CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ (CLO-002) — Question 84

An organization's servers are experiencing performance degradation from oversubscription of memory in the virtual environment and exhausted physical RAM.
Which of the following cloud computing characteristics would BEST address the issue?

Answer options

• A. Availability
• B. Elasticity
• C. Pay-as-you-go
• D. Self-service

Correct answer: B

Explanation

Elasticity is the ability to dynamically allocate and deallocate resources based on demand, which would help the organization scale its memory usage effectively. Availability ensures that resources are accessible, while Pay-as-you-go relates to cost management, and Self-service pertains to user control over resources, none of which directly address the memory oversubscription issue.