Module 01 - Journey To The Cloud

Question 1

What is a key benefit of virtualization technology?

A. Capacity planning

B. Flexible metering

C. Policy compliance

D. Rapid Elasticity

Answer 1

D. Rapid Elasticity

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Question 2

Which tool helps to create Cloud services?

A. Service management tool

B. Service creation tool

C. Service monitoring tool

D. Service planning tool

Answer 2

A. Service management tool

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Question 3

Which technique enables making physical resources appear as logical resources?

A. Grid computing

B. Utility computing

C. Virtualization

D. Self-provisioning

Answer 3

C. Virtualization

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Question 4

Which is an essential characteristic of the Cloud?

A. Resource utilization

B. Resource pooling

C. Resource planning

D. Resource reservation

Answer 4

B. Resource pooling

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Question 5

Which is a key step in building a Cloud infrastructure?

A. Centralize services and resources

B. Automate resource classification

C. Automate service provisioning

D. Customize services and resources

Answer 5

C. Automate service provisioning

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Question 6

Six IT challenges that have made organizations think about Cloud computing

Answer 6

1. Globalization
2. Aging Data Centers
3. Storage Growth
4. Application Explosion
5. Cost of Ownership
6. Acquisitions

Question 7

A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., servers, storage, networks, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

Answer 7

Cloud Computing

(1.4)

Question 8

Five Essential Cloud Characteristics

Answer 8

1) On-demand self-service
2) Broad network access
3) Resource pooling
4) Rapid elasticity
5) Measured service
(1. 4)

Question 9

A facility that provides IT resources to process data

Answer 9

Classic Data Center (CDC)

(1.6)

Question 10

Five Core Elements of a Classic Data Center

Answer 10

1) Compute
2) Storage
3) Network
4) Application
5) Database Management System (DBMS)

Question 11

Four Benefits of Virtualization

Answer 11

1) Optimizes utilization of IT infrastructure
2) Reduces cost and management complexity
3) Reduces deployment time
4) Increases flexibility
(1. 7)

Question 12

Where can virtualization be implemented?

Answer 12

At compute, storage, network, and/or application layers

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Question 13

Technique of abstracting physical resources and making them appear as logical resources.

Answer 13

Virtualization

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Question 14

Functions of Service Management Tools

Answer 14

1) Help create and deliver Cloud services
2) Automates and optimizes service request processes, and provisioning and delivery of services.
3) Enables metering of resource usage
4) Manages physical and virtual resources
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Question 15

Three Phases of the Journey to the Cloud

Answer 15

1. Classic Data Center
2. Virtualized Data Center
3. Cloud Data Center
   (1. 9)

Question 16

Building the Cloud infrastructure involves what?

Answer 16

1) Understanding the existing Classic data center
2) Virtualizing the computing resources
3) Deploying service management tools
(1. 10)