Capacity planning requires accurate technical communication. This quiz covers the key collocations for forecasting, provisioning, scaling, and reviewing infrastructure needs.
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Fill in: 'We use historical traffic data to ___ demand for the next six months.'
We 'forecast demand' — 'forecast' is the standard operations and infrastructure collocation for producing a data-driven projection of future load. 'Predict' is slightly more statistical; 'estimate' implies a less formal, rougher calculation; 'project' is common in finance but 'forecast demand' is the dominant phrase in capacity planning.
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Fill in: 'The SRE team will ___ additional capacity in the us-east-1 region ahead of the product launch.'
We 'provision capacity' — 'provision' is the cloud infrastructure standard for requesting and configuring compute resources in advance. 'Add capacity' is informal; 'create capacity' is not standard in infrastructure contexts; 'allocate capacity' focuses on distributing existing resources rather than bringing new ones online.
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Fill in: 'When a single instance reaches its CPU limit, the system is designed to ___ horizontally.'
We 'scale horizontally' — 'scale horizontally' is the fixed technical collocation for adding more instances rather than increasing the power of a single one. 'Grow horizontally' is not standard; 'expand horizontally' is less common; 'extend' refers to adding features or time, not compute capacity.
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Fill in: 'Finance and engineering will collaborate to ___ growth scenarios for the next fiscal year.'
We 'model growth' — 'model' is the analytical term for creating a structured representation of how a system or metric will behave under different assumptions. 'Plan' focuses on actions rather than projections; 'simulate' implies a dynamic software model; 'calculate growth' implies a single fixed number rather than a range of scenarios.
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Fill in: 'The platform team meets monthly to ___ resource thresholds and adjust autoscaling limits.'
We 'review thresholds' — 'review' implies a structured, recurring assessment that may or may not result in changes. 'Check' is informal and suggests a quick look; 'update' implies changes will always be made; 'examine' is more clinical and less standard in operational meetings.