Certified Cloud Security Professional Study Guide Chapter 1 Review Questions (Ben Masilow)

Question 1

Which of the following is not a common cloud service model?

A. Software as a Service (SaaS)
B. Programming as a Service (PaaS)
C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
D. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Answer 1

B. PaaS

Explanation:
Programming as a Service is not a common offering; the others are ubiquitous throughout the industry

Question 2

All of these technologies have made cloud service viable except ________

A. Virtualization
B. Widely available broadband
C. Encrypted connectivity
D. Smart hubs

Answer 2

D. Smart hubs

Explanation:
Virtualization allows scalable resource allocation; broadband connections allow users to have remote access from anywhere; encrypted connections allow for secure remote access. Smart hubs arent widely used in cloud offerings

Question 3

Cloud vendors are held to contractual obligations with specified metrics by __________

A. Service-level Agreements (SLAs)
B. Regulations
C. Law
D. Discipline

Answer 3

A. Service-level Agreements (SLAs)

Explanation:
An SLA specify objective measures that define what the cloud provider will deliver to the customer

Question 4

_________ drive(s) security decisions.

A. Customer service responses
B. Surveys
C. Business Requirements
D. Public Opinion

Answer 4

C. Business Requirements

Explanation:
Security is usually not a profit center and is therefore beholden to business drivers; the purpose of security is to support business

Question 5

If a cloud customer cannot get access to the cloud provider, this affects what portion of the CIA triad?

A. Integrity
B. Authentication
C. Confidentiality
D. Availability

Answer 5

D. Availability

Explanation:
Lack of access in an availability issue

Question 6

Cloud access security brokers (CASBs) might offer all the following services except ________

A. Single Sign On
B. Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/ Continuity of Operations (BC/DR/COOP)
C. Identity and Access Management (IAM)
D. Key Escrow

Answer 6

B. Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery/ Continuity of Operations (BC/DR/COOP)

Explanation:
CASBs usually don’t offer BC/DR/COOP services; that’s something offered by cloud providers

Question 7

Encryption can be used in various aspects of cloud computing, including all of these except ______

A. Storage
B. Remote Access
C. Secure Sessions
D. Magnetic Swipe Cards

Answer 7

D. Magnetic Swipe Cards

Explanation:
The data on magnetic swipe cards isnt usually encrypted

Question 8

All of these are reasons an organization may want to consider cloud migration except _______

A. Reduced personnel costs
B. Elimination of Risks
C. Reduced Operational Expenses
D. Increased Efficiency

Answer 8

B. Elimination of Risks

Explanation:
Risks, in general, can be reduced but never eliminated; cloud service, specifically, does not eliminate risk to the cloud customer because the customer retains a great deal of risk after migration

Question 9

The generally accepted definition of cloud computing includes all of the following characteristics except _____________

A. On-demand self-service
B. Negating the need for backups
C. Resource Pooling
D. Measured or Metered Service

Answer 9

B. Negating the need for backups

Explanation:
Backups are still just as important as ever, regardless of where your primary data and backups are stored

Question 10

A gamer is part of the PlayStation Network community cloud.
Who owns the Playstation console in the gamers home?

A. Sony
B. The community as a whole
C. The company that made the game that the gamer is playing at the time
D. The gamer

Answer 10

D. The gamer

Explanation:
The gamer owns the console in their home.
The gamer can turn it on and off at their discretion, sell it, or smash it with a hammer.
The various members of a community cloud can all share the udnerlying resources of the community cloud as they choose.
In thise case, Sony, the game maker, the gamer, and the other players are all members of the community, and all share different underlying componets as they choose

Question 11

The risk that a cloud provider might go out of business and the cloud customer might not be able to recover data is known as ______

A. Vendor Closure
B. Vendor Lock-Out
C. Vendor Lock-in
D. Vending Route

Answer 11

B. Vendor Lock-Out

Explanation:
This is the definition of vendor lock-out

Question 12

All of these are features of cloud computing except ______

A. Broad Network Access
B. Reversed Charging Configuration
C. Rapid Scaling
D. On-Demand Self-Service

Answer 12

B. Reversed Charging Configuration

Explanation:
This is a nonsense term used as a red herring

Question 13

When a cloud customer uploads personally identifiable information (PII) to a cloud provider, who is ultimately responsible for the security of that PII?

A. Cloud provider
B. Regulators
C. Cloud customer
D. The individuals who are the subjects of the PII

Answer 13

C. Cloud customer

Explanation:
Under current laws in most jurisdictions, the data owner is responsible for any breaches that result in unauthorized disclosure of PII; this includes breaches caused by contracted parties and outsources services. The data owner is the cloud customer

Question 14

We use which of the following to determine the critical paths, processes and assets of an organization?

A. Business Requirements
B. Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
C. Risk Management Framework (RMF)
D. Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability (CIA) triad

Answer 14

B. Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

Explanation:
The business impact analysis is designed to ascertain the value of the organizations assets and learn the critical paths and processes

Question 15

If an organization owns all of the hardware and infrastructure of a cloud data center that is used only by members of that organizations, which cloud model would this be?

A. Private
B. Public
C. Hybrid
D. Motive

Answer 15

A. Private

Explanation:
Because ownership and usage is restricted to only the one organization, this is private cloud

Question 16

The cloud deployment model that features ownership by a cloudn provider, with services offered to anyone who wants to subscribe, is known as _______

A. Private
B. Public
C. Hybrid
D. Latent

Answer 16

B. Public

Explanation:
This is the definition of a public cloud model

Question 17

The cloud deployment model that features joint ownership of assets among an affinity group is known as ______

A. Private
B. Public
C. Hybrid
D. Community

Answer 17

D. Community

Explanation:
This is the definition of a community cloud model

Question 18

If a cloud customer wants a secure, isolated environment in order to conduct software development and testing, which cloud service model would probably be best?

A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. Hybrid

Answer 18

B. PaaS

Explanation:
PaaS allows the cloud customer to install any kind of software, including software to be tested, on an architectue that includes any desired OS

Question 19

If a cloud customer wants a fully operational environment with very little maintenance or administration necessary, which cloud service model would probably be best?

A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. Hybrid

Answer 19

C. SaaS

Explanation:
SaaS is the most comprehensive cloud offering, requiring little input and administration on the part of the cloud customer

Question 20

If a cloud customer wants a bare-bones environment in which to replicate their own enterprise for business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) purposes, which cloud service model would probably be best?

A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. Hybrid

Answer 20

A. IaaS

Explanation:
IaaS offers what is basically a hot/warm disaster recovery (DR) site, with hardware, connectivity and utilities, allowing the customer to build out any kind of software configuration (including choosing OSs)