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SOA-C02 · Question #392

A SysOps administrator needs to track the costs of data transfer between AWS Regions. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution to send alerts to an email distribution list when transfer…

The correct answer is C. Use AWS Budgets to create a cost budget for data transfer costs. Set an alert at 75% of the. Use AWS Budgets to create a cost budget for data transfer costs. Set an alert at 75% of the budgeted amount. Configure the budget to send a notification to the email distribution list when costs reach 75% of the threshold…

Submitted by andres_qro· Mar 30, 2026Cost and Performance Optimization

Question

A SysOps administrator needs to track the costs of data transfer between AWS Regions. The SysOps administrator must implement a solution to send alerts to an email distribution list when transfer costs reach 75% of a specific threshold. What should the SysOps administrator do to meet these requirements?

Options

  • ACreate an AWS Cost and Usage Report. Analyze the results in Amazon Athena. Configure an
  • BCreate an Amazon CloudWatch billing alarm to detect when costs reach 75% of the threshold.
  • CUse AWS Budgets to create a cost budget for data transfer costs. Set an alert at 75% of the
  • DSet up a VPC flow log. Set up a subscription filter to an AWS Lambda function to analyze data

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    11% (5)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    81% (38)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

Use AWS Budgets to create a cost budget for data transfer costs. Set an alert at 75% of the budgeted amount. Configure the budget to send a notification to the email distribution list when costs reach 75% of the threshold. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-budgets-update-track-cloud-costs-and-usage/

Topics

#AWS Budgets#data transfer costs#cost alerts#inter-region costs

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