QUESTIONS and CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS with RATIONALES
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SECTION 1: CLOUD SECURITY MODELS & ARCHITECTURE (Q1–20)
1. A company wants full control over OS and applications in the cloud. Which
model should they choose?
A. SaaS
B. PaaS
C. IaaS
D. FaaS
Answer: C
Rationale: IaaS provides maximum control over OS and application layers.
2. A developer wants to deploy code without managing infrastructure. Best
option?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. FaaS
Answer: D
Rationale: FaaS (serverless) allows execution of code without managing
infrastructure.
,3. Which cloud deployment model is most suitable for sensitive healthcare
data?
A. Public
B. Private
C. Community
D. Hybrid
Answer: B
Rationale: Private cloud offers higher control and security for sensitive data.
4. A company uses AWS and Azure simultaneously. This is an example of:
A. Hybrid cloud
B. Multi-cloud
C. Private cloud
D. Community cloud
Answer: B
5. Which cloud characteristic allows automatic scaling?
A. Latency
B. Elasticity
C. Encryption
D. Virtualization
Answer: B
6. In SaaS, the provider is responsible for:
A. Data classification
B. Infrastructure and application
C. User identity
D. Access policies
Answer: B
, 7. Which is a major cloud risk?
A. Automation
B. Misconfiguration
C. Scalability
D. Redundancy
Answer: B
8. Hybrid cloud is best described as:
A. Multiple vendors
B. Public + private combination
C. SaaS + PaaS
D. Local only
Answer: B
9. Which model abstracts the most technical responsibility?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. FaaS
Answer: C
10. Virtualization allows:
A. Manual scaling
B. Resource sharing
C. Data deletion
D. Logging
Answer: B