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Question 10
What is the main purpose of introducing an “AI Scope” in FinOps?
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A
To provide AI services with priority access to cloud resources
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B
To segregate AI workloads for optimizing storage usage only
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C
To govern AI-related costs across infrastructure, SaaS, and data usage
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D
To help engineers avoid accountability for AI-related costs
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
✅ Correct Answer: To govern AI-related costs across infrastructure, SaaS, and data usage
Explanation:
The introduction of an AI Scope aims to create a distinct, manageable segment within FinOps for AI-related costs. This includes tracking and managing expenses not just for compute infrastructure but also AI-specific services like SaaS tools, data processing, and model training. The scope ensures financial accountability across the rapidly growing and often unpredictable cost areas of AI.
Option A is incorrect because priority access to resources is a performance concern, not a cost governance strategy.
Option B wrongly narrows the scope to storage, while FinOps for AI includes compute, licensing, inference, etc.
Option D contradicts FinOps principles; AI Scope increases, not avoids, cost accountability.
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