Which resources are restricted to prevent monopolization of server resources?

• A. Disk space; Bandwidth; Memory; CPU
• B. Only disk space
• C. Only bandwidth
• D. Only memory

Answer: (A)

Controlling resource usage across multiple dimensions is essential to prevent any single user or process from starving others. On servers hosting multiple tasks, each critical resource—disk space, bandwidth, memory, and CPU—can be exhausted if left unrestricted. Imposing limits on all of these ensures fair sharing and stable performance: disk space quotas stop someone from filling up the drive; bandwidth throttling prevents network abuse from monopolizing the connection; memory limits stop a process from consuming all RAM and triggering swap or out-of-memory issues; CPU limits ensure others receive processing time rather than allowing one task to hog the processor. If only one resource is restricted, a user could still overwhelm the system by exhausting the others, leading to degraded service. Hence, restricting all four resources is the best practice to prevent monopolization.