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Question 1

Cloud Computing

Answer 1

An on-demand delivery of storage, servers, and applications over the Internet

Question 2

5 Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing

Answer 2

1. On-Demand Self Service
2. Broad Network Access
3. Resource Pooling
4. Rapid Elasticty
5. Measured Service

Question 3

Public Cloud

Answer 3

A cost-effective, scalable cloud provisioned for public use

Question 4

Private Cloud

Answer 4

An on-premises cloud made and managed for a specific organization

Question 5

Hybrid Cloud

Answer 5

A combination of other cloud models bound together while remaining unique entities

Question 6

Cloud Bursting

Answer 6

The use of Private Cloud resources to support applications. (Load balancing)

Question 7

Community Cloud

Answer 7

A cloud Infrastructure owned, managed, and used by multiple organizations. (Or a third party)

Question 8

Load Balancing

Answer 8

Efficient distribution of traffic to maximize capacity and minimize time taken

Question 9

SaaS

Answer 9

Software as a Service

Question 10

PaaS

Answer 10

Platform as a Service

Question 11

IaaS

Answer 11

Infrastructure as a Service

Question 12

Software as a Service

Answer 12

Ready-to-Use Applications hosted in the Cloud for end-users and organizations

Question 13

Platform as a Service

Answer 13

A software platform for application developers to quickly create and deploy custom applications
(Python, libraries)

Question 14

Infrastructure as a Service

Answer 14

Storage, servers, and computing resources made for use by system admins. (EC2)

Question 15

API

Answer 15

Application Programming Interface

Question 16

Application Programming Interface

Answer 16

Controls how a programmer could write a software or build new applications

Question 17

JSON

Answer 17

Javascript Object Notation

Question 18

2 Major Business Drivers for Cloud Computing

Answer 18

1. Reducing Costs
2. Increasing Agility

Question 19

Diagonal Scaling

Answer 19

When both Veritcal and Horizontal Scaling are used at the same time

Question 20

SLA

Answer 20

Service Level Agreement

Question 21

Service Level Agreement

Answer 21

A contract between a customer and CSP that defines the level of uptime and expected performance metrics

Question 22

Multi-Cloud

Answer 22

The use of services from more than one Cloud Vendor

Question 23

SDK

Answer 23

Software Development Toolkit

Question 24

AWS

Answer 24

Amazon Web Services

Question 25

AZ

Answer 25

Availability Zone

Question 26

Availability Zone

Answer 26

A cluster of one or more discrete data centers