With finite resources available within a cloud, even the largest cloud providers will at times need to determine which customers will receive additional resources first. What is the term associated wi

The correct answer is C. Shares. In cloud computing, 'shares' is the mechanism used to assign relative priority to customers or workloads when physical resources are constrained and must be allocated among competing demands. A higher share value entitles a customer to a proportionally larger fraction of availabl

Submitted by carter_n· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security

Question

With finite resources available within a cloud, even the largest cloud providers will at times need to determine which customers will receive additional resources first. What is the term associated with this determination?

Options

AWeighting
BPrioritization
CShares
DScoring

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(34 responses)

A
6% (2)
C
91% (31)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

In cloud computing, 'shares' is the mechanism used to assign relative priority to customers or workloads when physical resources are constrained and must be allocated among competing demands. A higher share value entitles a customer to a proportionally larger fraction of available resources during contention. Shares do not guarantee a specific quantity of resources (that is a reservation), but they determine who gets priority when supply is limited. Weighting (A), prioritization (B), and scoring (D) are generic terms not formally used in cloud resource management for this specific concept.

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#Cloud Resource Management#Resource Allocation#Cloud Capacity Planning#Multi-tenancy

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