Question 170
Which result best demonstrates that the cloud choice meets the requirement? An IT director includes hardware costs in a migration analysis but forgets power, cooling, and on-site maintenance.
Explanation
Correct Answer
The estimate includes both visible capital items and relevant ongoing expenses. This directly addresses the question rather than a different AWS use case. Total cost of ownership includes facilities, staffing, power, and operational expenses as well as hardware. Recognize the requirement: Look for hidden on-premises costs omitted from the comparison. At a high level, build a more complete total-cost comparison covering infrastructure and operations. The intended outcome is: The estimate includes both visible capital items and relevant ongoing expenses. Keep in mind: Cost comparisons depend on realistic usage and labor assumptions.
Incorrect Answers
Cloud variable-cost economics support reducing capacity during predictable low-use periods. That addresses a different mechanism; this question turns on The estimate includes both visible capital items and relevant.
Cloud economics can replace some up-front capital expenditure with variable operating expenditure. That observation may hold without resolving the relevant issue: The estimate includes both visible capital items and relevant.
Bring Your Own License permits eligible existing licenses under the vendor's and AWS's licensing conditions. It does not verify the requested outcome; here the decisive check concerns The estimate includes both visible capital items and relevant.