CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-003) — Question 173

A systems administrator has received an email from the virtualized environment's alarms indicating the memory was reaching full utilization. When logging in, the administrator notices that one out of a five-host cluster has a utilization of 500GB out of 512GB of RAM. The baseline utilization has been 300GB for that host.
Which of the following should the administrator check NEXT?

Answer options

• A. Storage array
• B. Running applications
• C. VM integrity
• D. Allocated guest resources

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because examining running applications will help identify any processes consuming excessive memory, which is likely the cause of the high utilization. The other options, while important, do not directly address the immediate concern of memory overutilization caused by specific applications.