5 collocation exercises on infrastructure cost verbs.
0 / 5 completed
1 / 5
The team will ___ the compute resources needed for the training run in advance.
To provision resources means to allocate and configure infrastructure. Provision is the precise term, behind "provisioning" and "provisioned capacity." Set up out, buy over, and order up are informal or imprecise. Engineers "provision the GPU resources ahead of the run," so provision resources is the correct collocation.
2 / 5
To cut waste, the FinOps team will ___ over-provisioned instances to match actual usage.
To rightsize instances means to choose the smallest instance type that meets the workload's needs. Rightsize is the precise FinOps term, behind "rightsizing recommendations." Resize down, shrink out, and reduce over are informal or imprecise. FinOps teams "rightsize the over-provisioned instances," so rightsize instances is the correct collocation.
3 / 5
The FinOps team will ___ cloud spend by removing idle resources and reserving steady workloads.
To optimise cloud spend means to reduce cost while maintaining performance. Optimise is the standard FinOps term, behind "cost optimisation." Reduce down, cut back up, and trim out are informal. Teams "optimise cloud spend using rightsizing," so optimise cloud spend is the correct collocation.
4 / 5
The cloud architect will ___ the budget to each team based on expected usage.
To allocate the budget means to assign spending limits to teams or projects. Allocate is the standard FinOps/finance term, behind "budget allocation" and "cost allocation." Give out up, hand down, and split over are informal. Finance teams "allocate the cloud budget per business unit," so allocate the budget is the correct collocation.
5 / 5
Using historical trends, the team will ___ next quarter's cloud costs for the budget review.
To forecast costs means to project future spending based on trends and planned changes. Forecast is the precise term, behind "cost forecasting" and "spend forecast." Guess up, predict out, and estimate over are informal or grammatically wrong. FinOps teams "forecast next quarter's costs," so forecast costs is the correct collocation.