A) Reducing collaboration opportunities B) Increasing upfront capital expenditures C) Offering pre-configured tools, scalable resources, and managed services D) Providing physical infrastructure
A) By increasing physical infrastructure costs B) By shifting to an operational expenditure model C) By eliminating the need for managed services D) By requiring significant in-house expertise
A) Physical hardware management B) Artificial intelligence, data analytics, and machine learning C) Infrastructure maintenance D) Local server management
A) Unused resources, inefficient configurations, and hidden costs B) Decreased need for governance C) Reduced operational expenditures D) Increased in-house expertise
A) Physical infrastructure tools B) AWS Cost Explorer and Azure Cost Management C) Local cost management software D) In-house financial tools
A) A physical infrastructure management tool B) A cloud service model C) A framework to standardize financial operations in the cloud D) A redundancy configuration strategy
A) By enabling secure access to data and applications from any location B) By reducing internet connectivity C) By limiting access to specific locations D) By requiring physical presence
A) Various redundancy options like managed storage and databases B) No redundancy options C) No managed services D) Only physical hardware redundancy
A) Automatic setup with no costs B) No configuration C) No additional costs D) Explicit configuration and may incur additional costs
A) Providers manage all aspects B) Providers handle infrastructure security, while customers manage data encryption and IAM C) Customers handle all security D) No shared responsibilities
A) The cloud provider B) The customer C) No one D) Third-party security firms
A) Platform as a Service (PaaS) B) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) C) Software as a Service (SaaS) D) None of the above
A) Security B) Control C) Cost D) Scalability
A) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) B) Amazon Web Services (AWS) C) General Magic D) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A) 1996 B) 2010 C) 2011 D) 2002
A) Resource pooling B) On-demand self-service C) Rapid elasticity D) Broad network access
A) Broad network access B) Rapid elasticity C) Resource pooling D) On-demand self-service
A) 1960s B) 1994 C) 2002 D) 1996
A) Amazon Web Services (AWS) B) Compaq Computer Corporation C) David Hoffman D) General Magic
A) 2010 B) 1996 C) 1994 D) 2002
A) Rackspace Hosting B) Amazon C) IBM D) Microsoft
A) Microsoft B) Amazon C) Rackspace Hosting D) IBM
A) Oracle Cloud B) AWS Outposts C) Microsoft Azure D) OpenStack
A) 2010 B) 2012 C) 2019 D) 2011
A) Cost structure B) Scalability C) Regulatory constraints D) Brand reputation
A) E-commerce B) Retail C) Healthcare D) Defense
A) Workloads requiring rapid scalability B) Highly predictable workloads C) Workloads needing global accessibility D) Variable workloads
A) Ease of integration B) Regulatory compliance C) Cost savings D) Ultra-low latency requirements
A) Limited scalability B) Global accessibility C) Increased hardware costs D) Reduced data sovereignty
A) Preference for pay-as-you-go models B) Focus on global accessibility C) Need for rapid scalability D) Reliance on legacy systems
A) Focus on global accessibility B) Strict regulatory constraints C) Desire for rapid scalability D) Preference for pay-as-you-go models
A) Startups B) High-frequency trading firms C) SaaS companies D) E-commerce platforms
A) Increased hardware costs B) Limited scalability C) Reduced data sovereignty D) Enhanced resilience
A) Approximately 70% B) Approximately 50% C) Approximately 30% D) Approximately 40%
A) 25% B) 15% C) 10% D) 20%
A) 80% B) 60% C) 50% D) 69%
A) 75% B) 40% C) 65% D) 50%
A) Fallacies of distributed computing B) Fallacies of virtual computing C) Fallacies of cloud computing D) Fallacies of centralized computing
A) Network issues B) Planned maintenance C) Security breaches D) Unplanned maintenance
A) 35% B) 15% C) 25% D) 45%
A) Hyperjacking B) Phishing C) Trojan horse injection D) Man-in-the-middle attack
A) Opaque abstractions B) Hidden abstractions C) Leaky abstractions D) Transparent abstractions
A) Cross-site scripting attacks B) SQL injection attacks C) Malware attacks D) Denial of service attacks
A) Section 101 B) Section 505 C) Section 702 D) Section 215
A) Michael Johnson B) Laura K. Donohue C) Jane Doe D) John Smith
A) Requirement to use U.S. servers only B) Lack of data protection laws C) Inability to store data in Europe D) Competing legal obligations
A) Only carrier clouds B) Local area networks C) Only the Internet D) The Internet or carrier clouds
A) Annual contract B) Utility computing basis C) Cost reflects resources consumed D) On-demand resource allocation
A) The application developer directly. B) The PaaS provider. C) A third-party service provider. D) The customer.
A) Office Online is integrated with Dropbox. B) Google Docs is integrated with OneDrive. C) Office Online is integrated with iCloud. D) Google Docs is integrated with Google Drive.
A) US$1.03 trillion B) US$6 trillion C) US$1.2 trillion D) US$3.59 trillion
A) Grid computing B) Utility computing C) Virtualization D) Autonomic computing
A) Grid computing B) Computer bureau C) Fog computing D) Client–server model |