From a cloud-economics standpoint, what is a benefit of automating infrastructure deployment?
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Answer: C
Automation through infrastructure as code replaces repetitive manual setup with consistent, versioned processes, so teams spend less labor per change and drift less over time. Fewer human touchpoints per deployment is a direct operational cost saving.
Automation changes nothing about AWS charging for resources, the shared responsibility for access control, or who stays accountable for the application code.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Deploying with automation still consumes billable resources — the resource fees remain.
- B. Access controls remain mandatory under the shared responsibility model regardless of how deployments are automated.
- D. Application code stays the customer's responsibility under the shared responsibility model; AWS never owns it.