The Linux Foundation FOCP Practice Exams
Last updated on Apr 03,2025- Exam Code: FOCP
- Exam Name: FinOps Certified Practitioner
- Certification Provider: The Linux Foundation
- Latest update: Apr 03,2025
Workload Management & Automation reminds us to run resources in the cloud __________.
- A . Only when we need them to be running software
- B . Only from 8am to 5pm on weekdays
- C . Slightly in advance of when we expect there to be significant demand from customers
- D . In multiple geographic locations to allow for redundancy
Which of the following terms are associated with Agile? (Select Two)
- A . Zones
- B . Rightsizing
- C . Subscriptions
- D . User Story
- E . Sprint
Which of the following roles/personas would be responsible for ‘Rate Negations’ with a cloud provider? (Select One)
- A . Procurement
- B . Engineering
- C . Office of the CFO
- D . IT Finance Manager
In which phase of the FinOps lifecycle would the FinOps team execute the purchase of a commitment based discount determined to meet the threshold of their commitment purchasing metric?
- A . Inform
- B . Optimize
- C . Operate
When does the FinOps team gather data for optimization opportunities?
- A . The Operate phase
- B . The Inform phase
- C . The iron triangle
- D . All of the above
Which of the following is NOT part of the FinOps Maturity Model? (Select One)
- A . Crawl
- B . Walk
- C . Sprint
- D . Run
__________ measures how many dollars of outlay it takes to generate revenue in a specific period.
- A . Costs of goods sold (COGS)
- B . Cost allocation
- C . Capitalization
- D . Deprecation
FinOps enables organizations to get maximum business value by helping engineering, finance and business teams to collaborate on __________.
- A . Decentralized spending decisions
- B . Data-driven spending decisions
- C . Leveraging instant procurement
- D . Purchasing the right hardware upfront
Which of these describes the primary goal/motivation of the IT Finance Manager persona?
- A . Accurately budget, forecast, and report cloud costs
- B . Drive accountability, build transparency, and ensure teams are efficient and not over budget
- C . Cloud platform relationship management
- D . Deliver faster and high quality services to the organization, while maintaining business as usual
User
The Benchmarking Performance capability includes which of the following?
- A . Trend and variance analysis
- B . Optimize usage
- C . Create showbacks and chargebacks
- D . Identify anomalies