Question 1

Your organization operates in multiple regions worldwide, including the EU and the US. As part of your FinOps responsibilities, you need to ensure that cloud resource management complies with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act). You are also responsible for optimizing costs across these regions. Which of the following actions should you take to maintain compliance and cost-efficiency? (Choose two)

Options :

A : Allow each regional team to choose its storage solution based on local preferences to meet compliance and cost requirements effectively.

B : Use a unified, centralized data storage solution across all regions to reduce storage and operational costs.

C : Implement region-specific storage configurations to store data in locations that comply with regional data residency laws.

D : Automate deletion and anonymization of personally identifiable information (PII) across all storage, including cloud backups, to avoid legal breaches and reduce storage costs.

Answer: C,D

Question 2

A global enterprise observes that their cloud usage costs are high due to inefficient resource utilization across multiple teams. The FinOps team is tasked with implementing strategies to improve efficiency by identifying underutilized resources and optimizing them without disrupting critical workflows.Which TWO actions would most effectively improve resource utilization while minimizing operational impact?

Options :

A : Rightsizing instances based on historical usage data

B : Setting up automated policies to terminate idle instances after a predefined period

C : Replacing underutilized instances with on-demand instances for increased flexibility

D : Consolidating workloads onto fewer, larger instances to minimize resource fragmentation

Answer: A,B

Question 3

A multinational organization is experiencing difficulties reconciling its cloud asset inventory with its on-premise IT asset database. This discrepancy has led to challenges in accurately forecasting costs and asset utilization. Which action would best support the alignment of FinOps and ITAM practices to address these issues?

Options :

A : Conduct monthly manual audits of cloud resources to ensure all assets are tracked correctly in the ITAM system.

B : Transition all cloud assets into the ITAM database, treating them as traditional IT assets to streamline tracking and reporting.

C : Develop an automated synchronization process between the cloud inventory and ITAM system, enabling real-time updates and accurate data across both asset types.

D : Limit the ITAM team’s scope to only on-premise assets and have the FinOps team handle cloud assets independently to avoid duplication of efforts.

Answer: C

Question 4

Which of the following techniques is best suited for handling inconsistent metadata across multiple cloud providers during the data ingestion and normalization process?

Options :

A : Simple Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) workflows

B : Manual aggregation of provider-specific reports

C : Real-time streaming ingestion without transformations

D : Tagging standardization based on a central taxonomy

Answer: D

Question 5

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates the use of a savings plan for achieving cost efficiency in cloud rate optimization?

Options :

A : A startup with unpredictable usage trends chooses on-demand pricing to avoid commitment to any discount mechanism.

B : A software development firm with seasonal workloads prefers to use spot instances to scale during high-demand periods.

C : A large enterprise, with consistent cloud usage, opts for a three-year commitment savings plan to leverage long-term, lower rates.

D : A company anticipates a 10% increase in cloud usage during peak months and decides to purchase a savings plan based on monthly trends in usage patterns.

Answer: C

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