CompTIA Cloud+ (CV0-004) — Question 96

A developer is sending requests to a SaaS application. The developer becomes unable to send anymore requests after sending a number of them, but other developers can still send requests. Which of the following is most likely causing the issue?

Answer options

• A. Partial outage
• B. API throttling
• C. Rate limiting
• D. Service quota

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Rate limiting, as it restricts the number of requests a single user can make to ensure fair usage. Options A (Partial outage) and B (API throttling) would typically affect all users, not just one, while D (Service quota) refers to limits on overall usage rather than requests from a specific developer.