Chapter 1

Question 1

What is the most common payment model in cloud computing?

Answer 1

Pay-as-you-go/Pay-per-use

Question 2

6 Benefits of Cloud Computing

Answer 2

Flexibility; Elasticity; Cost efficiency; Unlimited data storage for big data; Backup and Recovery; Easy deployment

Question 3

Which have the faster boot-up time? Virtual Machines or Containers

Answer 3

Containers

Question 4

What are the advantages of Microservice Architecture?

Answer 4

Elastic Scalability; Greater Agility; Discrete Resilience

Question 5

What are the disadvantages of Microservice Architecture?

Answer 5

Greater Overall Complexity; Learning Curve on Cloud Native Infrastructure

Question 6

What are the benefits of Virtualization?

Answer 6

Encapsulation and Isolation; Hardware Utilization; Flexibility; Replication for Recovery; Cost Reduction; Energy Saving; No hardware/software lock-in; Quick Server Provisioning