Statement C is incorrect in the HCIA-Cloud Service V3.5 IMS model. Huawei Cloud does not impose a standalone service charge simply for using the core Image Management Service functions such as creating a standard private image. Huawei's official getting-started documentation explicitly states that creating a private image is free . Charges may nevertheless arise from dependent resources associated with image usage.
This distinction explains option A. Depending on the image and deployment model, costs can be associated with licensed operating systems, storage used for image files, backups, OBS objects, or other dependent cloud resources. These costs do not make IMS itself a separately charged service.
Option B correctly reflects the principal image categories taught in the HCIA course: public images, private images, and shared images . Marketplace images are additionally available as third-party packaged offerings but do not invalidate this fundamental IMS classification.
Option D also correctly describes the role of an image. Images provide standardized operating environments and can include the operating system, pre-installed applications, configuration data, and user applications. They can then serve as templates for rapidly creating ECS instances with consistent software configurations.
Accordingly, the incorrect statement is C .
Reference topics: Image Management Service; IMS Billing; Private Images; Image Classification; ECS Creation from Images.
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