CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-004) — Question 105

A cloud engineer wants to implement a monitoring solution to detect cryptojacking and other cryptomining malware on cloud instances. Which of the following metrics would most likely be used to identify the activity?

Answer options

• A. Disk I/O
• B. Network packets
• C. Average memory utilization
• D. Percent of CPU utilization

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer, D (Percent of CPU utilization), is right because cryptomining activities typically consume a significant amount of CPU resources. While options A, B, and C may provide some insights, they are not as directly correlated with the high CPU usage that is characteristic of cryptojacking and cryptomining activities.