CLO-002 Business Principles OF Cloud Environments Practice Question
A firm wants to avoid over-provisioning infrastructure. What feature should they enable to adjust resource counts based on demand?
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
Auto-scaling automatically adds or removes compute resources based on real-time traffic demand.
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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Virtual LANs
Why it's wrong here
VLANs are for network segmentation.
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Auto-scaling
Why this is correct
Auto-scaling prevents over-provisioning by adding capacity only when needed.
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Load balancing
Why it's wrong here
Load balancing distributes traffic but does not adjust the total capacity of the pool.
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Manual provisioning
Why it's wrong here
Manual provisioning is the opposite of dynamic adjustment.
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