CV0-004 Operations and Support Practice Question
A cloud administrator needs to monitor CPU utilization of a group of virtual machines and automatically add more instances when utilization exceeds 80% for 5 minutes. Which cloud service should the administrator use to define this scaling policy?
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
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Auto scaling service
Auto scaling groups can use scaling policies to add instances based on monitoring alarms. The scenario describes a scaling policy triggered by an alarm on CPU utilization.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Configuration management service
Why it's wrong here
Config evaluates resource configurations, not scaling.
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Audit logging service
Why it's wrong here
CloudTrail is for auditing API calls, not for scaling.
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Auto scaling service
Why this is correct
Auto Scaling manages scaling policies including step scaling.
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Systems management service
Why it's wrong here
Systems Manager is for patching and configuration, not scaling.
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