Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?
A. Cloud computing delivers IT capabilities that scale with demand.
B. Cloud computing delivers a wide range of services that are easily accessible to users
C. Cloud computing delivers IT capacity on demand.
D. Cloud computing negates the need for a procurement department.
Which of the following risk results if cloud computing providers limit their Service Level Agreement (SLA) liabilities?
A. Compliance risk
B. Legal risk
C. Privacy risk
D. Security risk
How does scalability work with cloud computing?
A. Servers and storage can be added quickly.
B. Servers and storage can be released quickly.
C. Users can be added and removed quickly.
D. All of the above is correct.
Why does cloud computing shift capital cost to variable cost?
A. Cloud computing is more cost-efficient
B. IT assets are not owned by the customer
C. Servers are better utilized
D. Staff is no longer hired by the customer
Which of the following are the appropriate steps to migrating a backwards compatible application into the cloud?
A. Assess, proof of concept, migrate data, migrate application, automation/scaling, and optimizing
B. Migrate the data and rebuild the application using APIs
C. Purchase service from cloud provider, migrate the user accounts, and disable the internal infrastructure
D. Decommission the internal infrastructure, purchase service from the cloud provider, and enable for business users
A company has hired a third party vendor to provide email and spam/anti-malware filtering services. The type of cloud service provided by the vendor is BEST described as which of the following?
A. SaaS
B. IaaS
C. CaaS
D. PaaS
A company is implementing a system replacement which has application components that are internally hosted and multiple application components that are hosted as software as a service by different cloud
providers. Which of the following represents the challenge of this architecture?
A. Complexity
B. Time to market
C. Cost saving
D. Elasticity
Which of the following characteristics would allow a company to market its product to the public by using cloud computing services?
A. Desktop virtualization throughout the company
B. Client-server application modules
C. Web-based application modules
D. Client-based training modules
Which of the following can influence the monthly service fee Company A pays for Company B to host their cloud, such that Company A might pay more per month as their company grows?
A. Amount of data stored
B. Connectivity speed
C. Confidentiality of the data
D. Uptime requirements
Which of the following applications would be a good candidate to move to a cloud-based platform?
A. Mission critical financial data
B. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
C. High-performance computing
D. Database that requires a low latency for indexing
A company Chief Information Officer (CIO) who wants to ensure rapid elasticity for the company's cloud solution would MOST likely choose which of the following types of cloud?
A. Public cloud
B. Private community cloud
C. Private cloud
D. Community cloud
Which of the following is the cloud characteristics that speeds up development, deployment, and overall time to market?
A. Rapid elasticity
B. Cloud bursting
C. Universal access
D. Network pooling
A company uses an IaaS cloud deployment model with a third-party vendor. Which of the following does the company fully control? (Choose two.)
A. Operating systems
B. Physical servers
C. Service availability
D. Physical security
E. Storage
A company houses all its networking equipment in a third-party data center, but uses its technicians to support the networking equipment. Of which of the following types of clouds is this an example?
A. PaaS
B. XaaS
C. IaaS
D. SaaS
Which of the following characteristics of cloud service makes it an attractive choice for business? (Select three.)
A. LAN solution
B. WAN solution
C. Scalability
D. Hardware independence
E. Privacy