to a higher memory allocation to reduce execution time, and add Firebase Realtime Database for game state storage.

B : Utilize Google Cloud Pub/Sub to batch API requests before sending them to Cloud Functions and consolidate Firestore reads with data caching.

C : Migrate from Cloud Functions to Google App Engine and maintain the same Firestore configuration for storage.

D : Reduce Firestore costs by switching to on-demand mode and decreasing Cloud Functions’ maximum timeout to prevent long-running calls.

Answer: B

Question 5

When integrating third-party FinOps tools (e.g., CloudCheckr or Cloudability) with native cloud cost management platforms, what is the primary benefit of using these tools in tandem rather than relying solely on the cloud provider's native tools (e.g., AWS Cost Explorer)?

Options :

A : Improved real-time cost data due to faster API calls compared to native cloud tools

B : Ability to provide granular visibility into containerized workloads across multi-cloud environments

C : Exclusive access to vendor-specific discount programs not available through native tools

D : Automated cost forecasting with higher accuracy based on industry benchmarks

Answer: B

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