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When will you incur costs with an Elastic IP address (EIP)?

When will you incur costs with an Elastic IP address (EIP)?

A.
When an EIP is allocated.

B.
When it is allocated and associated with a running instance.

C.
When it is allocated and associated with a stopped instance.

D.
Costs are incurred regardless of whether the EIP is associated with a running instance.

Explanation:
You are allowed one EIP to be attached to a running instance at no charge. otherwise, it will
incur a small fee. in this case, the instance is stopped, and thus, the EIP will be billed at the
normal rate.
http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/