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CLF-C02 · Question #239

A company has migrated its workload to the AWS Cloud. The company wants to optimize existing Amazon EC2 resources. Which AWS services or tools provide this functionality? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. AWS Cost Explorer D. AWS Compute Optimizer. AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Compute Optimizer are two services that provide functionality to analyze and optimize existing Amazon EC2 resources for better performance and cost efficiency.

Submitted by brentm· Mar 6, 2026Billing, Pricing, and Support

Question

A company has migrated its workload to the AWS Cloud. The company wants to optimize existing Amazon EC2 resources. Which AWS services or tools provide this functionality? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AAWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • BAWS Cost Explorer
  • CAmazon Detective
  • DAWS Compute Optimizer
  • EAWS Billing Conductor

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • B
    88% (23)
  • C
    8% (2)
  • E
    4% (1)

Why each option

AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Compute Optimizer are two services that provide functionality to analyze and optimize existing Amazon EC2 resources for better performance and cost efficiency.

AAWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) for deploying and scaling web applications, not a tool for optimizing existing EC2 resources directly.

BAWS Cost ExplorerCorrect

AWS Cost Explorer provides a visual interface to analyze and manage AWS costs and usage over time, helping identify opportunities for cost savings and resource optimization across various services, including EC2.

CAmazon Detective

Amazon Detective is a security service that helps investigate potential security issues, not for optimizing compute resources.

DAWS Compute OptimizerCorrect

AWS Compute Optimizer recommends optimal AWS resources for your workloads, including EC2 instances, to reduce costs and improve performance by analyzing historical utilization metrics.

EAWS Billing Conductor

AWS Billing Conductor is used for managing billing for multiple AWS accounts and establishing custom billing views, not for optimizing individual EC2 resources.

Concept tested: AWS EC2 resource optimization tools

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-explorer/, https://aws.amazon.com/compute-optimizer/

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