AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)Billing, Pricing, and SupportHard
A small business on the Basic Support plan wants to check whether any of its S3 buckets are publicly accessible using AWS Trusted Advisor, even though it has not upgraded to a paid support plan. Is this possible?
- ANo, Trusted Advisor is only available with Enterprise Support
- BNo, Trusted Advisor requires at least Business Support for any checks
- CYes, all customers have access to a core set of checks including some security checks regardless of plan
- DYes, but only if the account is part of an AWS Organizations consolidated billing family
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Yes, all customers have access to a core set of checks including some security checks regardless of plan
Trusted Advisor provides a limited set of core checks—covering service limits and certain security checks like S3 bucket permissions and security group rules—free to all customers regardless of support plan. Full access to all checks across cost optimization, performance, fault tolerance, and service limits requires Business or Enterprise Support.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Incorrect — full checks require Business/Enterprise, but core checks are available to all.
- B. Incorrect — some core checks, including certain security checks, are free for all plans.
- D. Consolidated billing does not affect Trusted Advisor check availability.
Trusted Advisor Core Checks
A limited free set of Trusted Advisor checks (including service limits and select security checks) available to all AWS customers regardless of support plan.
- Core checks include service limits and some security checks
- Full 100+ checks require Business or Enterprise Support
- Business/Enterprise also add programmatic access via API
Memory trick: Everyone gets a taste, paid plans get the feast