CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-002) — Question 42

A company has moved all on-premises workloads into a public cloud. After some time, the cloud engineer starts noticing time drifts on the VMs and suspects an
NTP issue. Time drifts were not an issue when all the workloads were on-premises. Which of the following describes how the cloud engineer should resolve the issue?

Answer options

• A. Implement Coordinated Universal Time on all workloads
• B. Point all workloads back to an on-premises NTP server
• C. Point all workloads to a stratum 2 within the public cloud provider
• D. Configure all of the VMs as NTP servers within the public cloud provider

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because implementing Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) helps standardize time across all workloads, addressing the drift. Option B is incorrect as relying on an on-premises NTP server may lead to latency and connectivity issues. Option C may not be optimal as it could still lead to time discrepancies, and option D is impractical since configuring all VMs as NTP servers can create unnecessary complexity and potential synchronization issues.