Resource Provisioning CV0-004 Practice Questions (Page 3)

Questions 11–15

1. 11foundation · easy

   Which cloud resource is primarily used to distribute incoming network traffic across multiple virtual machines to improve availability and performance?

   • ADatabase service
   • BLoad balancer
   • CVirtual network
   • DStorage account
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2. 12application · medium

   A company has a production database running on a large VM. Monitoring shows that the database uses only 20% of the allocated CPU and memory. The company wants to reduce costs without impacting performance. What should they do?

   • AMove the database to a smaller VM size that still meets the performance requirements.
   • BEnable auto-scaling on the database VM.
   • CAdd more storage to the VM to improve performance.
   • DKeep the current VM size to avoid any risk of performance degradation.
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4. 13application · medium

   A company needs to deploy a new application environment that includes a virtual network, a load balancer, and three virtual machines. The deployment must be repeatable and include security group rules. The team wants to use infrastructure as code. Which tool should they use?

   • AA scripting language like Python with cloud provider SDKs.
   • BA configuration management tool like Ansible.
   • CAn infrastructure as code tool like Terraform.
   • DThe cloud provider's web console.
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5. 14expert · hard

   A company runs a web application that experiences unpredictable traffic spikes. The application is stateful, and each user session is stored on the server. The company wants to ensure high availability and minimize costs. What is the best approach?

   • AUse a serverless function for the entire application.
   • BUse a load balancer with sticky sessions and auto-scaling based on CPU utilization.
   • CRefactor the application to store session state in a shared cache or database, then use auto-scaling.
   • DUse a single large VM to handle all traffic.
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6. 15application · medium

   A company has deployed a new application on a virtual machine. The application is critical, and the team needs to be alerted if the VM becomes unavailable or if CPU usage exceeds 90% for more than 5 minutes. What should they configure?

   • AAn auto-scaling policy that adds a new VM when CPU exceeds 90%.
   • BA load balancer to distribute traffic to multiple VMs.
   • CCloud monitoring alerts for VM availability and CPU utilization metrics.
   • DA backup policy that creates daily snapshots of the VM.
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