An Auto Scaling Group Is Running at the Desired Capacity

question 452

Multiple Choice

An Auto Scaling group is running at the desired capacity of 5 instances and receives a trigger from the Cloudwatch Alarm to increase the capacity by 1. The cool down period is 5 minutes. Cloudwatch sends another trigger after 2 minutes to decrease the desired capacity by 1. What will be the count of instances at the end of 4 minutes?

• A) 4
• B) 5
• C) 6
• D) 7

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost Curve

A graphical representation that shows how the cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service changes as production increases.

Average Total Cost (ATC)

The total cost of production divided by the total quantity produced, representing the per unit cost.

Total Cost

The complete amount of money spent on producing or purchasing goods and services, including both fixed and variable costs.

Output

The amount of goods or services produced by a person, machine, factory, country, etc.