Foundations of Cloud Computing

Question 1

A cluster of data centers in the same geographical area.
Comprises at least twoAvailability Zones.
Collection of AZ’s
You should set up resources in ______ closest to your users
Most resources are tired to a specific ______”

Answer 1

Region

Question 2

A collection of one or more data centers.
Contains the servers you’re renting and it’s where you deploy your applications
Associated with a single Region

Answer 2

Availability Zones

Question 3

Used to cashe content for speedy delivery
“Content delivery network (CDN) and Amazon CloudFront
Reduced latency
Like a mini data center, but it does not run your main infrastructure like EC2 instances “

Answer 3

Edge Location

Question 4

Main user and should be protected with MFA

Answer 4

Root User

Question 5

Funds used to run day to day

Answer 5

Operating Expenses

Question 6

Upfront purchases towards fixed assets

Answer 6

Capital Expenditures

Question 7

Quick access to resources and services that help you BUILD and DEPLOY your applications faster

Answer 7

Agility

Question 8

The cloud provides the ability to quickly increase or decrease the resources (vertically or horizontally ) used by your application

Answer 8

Scalability

Question 9

Search for service, access your AWS account, Manage applications

Answer 9

AWS Console

Question 10

Deployment connect cloud resources to on premises AND application Ex. You might have an application that runs in the cloud but accesses dats stored in your on premises data center

Answer 10

Hybrid

Question 11

The ability of a Cloud service to ensure long term data STABILITY
Data durability of Amazon S3 99.999999999%
Data kept safe from corruption

Answer 11

Durability

Question 12

The ability of a Cloud service to be available when it is needed.
- Deploying into multiple AZs and/or Region.

Answer 12

Availability

Question 13

Go Global in minutes
Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
Increased speed and agility
Stop guessing capacity
Benefit form massive economies of scale
Trade fixed expenses for variable expenses

Answer 13

Six advantages of Cloud Computing

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Cloud Computing Models

Question 15

Basic building blocks for Cloud IT and typically provide access to networking features computers and data storage space.

Answer 15

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Question 16

Removes the need for you to organize to manage the UNDERLYING INFRASTRUCTURE and allows you to focus on the deployment and management of the applications

Answer 16

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Question 17

Provides a complete product that is run and managed by the service provider (End-User applications)
On someone else’s SERVER

Answer 17

Software as a Service (Saas)

Question 18

CONNECT infastructure and applications BETWEEN cloud based resources and exiting resources that are NOT located in the cloud

Answer 18

Hybrid

Question 19

The ability of a Cloud service to dynamically GROW and SHRINK based on demands of a workload.
- Amazon Auto Scaling

Answer 19

Elasticity

Question 20

Indicates the ability of a system to both recover and continue operating in the event of a disruption.
- Clustered servers, redundant workloads, failover mechanisms.

Answer 20

Resiliency

Question 21

“resources are deployed in facilities owned by the
company using virtualization and resource-management tools”

Answer 21

On-Prem Deployment

Question 22

“you can migrate existing applications to the cloud, or you can design and
build new applications in the cloud”

Answer 22

Cloud-based deployment

Question 23

Building(s) that houses the physical computing equipment that the AWS region runs on

Answer 23

Data Center

Question 24

on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and
other IT resources through a cloud services platform via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing

Answer 24

Cloud Computing