Besides sending alerts, what else can AWS Budgets do when a threshold is breached?
A.Nothing — budgets are notification-only
Actions make budgets active controls, not just alerts.
B.Trigger budget actions, e.g., apply a restrictive IAM policy or SCP, or stop EC2/RDS instances
Correct — IAM policy, SCP, and instance-stop actions are the built-ins.
C.Automatically delete the most expensive resources
AWS never auto-deletes resources on spend — deliberate safety boundary.
D.Switch the account to a lower support plan
Support plan changes aren't a budget action.
Why this answer
AWS Budgets supports actions: when a budget triggers, it can run a configured response — deny further spend via IAM/SCP policy changes or stop specific EC2/RDS instances — governance automation, not just email.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-11-01
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