CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator is designing an auto-scaling policy for a web application that experiences predictable traffic spikes during business hours. The administrator wants to ensure that the application scales out before the start of business hours to avoid performance degradation. Which scaling policy type should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Scheduled scaling
Scheduled scaling allows scaling actions at specific times (e.g., before business hours).
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Manual scaling
Why it's wrong here
Manual scaling requires human intervention to adjust resources, which cannot automatically scale out before business hours based on a policy.
- ✗
Dynamic scaling
Why it's wrong here
Dynamic scaling adjusts resources based on real-time metrics like CPU or memory utilization, not on a predetermined schedule.
- ✓
Scheduled scaling
Why this is correct
Scheduled scaling allows you to define scaling actions at specific times, making it ideal for predictable traffic spikes before business hours.
- ✗
Predictive scaling
Why it's wrong here
Predictive scaling uses historical load data to forecast future capacity needs, but the scenario requires a policy that triggers scale-out *before* a known, fixed business-hour start. Predictive scaling cannot guarantee this precise timing because it relies on past patterns and may not react to a schedule-based requirement. It is tempting because it anticipates demand, making it correct for applications with cyclical but irregular traffic, where pre-emptive scaling based on learned trends is needed.
Go deeper
Related to this question
About these practice questions
One of 977 original CV0-004 practice questions on Courseiva, each with a full explanation and wrong-answer analysis — not exam dumps or protected exam content. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
This CV0-004 practice question is part of Courseiva's free CompTIA certification practice question bank. Courseiva provides original exam-style practice questions with explanations, topic-based practice, mock exams, readiness tracking, and study analytics to help learners prepare for the CV0-004 exam.