Cloud Concepts

Question 1

What is shared hosting?

Answer 1

One physical machine shared by hundreds of businesses.

Question 2

What are the five pros of using Cloud Hosting?

Answer 2

Flexible, Scalable, Secure, Cost-Effective, High Configurability

Question 3

What are the two cons of using a dedicated server?

Answer 3

Very Expensive, High Maintenance

Question 4

What are the four most common types of cloud services for Infrastructure as a Service? (IaaS)

Answer 4

Compute, Networking, Storage and Databases

Question 5

What does Azure mean?

Answer 5

Bright blue colour of the cloudless sky

Question 6

What are three ways Cloud Computing is cost-effective?

Answer 6

You pay for what you consume, no up-front costs, and thousands of customers sharing the cost of the resources

Question 7

What are the seven benefits of cloud computing?

Answer 7

Cost-effective, Global, Secure, Reliable, Scalable, Elastic, Current

Question 8

What are the three types of Cloud Computing?

Answer 8

SaaS, PaaS and IaaS

Question 9

What is the main function of PaaS?

Answer 9

Focuses on the deployment and management of your apps.