CV0-003 · Question #164
A company has instituted a cloud solution where the solution consolidates resources between the human resources and engineering departments. The combined resources are available to be assigned dynamic
The correct answer is B. Resource pooling. Resource pooling is the NIST-defined cloud characteristic where provider resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers dynamically, with resources assigned and reassigned on demand.
Question
A company has instituted a cloud solution where the solution consolidates resources between the human resources and engineering departments. The combined resources are available to be assigned dynamically to each of the two departments without any visible impact on performance to the users. Which of the following terms BEST describes this cloud characteristic?
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- AResource consolidation
- BResource pooling
- CDynamic pooling
- DCloud computing
How the community answered
(44 responses)- A2% (1)
- B95% (42)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Resource pooling is the NIST-defined cloud characteristic where provider resources are pooled to serve multiple consumers dynamically, with resources assigned and reassigned on demand.
Resource consolidation describes combining separate resources into fewer units to reduce overhead, but it does not imply dynamic assignment or multi-department sharing as a named cloud characteristic.
Resource pooling is one of the five essential characteristics of cloud computing defined by NIST SP 800-145. It describes a multi-tenant model where physical and virtual resources are dynamically assigned and reassigned according to consumer demand, with consumers having no control or knowledge of the exact location of the provided resources - matching the scenario exactly.
Dynamic pooling is not a recognized NIST or industry-standard cloud computing characteristic term.
Cloud computing is the overarching paradigm encompassing all five NIST characteristics, not a specific characteristic that describes dynamic multi-tenant resource assignment.
Concept tested: NIST cloud resource pooling characteristic
Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf
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