AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)Billing, Pricing, and SupportHard
A compliance officer wants full access to all Trusted Advisor checks, including security, cost optimization, performance, fault tolerance, and service limits, with the ability to set CloudWatch alarms on check status changes. Which is the minimum AWS Support plan required to unlock this complete set of Trusted Advisor checks?
- AEnterprise On-Ramp Support only, not Business
- BBusiness Support
- CDeveloper Support
- DBasic Support
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: B. Business Support
Full access to all Trusted Advisor checks (across all five categories) plus programmatic access and CloudWatch alarm integration is available starting at the Business support plan; Basic and Developer plans only provide access to a limited set of core checks.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Business support alone is sufficient; Enterprise On-Ramp is not required.
- C. Developer Support does not add Trusted Advisor benefits beyond Basic's core checks.
- D. Basic Support provides only around 7 core checks (security and service limits), not the full set.
Trusted Advisor Access by Support Plan
Trusted Advisor's full set of checks across cost, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits requires Business support or higher; Basic/Developer only get core security and limit checks.
- Basic/Developer: ~7 core checks (S3 permissions, security groups, IAM use, MFA, service limits).
- Business/Enterprise: full check catalog plus API access and CloudWatch Events integration.
- Trusted Advisor itself is free to access at some level for every account.
Memory trick: Basic peeks through the keyhole; Business opens the whole vault.