CLO-002 Business Principles OF Cloud Environments Practice Question
What is the primary advantage of 'High Availability' in cloud architecture?
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
✓
Minimizing downtime during system failures
High availability ensures that a service remains accessible even if a component (like a server or zone) fails.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
Reducing the total cost of ownership
Why it's wrong here
High availability usually increases costs due to the need for redundant resources.
- ✗
Improving security posture
Why it's wrong here
Availability and security are separate design pillars.
- ✗
Increasing processing speed
Why it's wrong here
Speed is managed by scaling or instance types, not availability designs.
- ✓
Minimizing downtime during system failures
Why this is correct
High availability designs include redundancy to ensure services stay online during localized failures.
About these practice questions
This CLO-002 question is part of Courseiva's 211-question bank — original exam-style content with full explanations and wrong-answer analysis, never real exam questions or exam dumps. Learn why practice questions differ from exam dumps →
JA
Written and reviewed by Johnson Ajibi, MSc IT Security
Senior Network & Security Engineer · founder of Courseiva
Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official CompTIA exam blueprint
This CLO-002 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 CLO-002 exam.