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Hello jgofaws,
Thank you for your feedback and for pointing out the important distinction regarding stopped and terminated EC2 instances.
We have reviewed and updated the explanation in our practice exam to clarify this. According to the latest AWS documentation, when an EC2 instance is stopped, AWS does not charge for compute resources because the instance is not running. However, the attached EBS volumes continue to incur storage charges since the data remains allocated.
On the other hand, when an instance is terminated, the instance and its attached volumes (unless configured otherwise) are deleted, and no further charges apply.
Our updated explanation now clearly reflects that stopped instances do not incur compute charges, but their EBS storage does, ensuring an accurate understanding of AWS billing.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Irene @ Tutorials Dojo
