A cloud administrator is receiving alerts that the disk on several systems is 90% full. Upon reviewing the systems, the administrator determines that the log directory is using 50% of the disk. The company has a 14- day retention policy for all logs. Which of the following is the BEST solution to implement to minimize future alerts?

• A. Delete any log files in the directory that are larger than 20MB.
• B. Archive the existing logs in the directory and upload to external storage.
• C. Orchestrate a job to rotate the logs and upload to external storage.
• D. Add additional storage space to the log directory for the servers.

A company hosts a database application in a private cloud that is available to its user population. Only one group of users is unable to access the database server after being able to log on to the private cloud authentication application.
Which of the following represents the troubleshooting steps that should be taken to resolve this issue?

• A. Log on to the database server.
  Check the permissions on the web server.
• B. Log on as an administrator on the database server.
  Ensure the replica database server has the appropriate permissions assigned to it.
• C. Log on to the database server as one of the users who can access the database server.
  If the logon is successful, then report the issue as resolved.
• D. Log on to the database server.
  Ensure the group that is unable to access the database server has the appropriate permissions assigned to it.

A company wants to deploy new compute resources efficiently through automation.
Which of the following is a key success factor to achieve automation?

• A. Move security testing to the end of the process.
• B. Establish and document standard changes.
• C. Deploy virtualized resources to the cloud.
• D. Ensure surplus compute resources are available.

While reviewing the auto-scaling events for a web application, a cloud engineer identified that the application upsized and downsized multiple times within the last hour.
Which of the following should the cloud engineer do NEXT?

• A. Monitor auto-scaling events for the next 24 hours.
• B. Review the load balancer configuration settings.
• C. Add more systems into the scaling group.
• D. Review auto-scaling policies to detect a misconfiguration.

A business is planning to migrate from a private cloud to a public cloud. To document business continuity, which of the following should be done FIRST?

• A. Identify HA technology to provide failover.
• B. Develop a disaster recovery plan with partners/third parties.
• C. Define the set of application-based SLAs.
• D. Define the scope of requirements.