Click the Exhibit button. What does the shaded area in the exhibit represent?

Question

Options

• ADeferred investment
• BWaste due to oversizing
• CTotal redundant capacity
• DAdditional power needed

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  76% (32)
• C
  14% (6)
• D
  7% (3)

Explanation

Option B is correct because in capacity planning exhibits, the shaded area typically falls between the actual workload or power demand line and the higher provisioned (installed) capacity line, visually representing capacity that was allocated but goes unused - the direct consequence of oversizing a system.

Option A is wrong because deferred investment describes a future gap where demand will eventually exceed current capacity, which would appear as a projected shortfall rather than an existing excess. Option C is wrong because redundant capacity refers to intentionally reserved backup resources designed to maintain availability, not accidental over-provisioning. Option D is wrong because additional power needed would appear as a deficit - where demand exceeds supply - which is the opposite of what oversizing produces.

Memory tip: Think of oversizing as "buying too big a shirt." The fabric that hangs loose and goes unused is the shaded waste area - you paid for it, but it serves no purpose.

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