Cloud Overview

Question 1

What are the cloud computing models?

Answer 1

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Software as a Service (SaaS)

Question 2

What is the AWS Shared Responsibility Model?

Answer 2

Customers are responsible for security in the cloud. - Data Configuration

AWS is responsible for security of the cloud. Hardware, Operation of Managed Services, Global Infrastructure.

Question 3

What is SaaS?

Answer 3

End-user applications

Completed product that is run and managed by the service provider. Don’t worry about how the service is maintained

Question 4

What is PaaS?

Answer 4

Removes the need for your organization to manage the underlying infrastructure usually hardware and operating systems.

Focus on deployment and management of your application. Don’t worry about provisioning, configuring or understanding the hardware or OS.

Question 5

What is IaaS?

Answer 5

Contains the basic building blocks for cloud IT and typically provides access to networking features, computers (virtual or on dedicated hardware), and data storage space.

Similar to existing IT resources that many IT departments and developers are familiar with today.

Question 6

How many countries and teritories does AWS have?

Answer 6

245

Question 7

How many availability zones does AWS have?

Answer 7

81

Question 8

How many regions does AWS have?

Answer 8

25

Question 9

How many direct connect locations does AWS have?

Answer 9

108

Question 10

How many local zones and wavelength zones does AWS have?

Answer 10

11 - local zones

17 - wavelength zones

Question 11

How many points of presence does AWS have? How many of those are for edge locations and regional edge cache?

Answer 11

275

265 + for Edge Locations
13 + Regional Edge Cache

Question 12

What are the Benefits of AWS Security?

Answer 12

• Keep Your Data Safe
• Meet Compliance Requirements
• Save Money
• Scale Quickly

Question 13

A simple and intuitive user interface to manage the AWS services

Answer 13

AWS Management Console

Question 14

With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts

Answer 14

AWS Command Line Interface

Question 15

Simplify using AWS services in your applications with an Application Program Interface (API) tailored to your programming language or platform

Answer 15

Software Development Kits (SDKs)