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CLF-C02 · Question #782

A company purchases Amazon EC2 Standard Reserved Instances to run a workload. After the workload is complete, the company no longer requires the Reserved Instances. The company needs to remove the Res

The correct answer is D. Sell the Standard Reserved Instances in the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace.. Standard Reserved Instances cannot be canceled, but they can be sold in the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace. This allows the company to recover some costs after the workload is complete and the instances are no longer needed.

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

Question

A company purchases Amazon EC2 Standard Reserved Instances to run a workload. After the workload is complete, the company no longer requires the Reserved Instances. The company needs to remove the Reserved Instances from the company's AWS account. Which solution will meet this requirement?

Options

  • AContact the AWS Support team to request the Standard Reserved Instances are transferred to
  • BConvert the Standard Reserved Instances to Compute Savings Plans.
  • CCreate an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) of the Reserved Instances.
  • DSell the Standard Reserved Instances in the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace.

How the community answered

(57 responses)
  • A
    9% (5)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    5% (3)
  • D
    84% (48)

Explanation

Standard Reserved Instances cannot be canceled, but they can be sold in the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance Marketplace. This allows the company to recover some costs after the workload is complete and the instances are no longer needed.

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