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AWS SAA Practice: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

SAA-C0312 questions~6 min20% of the exam

Original scenario questions on storage classes and lifecycle policies, purchase options, data-transfer costs, and right-sizing for the bill on the SAA-C03 exam.

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SourceAWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Blueprint
Domain 4 of 4
Weight
20% of SAA-C03
Questions
12 original
AWS pass
720 / 1,000
Written for QuizGen, never copied from the real exam.SAA-C03 exam guidePDF, opens d1.awsstatic.com in a new tab
All SAA-C03 domains
Design Secure Architectures30% · 12 QsDesign Resilient Architectures26% · 12 QsDesign High-Performing Architectures24% · 12 Qs
Design Cost-Optimized ArchitecturesYou are here · 20% · 12 Qs
4 drills, 12 questions each. Your readiness score then weights them 30/26/24/20, the way the SAA-C03 guide does.

One question, worked through

This is question 12 of the 12 below, solved in the open — deliberately, so you can judge the questions before you play. The other 11 stay hidden until you answer them, then reveal the same explanation.

Worked example

Objects in a bucket are downloaded constantly for 30 days, then only a few times over the next year, and finally archived for compliance. The team wants automatic cost reduction over this lifecycle. What should they configure?

  • AA lifecycle policy transitioning Standard to IA then GlacierCorrect
  • BManual monthly copies into Glacier Deep Archive
  • CIntelligent-Tiering with all objects staying frequent
  • DCross-region replication to a cheaper region

Why A

A lifecycle rule automatically moves objects Standard → Standard-IA → Glacier as they age, matching this predictable access decline at minimal cost. Replication adds cost, and manual copies are error-prone operational overhead the lifecycle rule removes.

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SAA-C03 · Domain 4 of 4 · Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

We wrote this question and filed it under that domain. The domain name and its position in the outline come from the SAA-C03 exam guide (PDF, opens d1.awsstatic.com in a new tab).

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Practice

Question 1

Logs are accessed heavily for 30 days, then rarely but must return within milliseconds when needed. Access patterns are unpredictable and the team wants no manual tiering. Which S3 approach is most cost-effective?

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