Module 1 - Cloud Concepts Overview

Question 1

is the on-demand delivery of IT
resources via the internet with pay-as-you-go
pricing.

Answer 1

Cloud Computing

Question 2

Cloud computing enables you to think of (and use) your infrastructure as a ________.

Answer 2

Software

Question 3

There are three cloud service models:

Answer 3

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS

Question 4

There are three cloud deployment models:

Answer 4

Cloud, Hybrid, on-premises

Question 5

Almost anything you can implement with traditional IT can also be implemented as an_____.

Answer 5

AWS cloud computing service

Question 6

Cloud computing is the________delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.

Answer 6

on-demand

Question 7

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other IT resources via the internet with _________ pricing

Answer 7

pay-as-you-go

Question 8

6 advantages of cloud computing

Answer 8

• trade capital expense for variable expense
• Massive economies of scale
• Increase speed and agility
• stop guessing capacity
• stop spending money on running and maintaining databases
• go global in minutes

Question 9

A __________ is any piece of software that makes itself available over the internet and uses a standardized format—such as Extensible Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)—for the request and the response of an application programming interface
(API) interaction.

Answer 9

web service

Question 10

A web service is any piece of software that makes itself available over
the internet and uses a ___________—such as Extensible
Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)—for the
request and the response of an application programming interface
(API) interaction.

Answer 10

standardized format

Question 11

A web service is any piece of software that makes itself available over
the internet and uses a standardized format—such as Extensible
Markup Language (XML) or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)—for the
request and the response of an _______________ interaction.

Answer 11

Application programming interface (API)

Question 12

is a secure cloud platform that offers a broad set of global cloud-based products.

Answer 12

AWS

Question 13

AWS provides you with ____________ to compute, storage,
network, database, and other IT resources and management tools.

Answer 13

on-demand access

Question 14

AWS offers

Answer 14

flexibility

Question 15

You _________________, for as long as
you use them.

Answer 15

pay only for the individual services you need

Question 16

You pay only for the individual services you need, for ______________________.

Answer 16

as long as
you use them.

Question 17

AWS services ___________ like building blocks.

Answer 17

work together

Question 18

The service you select depends on your ____________ and ___________________
requirements.

Answer 18

business goals, technology

Question 19

Three ways to interact AWS:

Answer 19

AWS Management Console, Command Line Interface, Software Development Kits

Question 20

Give 3 Compute services:

Answer 20

EC2, Lambda, ECS

Question 21

Give 3 Storage services:

Answer 21

S3, EFS, EBS

Question 22

Give 3 Security services:

Answer 22

IAM, Cognito, Shield

Question 23

Give 3 Database services:

Answer 23

RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora

Question 24

Give 3 Network services

Answer 24

VPC, cloudfront, Elastic Load Balancing

Question 25

Give 3 Management services

Answer 25

CLI, Management Console, Config

Question 26

Give 3 Cost Management services

Answer 26

Cost & Usage Report, Budgets, Cost Explorer

Question 27

AWS __________ provides guidance
and best practices to help
organizations build a
comprehensive approach to
cloud computing across the
organization and throughout the
IT lifecycle to accelerate
successful cloud adoption.

Answer 27

AWS CAF (Cloud Adoption Framework)

Question 28

AWS CAF is organized into

Answer 28

Six perspectives

Question 29

Perspectives consists of

Answer 29

capabilities

Question 30

The AWS SIx core perspectives are

Answer 30

Business, people, governance, platform, security, operations

Question 31

What capabilities do business, people, and governance consist of?

Answer 31

Business capabilities

Question 32

What capabilities do platform, security, and operations consist of?

Answer 32

Technical capabilties

Question 33

Which perspective? We must ensure that IT is aligned with business needs, and that IT investments can be
traced to demonstrable business results.

Answer 33

Business perspective

Question 34

Which perspective? We must prioritize training, staffing, and organizational changes to build an agile
organization.

Answer 34

People perspective

Question 35

Which perspective? We must ensure that skills and processes align IT
strategy and goals with business strategy and
goals so the organization can maximize the business
value of its IT investment and minimize business risks.

Answer 35

Governance perspective

Question 36

We must understand and communicate the
nature of IT systems and their relationships.
We must be able to describe the architecture
of the target state environment in detail.

Answer 36

Platform perspective

Question 37

We must ensure that the organization meets its
security objectives.

Answer 37

Security perspective

Question 38

We align with and support the operations of the
business, and define how day-to-day, quarterto-quarter, and year-to-year business will be
conducted.

Answer 38

Operations perspective