With finite resources available within a cloud, even the largest cloud providers will at times need to determine which customers will receive additional resources first. What is the term associated with this determination? 

Answer options:

A. Weighting
B. Prioritization
C. Shares
D. Scoring

C

Shares are used within a cloud environment to prioritize resource allocation when customer requests exceed the available resources. Cloud providers utilize shares by assigning a priority score to each customer and allocating resources to those with the highest scores first. Scoring is a component of shares that determines the actual order in which to allocate resources. Neither weighting nor prioritization is the correct term in this case.