An office building lost power, and the generator started up. Users on several floors have reported their machines will not start, even though the generator is running. A technician works to divert…

Question

Options

• AAdd more redundancy to the power cabling
• BPurchase more battery backups for individual users
• CImplement desktop virtualization
• DIncrease the capacity of the backup generator

• A
  16% (6)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  8% (3)
• D
  73% (27)

Explanation

The core problem is that the generator does not have enough capacity (wattage) to power all floors simultaneously - the technician is already manually shedding load from some floors to keep others running. The only permanent solution that addresses the root cause is increasing the generator's power capacity so it can support the entire building. Adding more redundancy to power cabling does not increase available power. Purchasing battery backups (UPS units) for individual users is a short-term workaround that does not solve the fundamental capacity shortfall and would be very costly at scale. Desktop virtualization shifts computing to a data center but the workstations and thin clients still require power, and the underlying generator capacity problem remains unsolved.

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