SAA-C03 Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

A hybrid environment must support a goal to archive EBS snapshots no longer needed without changing application code. What should you implement? archive EBS snapshots no longer needed.

Multiple choice — select one answer

Answer choices

  1. a. AWS Savings Plans or Reserved Instances
  2. b. AWS Organizations consolidated billing
  3. c. Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
  4. d. Snapshot lifecycle policies

Architectural breakdown & explanation

Lifecycle policies delete stale snapshots to save cost.

Correct answer(s): d. Snapshot lifecycle policies

Exam domain: Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (18% weight on the official guide).

Official documentation & study links

Practice this certification

This page is one question from the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate bank. Run a full timed practice exam with domain-weighted random questions in your browser.