Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for not sending all the emails?

A marketing team is using a SaaS-based service to send emails to large groups of potential customers. The internally managed CRM system is configured to generate a list of target customers automatically on a weekly basis, and then use that list to send emails to each customer as part of a marketing campaign. Last week, the first email campaign sent emails successfully to 3,000 potential customers. This week, the email campaign attempted to send out 50,000 emails, but only 10,000 were sent.

Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for not sending all the emails?
A . API request limit
B . Incorrect billing account
C . Misconfigured auto-scaling
D . Bandwidth limitation

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Answer: A

Explanation:

An API request limit is a restriction on the number of requests that can be made to a web service or application programming interface (API) within a certain time period. API request limits are often used by SaaS-based services to control the usage and traffic of their customers and prevent overloading or abuse of their resources. An API request limit can cause a failure to send all the emails if the marketing team exceeds the number of requests allowed by the SaaS-based service in a week. The service may reject or block any requests that go beyond the limit, resulting in fewer emails being sent than expected.

Reference: CompTIA Cloud+ Certification Exam Objectives, page 13, section 2.5

Reference: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/config/mgmt/v3/limits-quotas