An organization leaves nonproduction environments running all week even though they are used only during business hours. Which cloud characteristic makes this especially wasteful and also creates an opportunity for FinOps improvement?

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B. Variable consumption pricing where unused runtime still generates spend. FinOps emphasizes taking advantage of the variable cost model of the cloud, where resources incur cost as they run and can often be adjusted just in time. Leaving intermittent environments running wastes money precisely because usage-based pricing is flexible. Option a is wrong because cloud services are not generally governed by a fixed-capacity pricing model.

An organization leaves nonproduction environments running all week even though they are used only during business hours. Which cloud characteristic makes this especially wasteful and also creates an opportunity for FinOps improvement?

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