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Question 16 Selectable Answer

You have been asked to assemble the first FinOps team for your company.
What would be two factors you must consider when organizing your team? (Select Two)

A. Cloud provider billing models
B. Complexity of the Cloud usage
C. Location of your team members
D. Complexity of your organization

Answer:
Explanation:
Correct Answers: Complexity of your cloud usage and Complexity of your organization
The complexity of your organization can entail the layers of your management, size of the business units, experience of employees, etc. The complexity of your cloud usage can be really critical to understand what cost structure are efficient and what ones may not be. Team members from engineering think and speak differently as opposed to members from finance so we must have a common approach to communications to reduce complexity.

Question 17 Selectable Answer

A centralized FinOps team should be able to drive FinOps. True or False (Select One)

A. True
B. False

Answer:
Explanation:
One of the principles of FinOps revolves around centralization since we must be able to standardize the best practices thru the organization. Changing the culture of an organization needs a cheerleader and a FinOps team should be the one. (Edx Course)

Question 18 Selectable Answer

An Availability Zone in AWS is defined as? (Select One)

A. A sub-unit of an AWS Account, there are typically multiple AZs per Account.
B. A sub-unit of a Region, there are one AZ per Region.
C. A sub-unit of a Region, there are typically multiple AZs per Region.
D. A sub-unit of a POP , there are typically one AZ per PO

Answer:
Explanation:
In AWS a Region is a geographic area that holds multiple Availability Zones. AWS does not deploy a Region w/o at least three AZs available. Terminology is a critical knowledge area for the exam. https://www.finops.org/resources/terminology/

Question 19 Selectable Answer

1.Which of the following would be the 'primary advantages' of using cloud over on premises services? (Select Two)

A. Cost Savings
B. Speed of delivery
C. Innovation
D. Ease of use

Answer:
Explanation:
Correct Answers: Speed of Delivery and Innovation
Cloud provides many benefits. Cost savings and ease of use can certainly be benefits but the question was targeting a comparison to onpremises.

Question 20 Selectable Answer

In regards to the FinOps Maturity Model Guidelines which of the following statements would be true regarding the Maturity Level Characteristics for 'Run'. (Select One)

A. Measurements only provide insight into the benefits of maturing the capability
B. Automation and/or processes cover most of the Capability requirements
C. Automation is the not always the preferred approach
D. Capability is understood and followed by all teams within the organization

Answer:
Explanation:
The guidelines and characteristics are clearly defined by the FinOps Foundation and these are a must know for the exam.
RUN MATURITY CHARACTERISTICS
Capability is understood and followed by all teams within the organization Difficult edge cases are being addressed
Very high goals/KPIs set on the measurement of success Automation is the preferred approach
The maturity model must read. https://www.finops.org/framework/maturity-model/

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