Determine the Load Balancing Method for a Pool F5CAB3 Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   A pool uses the Ratio (member) method. Member A has a weight of 2 and Member B has a weight of 1. How will new connections be distributed?

   • AMember A and Member B each receive the same number of connections.
   • BMember A receives all connections until it fails, then Member B.
   • CMember A receives twice as many connections as Member B.
   • DMember B receives twice as many connections as Member A.
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2. 17application · medium

   An organization has a pool of three application servers. Server A has twice the CPU and memory of Server B and Server C, which are identical. The administrator wants to distribute new HTTP requests so that Server A receives twice as much traffic as each of the other servers, based on the servers' capacity. Which load balancing method should be used?

   • AObserved
   • BRound Robin
   • CRatio (member)
   • DLeast Connections
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4. 18foundation · easy

   How does the Observed method differ from Least Connections?

   • AObserved also considers response time, while Least Connections only considers active connections.
   • BObserved cycles through members, while Least Connections selects the fewest connections.
   • CObserved uses weights, while Least Connections uses connection counts.
   • DObserved uses server metrics, while Least Connections uses response times.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   In a pool with priority groups, what happens when all members in the highest-priority group become unavailable?

   • AThe pool is disabled and no traffic is sent.
   • BTraffic is sent to members in the next lower-priority group.
   • CTraffic is dropped until a member in the highest-priority group recovers.
   • DTraffic is distributed evenly among all members in all groups.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   What is the defining characteristic of Predictive load balancing methods?

   • AThey use historical performance trends to anticipate the best pool member.
   • BThey select the member with the fewest active connections.
   • CThey distribute connections evenly based on a rotating list.
   • DThey use real-time server metrics to adjust weights.
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