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SAA-C03 · Question #409

SAA-C03 Question #409: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is C: Activate only the department cost allocation tag in the management account.. To track costs by department, you must activate the custom department tag as a cost allocation tag in the AWS Organizations management account. Once activated, Cost Explorer and cost and usage reports can group costs by this tag for all linked accounts. The most operationally eff

Submitted by katya_ua· Mar 4, 2026Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

Question

A company uses AWS to run its workloads. The company uses AWS Organizations to manage its accounts. The company needs to identify which departments are responsible for specific costs. New accounts are constantly created in the Organizations account structure. The Organizations continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) framework already adds the populated department tag to the AWS resources. The company wants to use an AWS Cost Explorer report to identify the service costs by department from all AWS accounts. Which combination of steps will meet these requirements with the MOST operational efficiency? (Select TWO.)

Options

  • AActivate the aws:createdBy cost allocation tag and the department cost allocation tag in the
  • BCreate a new cost and usage report in Cost Explorer. Group by the department cost allocation
  • CActivate only the department cost allocation tag in the management account.
  • DCreate a new cost and usage report in Cost Explorer. Group by the department cost allocation tag
  • EActivate only the aws:createdBy cost allocation tag in the management account.

Explanation

To track costs by department, you must activate the custom department tag as a cost allocation tag in the AWS Organizations management account. Once activated, Cost Explorer and cost and usage reports can group costs by this tag for all linked accounts. The most operationally efficient way is to activate only the relevant department tag and create a cost and usage report grouped

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