Actual Exam Questions and Answers

FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) Actual Exam Questions and Answers with Explanations

Question : In regards to the FinOps Maturity Model

Guidelines which of the following statements would be true

regarding the Maturity Level Characteristics for 'Run':

• measurements only provide insight into the benefits of

maturing the capability

• automation and/or processes cover most of the capability

requirements

• automation is not always the preferred approach
• capability is understood and followed by all teams within

the organization

Correct answer: d) Capability is understood and followed by

all teams within the organization

Question : Which of the following statements would be

correct about Weighted Average Cost of Capital?a)this rate is set by internal markets

• this is the rate the company is expected to pay on average

to all its employees to finance the operation of the business

• this is the rate the company is expected to pay on average

to all its securities holders to finance the operation of business

• this rate is set by the shareholders

Correct answer: c) This is the rate the company is expected to

pay on average to all its securities holders to finance the operation of the business.

Question : In Cloud Computing some costs can be considered

fixed and some are variable. Which of the following costs would generally a fixed costs, meaning predictable monthly or annual costs?

• consulting costs
• on demand instance
• support and maintenance
• storage costs

Correct answer: c) support and maintenance

Question : Multiple Selection : (Select two)

Your business unit has decided to use GCP for its cloud services for production. Other business units have been GCP for both development and production use cases. You have been asked to provide tools in GCP that can provide recommendations for reducing costs and getting insight into better ways of resource management. What tools in GCP could you identify?

• cost explorer
• commitment analysis
• trusted advisor
• recommender

Correct answer: b) commmitment analysis

• recommender

Question : Multiple Selection : Select all the correct options.When managing cloud costs specifically around containers there are several things in Google Cloud we can do to manage costs and identify these costs. Which of the following would be ways we could break down costs?

• labels
• availability zones

• namespaces
• billing hierarchy

Correct answer: a) labels

• namespaces
• billing hierarchy

Question : An Availability Zone in AWS is defined as?

• a sub-unit of an aws account, there are typically multiple

AZs per account

• a sub-unit of a region, there are one AZ per region
• a sub-unit of a region, there are typically multiple AZs per

region

• a sub-unit of POP, there are typically one AZ per POP

Correct answer: c) a sub-unit of a region, there are typically

multiple AZs per region

Question : Multiple Selection : Which of the following is true regarding teams working in FinOps organizations? (Select two)