SAA-C03Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized ArchitecturesCost-Optimized Databases & NetworkingmediumSingle choice
Finance wants per-team cost breakdowns including untaggable resources and the most granular usage data possible for chargeback. Which tools provide this?
A.Cost Explorer alone
Explorer visualizes but lacks CUR's resource-level granularity.
B.Cost allocation tags + AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
Tags for grouping + CUR for granularity. Correct.
C.AWS Budgets
Budgets monitors thresholds — not reporting.
D.Trusted Advisor cost checks
Advisor gives recommendations, not detailed reporting.
Why this answer
Cost allocation tags (activated in Billing) group spend by team/environment/project; CUR delivers the most granular hourly resource-level usage+cost data to S3 — the deepest chargeback datasource. Cost Explorer visualizes trends; Budgets alerts.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-11-02
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