Elasticity and Agility Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. Which of the following best describes the concept of 'Elasticity' in cloud computing?
2. A retail company experiences a massive spike in website traffic during Black Friday. Which cloud benefit allows them to handle this surge without manual intervention?
3. How does 'Agility' specifically provide a competitive advantage to a development team?
4. A startup is testing a new feature for their mobile app. They need a sandbox environment for two hours and then want to delete it to avoid further costs. Which cloud benefit is most applicable here?
5. An application is configured with auto-scaling policies. During a period of low traffic, the cloud provider scales down the number of active instances. What is the primary technical trade-off if the scaling policy is configured too aggressively (i.e., scaling down too quickly)?

Answers and explanations come after you submit.