An online retail company wants to migrate its on-premises workload to AWS. The company needs to automatically handle a seasonal workload increase in a cost-effective manner. Which AWS Cloud features w

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• ACross-Region workload deployment
• BPay-as-you-go pricing
• CBuilt-in AWS CloudTrail audit capabilities
• DAuto Scaling policies
• ECentralized logging

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  96% (25)

Explanation

Handling Seasonal Workload Increases on AWS

Pay-as-you-go pricing (B) ensures the company only pays for the compute resources they actually use - scaling costs up during peak seasons and down during off-peak periods, making it inherently cost-effective. Auto Scaling policies (D) automatically add or remove compute resources (like EC2 instances) based on real-time demand, directly addressing the need to handle seasonal spikes without manual intervention.

The distractors fall short because Cross-Region deployment (A) improves availability and latency but doesn't automatically manage workload spikes cost-effectively. CloudTrail (C) is an auditing and compliance tool that tracks API calls - it has nothing to do with scaling or cost management. Centralized logging (E) helps with monitoring and troubleshooting but does not address automatic scaling or cost optimization during demand fluctuations.

Memory Tip: Think of the two requirements as a pair - "automatic" points to Auto Scaling, and "cost-effective" points to pay-as-you-go. Any time an exam question mentions handling variable or seasonal demand efficiently, these two concepts almost always work together as the answer.

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