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What is the practice of bringing financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud resources?

The correct answer is D. FinOps. FinOps is an evolving operational framework and cultural practice that brings financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud resources, enabling organizations to get maximum business value by helping engineering, finance, and business teams to collaborate on data-d

Submitted by ravi_2018· May 4, 2026Cloud Native Application Delivery

Question

What is the practice of bringing financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud resources?

Options

  • AFaaS
  • BDevOps
  • CCloudCost
  • DFinOps

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • D
    89% (24)

Why each option

FinOps is an evolving operational framework and cultural practice that brings financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud resources, enabling organizations to get maximum business value by helping engineering, finance, and business teams to collaborate on data-driven spending decisions.

AFaaS

FaaS (Function as a Service) is a serverless computing execution model where the cloud provider manages the server, not a practice for financial accountability.

BDevOps

DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development and IT operations to shorten the development lifecycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality, but it doesn't specifically focus on financial accountability.

CCloudCost

CloudCost is a generic term that refers to the expenses associated with cloud services, not a specific practice or framework for managing those costs effectively.

DFinOpsCorrect

FinOps is a set of practices that integrates financial management with cloud operations, fostering collaboration between finance, business, and technology teams to optimize cloud costs and maximize business value in a pay-as-you-go cloud environment.

Concept tested: Cloud financial management practices

Source: https://www.finops.org/introduction/what-is-finops/

Topics

#FinOps#Cloud Cost Management#Financial Accountability

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