CV0-004 Cloud Architecture and Design Practice Question
Which cloud characteristic allows a user to provision additional resources automatically without requiring human intervention?
⚠ Common exam trap
The trap is confusing rapid elasticity with resource pooling or measured service — candidates often pick 'resource pooling' because both involve shared infrastructure, but only rapid elasticity describes automatic, demand-driven provisioning without human intervention.
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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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Rapid elasticity
Rapid elasticity is the cloud characteristic that allows resources to be automatically provisioned and released to scale rapidly with demand, often without human intervention. This is enabled by auto-scaling policies and APIs that respond to metrics like CPU utilization or request count. It directly matches the description of automatic provisioning without human intervention.
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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Measured service
Why it's wrong here
Measured service provides metering, monitoring and billing transparency for consumed resources; it does not trigger automatic provisioning. It is tempting because metering accompanies elastic scaling, and would be correct when the question asks how usage is quantified, controlled and reported to both provider and consumer.
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Resource pooling
Why it's wrong here
Resource pooling describes aggregating provider compute, storage and network capacity across multiple tenants, not automatic provisioning. It is tempting because pooled resources underpin elasticity, and would be the correct characteristic when the question concerns multi-tenant sharing or location independence of those pooled assets.
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Rapid elasticity
Why this is correct
Rapid elasticity provisions and releases resources automatically as demand changes, satisfying the stem's requirement for scaling without human intervention. Measured service and on-demand self-service cover metering and user-initiated provisioning, but only rapid elasticity delivers the automatic, dynamic capacity adjustment described.
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Broad network access
Why it's wrong here
Broad network access means services are reachable over standard networks from diverse client devices; it does not provision resources without human intervention. It is tempting because remote access accompanies cloud delivery, and would be correct when the question concerns ubiquitous connectivity rather than on-demand self-service scaling.
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