Lesson 1

Question 1

A subsidiary of Amazon that is headquartered in Seattle, WA, and provides extensive cloud computing services to businesses and individuals.

Answer 1

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Question 2

Microsoft’s cloud computing platform that is designed for optimal compatibility with existing Microsoft products.

Answer 2

Azure

Question 3

Google’s collection of public cloud computing services, designed to take advantage of Google’s own extensive physical infrastructure around the globe.

Answer 3

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Question 4

A non-regulatory agency that is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and promotes measurements, standards, and technology in support of innovation and industrial competition.

Answer 4

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

Question 5

The ability to add, adjust, or remove cloud services at any time by the service subscriber or other users.

Answer 5

on-demand self-service

Question 6

A virtual connection between two geographically distant locations that provides access to network resources between a client and a remote network, two remote networks, or two remote hosts over the Internet.

Answer 6

VPN (virtual private network)

Question 7

The ability to connect to cloud-hosted resources from anywhere on the Internet using a variety of device types.

Answer 7

broad network access

Question 8

The availability of physical and virtual cloud resources to multiple subscribers according to consumer demand without regard to geographic location.

Answer 8

resource pooling

Question 9

A cloud customer whose cloud services are running on specific hardware.

Answer 9

tenants

Question 10

The ability to scale cloud resources up or down according to demand.

Answer 10

Rapid elasticity

Question 11

The ability to charge for cloud resource usage according to an incremented schedule based on the type of service being used.

Answer 11

measured service

Question 12

The blending of two organizations into a single organization.

Answer 12

mergers

Question 13

The purchase or take-over of one organization by another.

Answer 13

acquisitions

Question 14

The separation of part of an organization where that part becomes its own entity or is sold, traded, or otherwise disposed of.

Answer 14

divestitures

Question 15

A request made in a specific format to a program.

Answer 15

APIs (application programming interface)

Question 16

A cultural shift toward continuous collaboration between development teams and operations teams that brings highly responsive application updates.

Answer 16

DevOps (development and operations)

Question 17

The use of technology to perform a process or procedure with minimal human intervention.

Answer 17

Automation

Question 18

The design, development, and optimization of automation processes.

Answer 18

Orchestration

Question 19

A business that offers one or more cloud services to other businesses or individuals.

Answer 19

Cloud service providers (CSPs)

Question 20

A deployment model in which shared and flexible data storage, applications, or services are managed centrally by service providers.

Answer 20

public cloud

Question 21

An information security certification showing that an organization conforms to the best practices defined by the certification’s standards.

Answer 21

ISO/IEC 27001

Question 22

A standard used to determine an organization’s compliance with appropriate audit regulations, guidelines, and requirements.

Answer 22

SSAE (Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18)

Question 23

A report produced by an audit performed according to the standards defined by SSAE 18.

Answer 23

SOC (Service Organization Control) reports

Question 24

A legal agreement designed to restrict sharing of proprietary information by employees, partners, vendors, or customers.

Answer 24

NDA (nondisclosure agreement)

Question 25

A data protection standard applying to any company that accesses, stores, processes, or transmits credit card information.

Answer 25

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)

Question 26

A United States law that, among other things, established data protection standards for medical information.

Answer 26

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Question 27

A European Union law establishing broad-reaching data protection standards for any information that could be tied to a single individual.

Answer 27

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Question 28

A contract defining service standards from a telecommunications company to its customer and options for recourse should those service levels not be met.

Answer 28

SLA (service level agreement)

Question 29

A deployment model in which flexible data storage, applications, or services are managed centrally by an organization or service provider on hardware dedicated to that one organization.

Answer 29

Private cloud

Question 30

The emulation of part or all of a computer or network.

Answer 30

Virtualization

Question 31

A deployment model in which both private and public clouds or both cloud-based and on-prem services are used simultaneously.

Answer 31

hybrid cloud

Question 32

An application configuration where a privately hosted application temporarily relies on cloud resources to accommodate spikes in demand.

Answer 32

cloud bursting

Question 33

A product that assists a business with managing data from interactions with customers, potential customers, vendors, and associates.

Answer 33

CRM (customer relationship management)

Question 34

A deployment model in which flexible data storage, applications, or services are managed centrally by an organization or service provider on hardware dedicated to a specific group of organizations.

Answer 34

community cloud

Question 35

The provision of application services through the cloud where those applications can be accessed from many different types of devices without having to manage any of the underlying infrastructure.

Answer 35

Software ad a Service (SaaS)

Answer 36

Platform as a Service (PaaS)