Essentials of cloud computing
2022
An application for internal-use only, on company-owned assets, would be best
described as a private SaaS.Answer- True
A few cloud services that can be consumed are?Answer- -Email accounts -Websites -
Data storage
Which of the following cloud services would be used to pay for hardware when it is
being used for computing, network space, and storage over the Internet?Answer- IaaS
Server virtualization allows the underlying physical server hardware to be
shared.Answer- True
Cloud computing is what?Answer- -A kind of Internet-based computing that provides
shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand -A
model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable
computing resources such as networks, servers, storage, applications and services
A data centre is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components,
such as telecommunications and storage systems.Answer- True
Multitenancy allows system resources to be fully utilized before another server is
brought online, further reducing the operating costs and data centre cooling that is
required along with it.Answer- True
Virtualization software separates physical infrastructures to create various dedicated
resources.Answer- True
As stated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, cloud characteristics
include:Answer- -Rapid elasticity -Broad network accessibility
Being able to create websites and web services quickly is an example of which of the
following?Answer- PaaS
PaaS stands for?Answer- Platform as a Service
Indications that your organization may be ready for the cloud are:Answer- -Tied-up
capital -Costly excess capacity -Running out of capacity
, G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps, and different than Google Cloud Platform) is
a set of online applications allowing users to create and share documents. This best
describes which cloud type?Answer- SaaS
SaaS stands for?Answer- Software as a Service
You access a PaaS cloud by what means?Answer- Web services
Cloud providers and cloud software include:Answer- -Microsoft Azure -OpenStack -
Amazon Web Services -Google Cloud Platform
Which of the following are cloud providers or cloud software?Answer- -OpenStack -
Microsoft Azure -Google Compute Engine -Amazon Web Services
Indications that your organization may not be ready for the cloud are:Answer- -Your
organization owns large data centers that often have enough scale to be as flexible and
efficient as cloud computing providers -Legal and security (compliance) reasons can
require an organization to know more details about the location of its data and servers
than a cloud computing provider is able to provide -Predictable and fixed workloads can
typically make optimal use of their hardware and do not need scaling
Cloud computing characteristics:Answer- -Managed by the provider -Managed through
self-service on demand -Network accessible -Sustainable
IaaS stands for?Answer- Infrastructure as a Service
Some of important steps in the evolution from virtualization to the cloud are:Answer- -
Server virtualization -Distributed data centers -Private data centers -Hybrid data clouds
and public clouds
Which of the following organizations is MOST likely to consider confidentiality
requirements before implementing a backup and disaster recovery cloud solution?
Answer- -Organizations with legal or regulatory constraints -Government or emergency
response
Which of the following characteristics of cloud computing describes the ability to grow
easily in response to an increase in demand?Answer- Scalability
When using cloud computing, you will shift _________ cost to _______ cost.Answer-
capital cost to variable cost
Cloud computing allows business to move away from the need to have _______ capital
expenditures related to computer hardware by utilizing the cloud instead.Answer- large
Variable cost business models are focused on:Answer- -Responsiveness -Removing
the need for hardware completely -Allowing for smaller operating expenses (OPEX)
2022
An application for internal-use only, on company-owned assets, would be best
described as a private SaaS.Answer- True
A few cloud services that can be consumed are?Answer- -Email accounts -Websites -
Data storage
Which of the following cloud services would be used to pay for hardware when it is
being used for computing, network space, and storage over the Internet?Answer- IaaS
Server virtualization allows the underlying physical server hardware to be
shared.Answer- True
Cloud computing is what?Answer- -A kind of Internet-based computing that provides
shared processing resources and data to computers and other devices on demand -A
model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable
computing resources such as networks, servers, storage, applications and services
A data centre is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components,
such as telecommunications and storage systems.Answer- True
Multitenancy allows system resources to be fully utilized before another server is
brought online, further reducing the operating costs and data centre cooling that is
required along with it.Answer- True
Virtualization software separates physical infrastructures to create various dedicated
resources.Answer- True
As stated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, cloud characteristics
include:Answer- -Rapid elasticity -Broad network accessibility
Being able to create websites and web services quickly is an example of which of the
following?Answer- PaaS
PaaS stands for?Answer- Platform as a Service
Indications that your organization may be ready for the cloud are:Answer- -Tied-up
capital -Costly excess capacity -Running out of capacity
, G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps, and different than Google Cloud Platform) is
a set of online applications allowing users to create and share documents. This best
describes which cloud type?Answer- SaaS
SaaS stands for?Answer- Software as a Service
You access a PaaS cloud by what means?Answer- Web services
Cloud providers and cloud software include:Answer- -Microsoft Azure -OpenStack -
Amazon Web Services -Google Cloud Platform
Which of the following are cloud providers or cloud software?Answer- -OpenStack -
Microsoft Azure -Google Compute Engine -Amazon Web Services
Indications that your organization may not be ready for the cloud are:Answer- -Your
organization owns large data centers that often have enough scale to be as flexible and
efficient as cloud computing providers -Legal and security (compliance) reasons can
require an organization to know more details about the location of its data and servers
than a cloud computing provider is able to provide -Predictable and fixed workloads can
typically make optimal use of their hardware and do not need scaling
Cloud computing characteristics:Answer- -Managed by the provider -Managed through
self-service on demand -Network accessible -Sustainable
IaaS stands for?Answer- Infrastructure as a Service
Some of important steps in the evolution from virtualization to the cloud are:Answer- -
Server virtualization -Distributed data centers -Private data centers -Hybrid data clouds
and public clouds
Which of the following organizations is MOST likely to consider confidentiality
requirements before implementing a backup and disaster recovery cloud solution?
Answer- -Organizations with legal or regulatory constraints -Government or emergency
response
Which of the following characteristics of cloud computing describes the ability to grow
easily in response to an increase in demand?Answer- Scalability
When using cloud computing, you will shift _________ cost to _______ cost.Answer-
capital cost to variable cost
Cloud computing allows business to move away from the need to have _______ capital
expenditures related to computer hardware by utilizing the cloud instead.Answer- large
Variable cost business models are focused on:Answer- -Responsiveness -Removing
the need for hardware completely -Allowing for smaller operating expenses (OPEX)
