Cloud Concepts

Question 1

What type of cloud deployment model features many customers consuming
resources from a single provider?
a. Public
b. Private
c. Community
d. Hybrid

Answer 1

Answer: a. A public cloud provider services many clients from a single large
infrastructure.

Question 2

What type of “as a service” model features a powerful cloud environment targeted at developers who need to test and deploy updates to their applications?
a. IaaS
b. SaaS
c. PaaS
d. DaaS

Answer 2

Answer: c. Platform as a service (PaaS) is targeted at developers. This cloud
service seeks to provide everything the developers need to test and deploy
applications.

Question 3

Which cloud characteristic refers to the ability to dynamically scale resources
as needed during times of great demand as well as in times of low demand?
a. Scalability
b. Elasticity
c. On-demand
d. Centralized

Answer 3

Answer: b. Elasticity refers to the ability to scale resources based on demand.
For example, virtual machines might be dynamically added to a pool of servers
or removed, based on demand at different times.

Question 4

Which of the following are popular options when it comes to ensuring security
of cloud-based data in transit? (Choose two.)
a. Public Internet
b. VPN
c. Direct private connection
d. RDP

Answer 4

Answers: b, c. Companies that are concerned about data security as they send
and receive data from the cloud often use a VPN or a direct private connection
to provide strong security for the transfer of this data.

Question 5

Which term refers to your company’s data being stored on shared physical
servers in the public cloud infrastructure?
a. Infrastructure as code
b. Multitenancy
c. Automation
d. Orchestration

Answer 5

Answer: b. Multitenancy refers to physical servers in the public cloud infrastructure hosting workloads for multiple customers.