Week 3

Question 1

Software services

Answer 1

Services that employees use that allow them to do their daily job functions

Question 2

Platform services

Answer 2

Proved a platform for devs to code, build and manage software apps

Question 3

IRC

Answer 3

Internet relay chat

Question 4

What is the name of a popular open IM protocol?

Answer 4

XMPP

Question 5

What are common email protocols?

Answer 5

POP3, IMAP, SMTP

Question 6

HTTPS

Answer 6

Hypertext transfer protocol secure

It encrypts communication between your web browser and the website

Question 7

File storage services

Answer 7

Allows for centrally storing files and managing access between files and groups

Question 8

Network file system

Answer 8

A protocol that enables files to be shared over a network

Question 9

What’s the easiest way to setup an NFS ever?

Answer 9

Through a linux environment

Question 10

What is a good alternative to NFS for Windows?

Answer 10

Samba

Question 11

What is SMB?

Answer 11

The protocol that Samba implements

Question 12

Web server

Answer 12

Stores and serves content to clients Through The internet

Question 13

HTTP status codes

Answer 13

Codes or numbers that indicate some sort of error or info messages that occurred when trying to access a web resource

Question 14

404 error code

Answer 14

Means your HTTP request didn’t point to anything

Question 15

Status codes 4xx mean where is the error?

Answer 15

Client side

Question 16

Where are http status codes 5xx located?

Answer 16

Server side

Question 17

What do 2xx http status codes mean?

Answer 17

The HTTP request was successful

Question 18

What is a data center in a region called?

Answer 18

A zone

Question 19

Load balancer

Answer 19

Ensures each virtual machine received a balanced number of queries

Question 20

Autoscaling

Answer 20

Allows the service to increase or deduce capacity as needed, while the service owner only pays for the cost of the machines that are in use at any given time