Introduction to Cloud Computing Flashcards
“Cloud computing allows teams to collaborate anytime and anywhere.”
True or False?
True.
“Resource pooling allows users to access the network by using tools like smartphones and laptops.”
True or False?
False.
Broad network access allows users to access the network by using tools like smartphones and laptops.
In what decade did technologies such as the Internet of Things, Blockchain, and IBM Watson become established?
1950s, 1970s, 1990s, 2010s?
Internet of Things, Blockchain, and IBM Watson became established in the 2010s.
Which of the following is not a benefit of virtualisation?
Resource Efficiency
Easier Management
Higher Application Development Costs
Minimal Downtime
Higher Application Development Costs
“Serverless environments are still built on a server infrastructure.”
True or False?
Serverless does have severs but clients do not see or manage it.
Which of the following are types of application virtualisation?
Local
Local Desktop
Streaming
Server Based
The three types of application virtualisation are local application, application streaming, and server-based application.
Which of the following are benefits of a cloud adoption strategy?
Reduce costs.
Ability to rapidly adapt to changes in the marketplace.
Immediate high market share in a new industry.
Reduce risks.
Cloud adoption is a strategy used by organisations to scale internet-based database capabilities while reducing cost and risk. It helps quickly provision services with minimal upfront costs and test workloads, permitting them to adapt quickly to changes in the marketplace.
What is a benefit of migrating data and workloads to the cloud?
Purchasing additional hardware
Accelerated adoption of new technologies
Guaranteed 65% increase in efficiency
An organisation can benefit from migrating data and workloads to the cloud with scalability, cost-effectiveness, security, and accelerated adoption.
Migration of applications to cloud can be facilitated by solutions including which of the following:
SaaS
IoT
Batch Processing
Open source
Some of the various migration solution options available include SaaS (software as a service), open source, and batch processing.
What would be considered a migration risk when moving to the cloud?
Cloud dashboards
Digital transformations
Application dependencies
Project metrics
Application dependencies
What job role has a deep know how, the focus and the drive to make what needs to be made, and fix what needs to be fixed for any client project?
An IBM Cloud Developer has a deep know-how, the focus, and the drive to make what needs to be made and fix what needs to be fixed for any client project.
What job role focuses on system reliability, automates IT operations, and analyses system issues?
An IBM Cloud Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) focuses on relating to and improving the user experience.
Which job role is a crucial link between the client with the dream and the cloud development and implementation teams who can make it a reality?
An IBM Cloud Sales Engineer is a crucial link between the client with the dream and the cloud development and implementation teams who can make it a reality.
What job role has key responsibilities that might include working on identity and access management, and performing threat simulations to identify risks?
As an IBM Cloud Security Engineer, the key responsibilities might include working on identity and access management, performing threat simulations to identify risks, managing cryptography and encryption of data in the cloud, and providing security recommendations on cloud service design and coding.
Which job role is to both understand and solve client issues, to design modern, cloud-enabled systems that can grow and change over time?
An IBM Cloud Architect’s job role is to both understand and solve client issues, to design modern, cloud-enabled systems that can grow and change over time.
