Cloud Computing Questions and Answers

------------------------------Cloud Computing Basics----------------------------

1._________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a
distributed network using virtualized resources.
a) Distributed
b) Cloud
c) Soft
d) Parallel

Answer: b
Explanation: Cloud Computing applications are accessed by common Internet
protocols and networking standards.

2. Point out the wrong statement.

a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the
popularization of the Internet
b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems
are deployed
c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with
a pay-as-you-go, infinitely scalable, universally available system
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Cloud Computing is distinguished by the notion that resources are
virtual and limitless and that details of the physical systems on which software
runs are abstracted from the user.

3. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the

computing industry itself.
a) Model
b) Computing
c) Software
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Cloud computing takes the technology, services, and applications
that are similar to those on the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility.

4. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud?

a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing abstracts the details of system implementation
from users and developers.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud
b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast
c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is
evolutionary
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Issues with latency, transaction control, and in particular security
and regulatory compliance are of particular concern.

6. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of

resources?
a) Polymorphism
b) Abstraction
c) Virtualization
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Applications run on physical systems that aren’t specified, data is
stored in locations that are unknown, administration of systems is outsourced to
others, and access by users is ubiquitous.

7. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud
computing.
a) Internet
b) Softwares
c) Web Service
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The Internet offers abstraction, runs using the same set of protocols
and standards, and uses the same applications and operating systems.

8. Which of the following can be identified as cloud?

a) Web Applications
b) Intranet
c) Hadoop
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: When an intranet becomes large enough that a diagram no longer
wishes to differentiate between individual physical systems, the intranet too
becomes identified as a cloud.
9. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical
resources and presenting them as a ________ resource.
a) real
b) virtual
c) cloud
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Cloud Computing is a new model for provisioning resources, for
staging applications, and for platform-independent user access to services.

10. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?

a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: One of the most successful cloud-based businesses is Amazon
Web Services, which is an Infrastructure as a Service offering that lets you rent
virtual computers on Amazon’s own infrastructure.
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11. _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can
access on a cloud computing platform.
a) Service
b) Deployment
c) Application
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Service models describe the type of service that the service provider
is offering.

12. Point out the correct statement.

a) The use of the word “cloud” makes reference to the two essential concepts
b) Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources
c) cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Abstraction and Virtualization are the two essential concepts.

13. ________ refers to the location and management of the cloud’s infrastructure.
a) Service
b) Deployment
c) Application
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The deployment model tells you where the cloud is located and for
what purpose.

14. Which of the following is the deployment model?

a) public
b) private
c) hybrid
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Public, private, community, and hybrid clouds are deployment
models.

15. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models
b) Amazon has built a worldwide network of datacenters to service its search
engine
c) Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run over the Internet
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Google has built mega data centres for its search engine.

16. Which of the following is best known service model?

a) SaaS
b) IaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: The best-known service models are Software as a Service, Platform
as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service—the SPI model.

17. The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization
to pool resources.
a) NEFT
b) NIST
c) NIT
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology.
18. _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four
dimensional factors.
a) Cloud Square
b) Cloud Service
c) Cloud Cube
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud Cube model is mainly used for secure collaboration.

19. How many types of dimensions exists in Cloud Cube Model?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: d
Explanation: There are four types of dimensions in Cloud Cube.

20. Which of the following dimension is related to organization’s boundaries?

a) Physical location of data
b) Ownership
c) Security boundary
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Internal (I) / External (E) determines your organization’s boundaries.
------------------------------Cloud Type 2--------------------------------
21. How many types of security boundary values exist in Cloud Cube model?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: There are two types depending upon network firewall.

22. Point out the correct statement.

a) A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how
the cloud is located
b) Service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the
cloud is located
c) Cloud Square Model is meant to show is that the traditional notion of a network
boundary being the network’s firewall no longer applies in cloud computing
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: Four types of deployment models exist.
23. Which of the following is provided by ownership dimension of Cloud Cube
Model?
a) Proprietary
b) Owner
c) P
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: P stands for Proprietary ownership.

24. __________ is a measure of whether the operation is inside or outside the

security boundary or network firewall.
a) Per
b) P
c) Pre
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Per stands for Perimeterised.

25. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Public cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third
party
b) A community cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a
third party
c) Private clouds may be either on- or off-premises
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The public cloud infrastructure is available for public use
alternatively for a large industry group.

26. Which of the following is related to the service provided by Cloud?

a) Sourcing
b) Ownership
c) Reliability
d) AaaS

Answer: a
Explanation: Insourced or Outsourced means whether the service is provided by
the customer or the service provider.

27. ________ dimension corresponds to two different states in the eight possible
cloud forms.
a) Physical location of data
b) Ownership
c) Security boundary
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: The sourcing dimension addresses the deliverer of the service.

28. The ________ cloud infrastructure is operated for the exclusive use of an
organization.
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The cloud may be managed by that organization or a third party.

29. __________ cloud is one where the cloud has been organized to serve a
common function or purpose.
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: A community cloud may be managed by the constituent
organization(s) or by a third party.

30. A ________ cloud combines multiple clouds where those clouds retain their
unique identities but are bound together as a unit.
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) Hybrid

Answer: d
Explanation: A hybrid cloud may offer standardized or proprietary access to data
and applications, as well as application portability.

------------------------------Cloud Type 3--------------------------------

31. Which of the following is owned by an organization selling cloud services?
a) Public
b) Private
c) Community
d) Hybrid
Answer: a
Explanation: The public cloud infrastructure is available for public use
alternatively for a large industry group.

32. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Everything from the application down to the infrastructure is the vendor’s
responsibility
b) In the deployment model, different cloud types are an expression of the
manner in which infrastructure is deployed
c) AaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, applications, services,
development frameworks, transactions, and control structures
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: PaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, applications,
services, development frameworks, transactions, and control structures.

33. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage, virtual infrastructure, and
other hardware assets.
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The IaaS service provider manages all the infrastructure, while the
client is responsible for all other aspects of the deployment.

4. Which of the following provides development frameworks and control

structures?
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that
provides virtualized computing resources over the Internet.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) A PaaS service adds integration features, middleware, and other orchestration
and choreography services to the IaaS model
b) XaaS or ‘anything as a service’ is the delivery of IT as a Service through hybrid
Cloud computing
c) Monitoring as a Service (MaaS) is at present still an emerging piece of the
Cloud jigsaw
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Monitoring as a Service provides the option to offload a large
majority of those costs by having it run as a service as opposed to a fully invested
in house tool.
6. _______ is a complete operating environment with applications, management,
and user interface.
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: In the SaaS model, the application is provided to the client through a
thin client interface.

7. How many types of service model are mainly present in Cloud?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: c
Explanation: Three types of Service model exist.

8. The three different service models are together known as the _____ model of
cloud computing.
a) SPI
b) SIP
c) CPI
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Many other service models are also present.

9. CaaS stands for _____________ as service.

a) Compliance
b) Computer
c) Community
d) Communication

Answer: d
Explanation: Communication as a Service (CaaS), enables the consumer to
utilize Enterprise level VoIP, VPNs, PBX and Unified Communications without the
costly investment of purchasing, hosting and managing the infrastructure.
10. Which of the following is the IaaS service provider?
a) EC2
b) EC1
c) EC10
d) Hybrid

Answer: a
Explanation: On Amazon EC2, a client would provision a computer in the form of
a virtual machine image.
------------------------------Benefits of the Cloud------------------------------------
1. Which of the following was one of the top 5 cloud applications in 2010?
a) Cloud backup
b) Web applications
c) Business applications
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Cloud computing has shifted the economics of software delivery in a
manner similar to the way that music downloads have shifted the delivery of
commercial music.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) Google’s cloud includes perhaps some 10 data centers worldwide
b) Flipkart.com’s infrastructure was built to support elastic demand so the system
could accommodate peak traffic
c) Data centers have been sited to optimize the overall system latency
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Datacenter can Keep land costs modest and occupation
unobtrusive.

3. Which of the following benefit is related to creates resources that are pooled
together in a system that supports multi-tenant usage?
a) On-demand self-service
b) Broad network access
c) Resource pooling
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: A cloud service provider creates resources that are pooled together
in a system that supports multi-tenant usage.

4. The _____ is something that you can obtain under contract from your vendor.
a) PoS
b) QoS
c) SoS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Depending upon the type of service being offered, you may find that
you do not require hardware or software licenses to implement your service.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Internet consumes roughly 1 percent of the world’s total power
b) The cost advantages of cloud computing have enabled new software vendors
to create productivity applications
c) A client can provision computer resources without the need for interaction with
cloud service provider personnel
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Data centers have been sited to have access to low cost power.

6. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is
intrinsic in their WAN connectivity.
a) propagation
b) latency
c) noise
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: While cloud computing applications excel at large-scale processing
tasks, if your application needs large amounts of data transfer, cloud computing
may not be the best model for you.

7. Cloud computing is a _______ system and it is necessarily unidirectional in

nature.
a) stateless
b) stateful
c) reliable
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud computing is a stateless system, as is the Internet in general.

8. Which of the following is the most important area of concern in cloud

computing?
a) Security
b) Storage
c) Scalability
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: When your data travels over and rests on systems that are no
longer under your control, you have increased risk due to the interception and
malfeasance of others.

9. You can’t count on a cloud provider maintaining your _____ in the face of
government actions.
a) scalability
b) reliability
c) privacy
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing industry continues to address security concerns.

10. Which of the following architectural standards is working with cloud

computing industry?
a) Service-oriented architecture
b) Standardized Web services
c) Web-application frameworks
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: These standards help to enable different business models that cloud
computing vendors can support, most notably Software as a Service (SaaS),
Web 2.0 applications, and utility computing.

------------------------------Attributes of the Cloud---------------------------------

1. Which of the following is one of the unique attributes of Cloud Computing?
a) utility type of delivery
b) elasticity
c) low barrier to entry
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: These attributes change how applications are created, priced, and
delivered.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is small aspect of cloud computing
b) Cloud computing does not have impact on software licensing
c) Cloud computing presents new opportunities to users and developers
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Because it is based on the paradigm of a shared multi-tenant utility.

3. Applications that work with cloud computing that have low margins and usually
low risk are _____________
a) high touch
b) low touch
c) moderate touch
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The “high touch” applications that come with high margins require
committed resources and pose more of a risk.

4. A service that concentrates on hardware follows the _________ as a Service

model.
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Amazon web service follows PaaS model.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) A cloud is defined as the combination of the infrastructure of a datacenter with
the ability to provision hardware and software
b) High touch applications are best done on-premises
c) The Google App Engine follows IaaS
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: The Google App Engine follows PaaS.

6. When you add a software stack, such as an operating system and applications
to the service, the model shifts to _____ model.
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Microsoft’s Windows Azure Platform is best described as currently
using SaaS model.

7. Which of the following is the most refined and restrictive service model?
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: When the service requires the client to use a complete
hardware/software/application stack, it is using the most refined and restrictive
service model.

8. _______ is a pay-as-you-go model matches resources to need on an ongoing

basis.
a) Utility
b) Elasticity
c) Low barrier to entry
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: This eliminates waste and has the added benefit of shifting risk from
the client.

9. _______ feature allows you to optimize your system and capture all possible
transactions.
a) scalability
b) reliability
c) elasticity
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: You have the ability to right-size resources as required.

10. _______ enables batch processing, which greatly speeds up high-processing

applications.
a) Scalability
b) Reliability
c) Elasticity
d) Utility

Answer: a
Explanation: This feature obviates the need for planning and provisioning.

11. Which of the following subject area deals with pay-as-you-go usage model?
a) Accounting Management
b) Compliance
c) Data Privacy
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: For cloud computing, the pay-as-you-go usage model allows for
costs to be applied to individual accounts directly.

12. Point out the correct statement.

a) Except for tightly managed SaaS cloud providers, the burden of resource
management is still in the hands of the user
b) Cloud computing vendors run very reliable networks
c) The low barrier to entry cannot be accompanied by a low barrier to
provisioning
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Often, cloud data is load-balanced between virtual systems and
replicated between sites.

3. ________ captive requires that the cloud accommodate multiple compliance

regimes.
a) Licensed
b) Policy-based
c) Variable
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Compliance with laws and policies varies by geographical area.

4. Security methods such as private encryption, VLANs and firewalls comes

under __________ subject area.
a) Accounting Management
b) Compliance
c) Data Privacy
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: To ensure data privacy in the cloud, additional security methods
such as private encryption, VLANs, firewalls, and local storage of sensitive data
are necessary.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Large cloud providers with geographically dispersed sites worldwide, therefore,
achieve reliability rates that are hard for private systems to achieve
b) Private data centers tend to be located in places where the company or unit
was founded or acquired
c) A network backbone is a very low-capacity network connection
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: On the Internet, an Internet backbone consists of the high-capacity
routes and routers that are typically operated by an individual service provider
such as a government or commercial entity.
6. Which of the following captive area deals with monitoring?
a) Licensed
b) Variable but under control
c) Low
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: For private systems, any monitoring system the organization wishes
to deploy can be brought to bear.
7. Network bottlenecks occur when ______ data sets must be transferred.
a) large
b) small
c) big
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: This is the case for staging,

8. The reputation for cloud computing services for the quality of those services is
shared by _________
a) replicas
b) shards
c) tenants
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Clouds often have higher reliability than private systems.

9. Cloud ________ are standardized in order to appeal to the majority of its

audience.
a) SVAs
b) SLAs
c) SALs
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Custom SLAs that allow for multiple data sources are difficult to
obtain or enforce.

10. ___________ is a function of the particular enterprise and application in an

on-premises deployment.
a) Vendor lock
b) Vendor lock-in
c) Vendor lock-ins
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Vendor lock-in for a cloud computing solution in a PaaS model is
very high.

1. The cost of a cloud computing deployment is roughly estimated to be

___________
a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue – CostCLOUD))
b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue + CostCLOUD))
c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue – CostCLOUD))
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Unit cost is usually defined as the cost of a machine instance per
hour or another resource.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) Cloud resource pricing doesn’t always scale linearly based on performance
b) Depending upon the service model type, other resources add additional unit
costs
c) Typical efficiency in data centers are between 10 and 55 percent
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Different cloud providers charge different amounts for these
resources, some resources are free for one provider and charged for another,
and there are almost always variable charges based on resource sizing.

3. The costs associated with resources in the cloud computing model _______
can be unbundled to a greater extent than the costs associated with
CostDATACENTER.
a) CLOUD
b) CostCLOUD
c) CCLOUD
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The CostDATACENTER consists of the summation of the cost of
each of the individual systems with all the associated resources.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Data center operates under average loads
b) Private cloud doesn’t pooling of resources that a cloud computing provider can
achieve
c) Private cloud doesn’t employ the same level of virtualization
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Capacity of the datacenter is fixed by the assets it has.
6. For a server with a four-year lifetime, you would therefore need to include an
overhead roughly equal to ___ percent of the system’s acquisition cost.
a) 10
b) 20
c) 25
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: The costs of a system in a datacenter must also include the
overhead associated with power, cooling, and the physical plant.
7. The overhead associated with ____ staff is a major cost.
a) Data Center
b) IT
c) Non IT
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: It is not uncommon for the burden cost of a system in a datacenter
to be 150 percent of the cost of the system itself.

8. Moving expenses onto the _____ side of a budget allows an organization to

transfer risk to their cloud computing provider.
a) Dex
b) OpEx
c) Pex
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The conversion of real assets to virtual ones provides a measure of
protection against too much or too little infrastructure.

10. Cloud computing is also a good option when the cost of infrastructure and
management is ______
a) low
b) high
c) moderate
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: This is often the case with legacy applications and systems where
maintaining the system capabilities is a significant cost.
------------------------------Connecting to the Cloud-----------------------------
1. Which of the following is one of the properties that differentiates cloud
computing?
a) scalability
b) virtualization
c) composability
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Composability is the ability to build applications from component
parts.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) Cloud computing is a natural extension of many of the design principles,
protocols, plumbing, and systems
b) Platforms are used to create more easy software
c) All SLAs are enforceable as contracts
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud computing describes some new capabilities that are
architected into an application stack and are responsible for the programmability,
scalability, and virtualization of resources.

3. A _________ is a cloud computing service that is both hardware and software.

a) service
b) platform
c) model
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Virtual appliances are an important example of a platform.

4. Cloud computing doesn’t require that ________ and software be composable.

a) cloud
b) database
c) hardware
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: It is a highly desirable characteristic from a developer or user’s
standpoint.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing
deployment object
b) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols
c) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess
communications
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Many of these protocols are standard Internet protocols.

6. The most commonly used set of protocols uses ______ as the messaging
format.
a) XML
b) JSON
c) BSON
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud computing builds on the architecture developed for staging
large distributed network applications on the Internet.

7. Which of the following language is used to manage transactions?

a) WSDL
b) XML
c) SOAP
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of
endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or
procedure-oriented information.

8. Which of the architectural layer is used as backend in cloud computing?

a) client
b) cloud
c) soft
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The cloud creates a system where resources can be pooled and
partitioned as needed.

9. A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to support the staging and

storage of data.
a) soft
b) compute
c) local
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: From a user’s perspective, it is important that the resources appear
to be infinitely scalable, that the service be measurable, and that the pricing is
metered.

10. A _______ system uses components to assemble services that can be

tailored for a specific purpose using standard parts.
a) reliable
b) scalable
c) composable
d) none of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Applications built in the cloud often have the property of being built
from a collection of components, a feature referred to as composability.
------------------------------Cloud Computing Stack - I--------------------------
1. A _______ service provider gets the same benefits from a composable system
that a user does.
a) CaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: If you are a PaaS or SaaS service provider and your task is to
create the platform or service presented to the developer, reseller, or user, the
notion of working with a composable system is still a very powerful one.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) Cloud architecture can couple software running on virtualized hardware in
multiple locations to provide an on-demand service
b) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess
communications
c) Platforms are used to create more complex software
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: The most commonly used services uses a set of discovery and
description protocols based on WSDL.

3. Which of the following is the property of the composable component?

a) stateful
b) stateless
c) symmetric
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: A transaction is executed without regard to other transactions or
requests.

4. From the standpoint of a ________ it makes no sense to offer non-standard

machine instances to customers.
a) CaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS
d) IaaS

Answer: d
Explanation: Because those customers are almost certainly deploying
applications built on standard operating systems such as Linux, Windows,
Solaris, or some other well-known operating system.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) A cloud cannot be created within an organization’s own infrastructure or
outsourced to another datacenter
b) A composable component must be modular
c) A composable component must be stateless
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: While resources in a cloud can be real physical resources, more
often they are virtualized resources because virtualized resources are easier to
modify and optimize.

6. A service provider reselling a _______ may have the option to offer one
module to customize the information.
a) CaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS

Answer: d
Explanation: Modifications are generally severely limited.

7. Which of the following is the highest degree of integration in cloud computing?

a) CaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS
d) SaaS
Answer: d
Explanation: An SaaS vendor such as Quicken.com or Salesforce.com is
delivering an application as a service to a customer.

8. Which of the architectural layer is used as a front end in cloud computing?

a) client
b) cloud
c) soft
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud computing may be differentiated from older models by
describing an encapsulated information technology service that is often controlled
through an Application Programming Interface (API).

9. Which of the following benefit is provided by the PaaS service provider?

a) A larger pool of qualified developers
b) More reliable operation
c) A logical design methodology
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: The essence of a service oriented design is that services are
constructed from a set of modules using standard communications and service
interfaces.

10. Communication between services is done widely using _______ protocol.

a) REST
b) SOAP
c) RESTful
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: There are alternative sets of standards as well.
------------------------------Cloud Computing Stack - II-------------------------
1. Which of the following provider rely on the virtual machine technology to
deliver servers?
a) CaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS
d) IaaS

Answer: d
Explanation: Most large Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers rely on virtual
machine technology that can run applications.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Virtual machines are containers that are assigned specific resources
b) Applications need not be mindful of how they use cloud resources
c) When a developer creates an application that uses a cloud service, the
developer cannot attach to the appropriate service
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The software that runs in the virtual machines is what defines the
utility of the cloud computing system.

3. Which of the following component is called hypervisor?

a) VGM
b) VMc
c) VMM
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: VMM component is also called hypervisor.

4. Applications such as a Web server or database server that can run on a virtual
machine image are referred to as ______________
a) virtual server
b) virtual appliances
c) machine imaging
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: The name virtual appliance is a little misleading because it conjures
up the image of a machine that serves a narrow purpose.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Platforms represent nearly the full cloud software stack
b) A platform in the cloud is a software layer that is used to create higher levels of
service
c) Platforms often come replete with tools and utilities to aid in application design
and deployment
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Most platforms begin by establishing a developer community to
support the work done in the environment.

6. _________ allows different operating systems to run in their own memory

space.
a) VGM
b) VMc
c) VMM
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: VMM manages I/O for the virtual machines.

7. Amazon Machine Images are virtual appliances that have been packaged to
run on the grid of ____ nodes.
a) Ben
b) Xen
c) Ken
d) Zen

Answer: b
Explanation: You run across virtual appliances in IaaS systems such as
Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud.

8. Which of the following offers virtual appliances, including ones based on

Windows, all of which run on VMware Player?
a) Bagvapp
b) Jcinacio
c) HelpdeskLive
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Virtual appliances have begun to affect the PC industry in much the
same way that application stores have affected the cell phone industry.

9. ________ offers various Linux distributions upon which you can build a virtual
machine.
a) Bagvapp
b) Jcinacio
c) HelpdeskLive
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Jcinacio has Ubuntu appliances.

10. __________ is a CPU emulator and virtual machine monitor.

a) Imaging
b) Parallels
c) QEMU
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Parallels hosts a variety of appliances that includes Linux distros,
server software, and other products.
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1. Which of the following is a virtual machine technology now owned by Oracle
that can run various operating systems?
a) Vmachines
b) VirtualBox
c) ThoughtPolice
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: VirtualBox serves as a host for a variety of virtual appliances.

2. Point out the correct statement.

a) JumpIt is an open-source virtual appliance installation and management
service
b) Converting a virtual appliance from one platform to another is easy proposition
c) Nearly all major virtualization platform vendors support OVF, notably VMware,
Microsoft, Oracle, and Citrix
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Efforts are underway to create file format standards for these types
of objects that make the task easier.

3. Which of the following lets a Web service advertise itself in terms of a

collection of endpoints?
a) WSDL
b) VMc
c) SOAP
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: The most commonly used model for discovery and description used
with SOAP messaging is the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

4. Which of the following is a specification for multicast discovery on a LAN?

a) WS-Agent
b) WS-Discovery
c) WS-SOAP
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: WS-Discovery stands for Web Services Dynamic Discovery
specification.

5. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Cloud computing arises from services available over the Internet
communicating
b) XML-RPC uses platform-independent XML data to encode program calls that
are transported over HTTP
c) SOAP uses JSON for its messages and uses RPC and HTTP for message
passing
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: SOAP forms the basis for most of the Web services stacks.

6. _________ as a Service is a cloud computing infrastructure that creates a

development environment upon which applications may be build.
a) Infrastructure
b) Service
c) Platform
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: PaaS provides a model that can be used to create or augment
complex applications such as Customer Relation Management (CRM) or
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.

7. _________ is a cloud computing service model in which hardware is virtualized

in the cloud.
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: In this particular model, the service vendor owns the equipment:
servers, storage, network infrastructure, and so forth.

8. Which of the following is the fundamental unit of virtualized client in an IaaS

deployment?
a) workunit
b) workspace
c) workload
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: A workload simulates the ability of a certain type of real or physical
server to do any amount of work.

9. How many types of virtual private server instances are partitioned in an IaaS
stack?
a) one
b) two
c) three
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: The three workloads require three different sizes of computers:
small, medium, and large.

10. Which of the following correctly represents cloud computing ecosystem?

a)

Business Process

Application Services

Platform Services

Infrastructure Services
b)

Application Process

Business Services

Platform Services

Infrastructure Services
c)

Application Process

Infrastructure Services

Platform Services

Infrastructure Services
d)

Business Process

Application Services

Infrastructure Services

Platform Services
Answer: a
Explanation: You can broadly partition cloud computing into four layers that form
a cloud computing ecosystem.

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1. Which of the following content is allowed as per virtual appliance block
diagram shown below?

a) Table
b) Image
c) Documents
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: Content can be structured or unstructured in virtual appliance.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) WS-+ services carried over XML messages using the SOAP protocol access
remote server applications
b) REST stands for Representational State Transfer
c) A transaction following the rules of SOAP is considered to be RESTful
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: REST assigns a global identifier to a resource so there is a uniform
method for accessing information sources.

3. Which of the following is based on the IETF Session Initiation Protocol?

a) WSDL
b) SIMPLE
c) SOAP
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: SIMPLE is an open standard protocol.

4. Which of the following is a third-party VPN based on Google’s GoogleTalk?

a) Hotspot VPN
b) Gbridge
c) AnchorFree Hotspot Shield
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Gbridge is an interesting solution that illustrates the use of VPN over
a cloud connection.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Atom is a syndication format that allows for HTTP protocols to create and
update information
b) Cloud services span the gamut of computer applications
c) The impact of cloud computing on network communication is to discourage the
use of open-network protocols in place of proprietary protocols
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Microsoft’s ADO.NET Data Services Framework is another system
for transferring data using a RESTful transaction and standard HTTP commands.
6. Which of the following is a classic example of an IaaS service model?
a) AWS
b) Azure
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: AWS has several data centers in which servers run on top of a
virtualization platform (Xen).
7. _________ is designed specifically to run connected to the cloud as a
dedicated cloud client.
a) Harvera Tablet OS
b) Fedora Netbook OS
c) Jolicloud Netbook OS
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Jolicloud concentrates on building a social platform with automatic
software updates and installs.
8. Which of the following is the management console in AWS?
a) CSC
b) CCS
c) CSS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Pods are managed by a Cloud Control System (CCS).
9. A group of users within a particular instance is called ______________
a) suser
b) pod
c) superuser
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Sizing limitations for pods need to be accounted for if you are
building a large cloud-based application.

10. Pods are aggregated into pools within an IaaS region or site called an
_________ zone.
a) restricted
b) unavail
c) availability
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: In very large cloud computing networks, when systems fail, they fail
on a pod-by-pod basis, and often on a zone-by-zone basis.

------------------------------------------- PaaS -----------------------------------------------------

1. ______ offering provides the tools and development environment to deploy

applications on another vendor’s application.
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) CaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: PaaS tool is a fully integrated development environment.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Platforms cannot be based on specific types of development languages,
application frameworks, or other constructs
b) PaaS systems offer a way to create user interfaces
c) In a CaaS model, customers may interact with the software to enter and
retrieve data
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: PaaS systems support standards such as HTML, JavaScript, or
other rich media technologies.
3. Which of the following is associated with considerable vendor lock-in?
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) CaaS
d) SaaS
Answer: a
Explanation: The difficulty with PaaS is that it locks the developer (and the
customer) into a solution that is dependent upon the platform vendor.
4. _________ serves as a PaaS vendor within Google App Engine system.
a) Google
b) Amazon
c) Microsoft
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: Google offers many of its Web service applications to customers as
part of this service model.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) The customer takes no responsibility for maintaining the hardware, the
software, or the development of the applications
b) The vendor is responsible for all the operational aspects of the service
c) Google’s App Engine platform is IaaS offering
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: The customer is responsible only for his interaction with the
platform.
6. Which of the following can be considered PaaS offering?
a) Google Maps
b) Gmail
c) Google Earth
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: The vendor of the PaaS solution is in most cases the developer,
who is offering a complete solution to the customer.
7. __________ is the most refined and restrictive service model.
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: When the service requires the client to use a complete
hardware/software/application stack, it is using the most refined and restrictive
service model.
8. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage, virtual infrastructure, and
other hardware assets.
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: The IaaS service provider manages all the infrastructure, while the
client is responsible for all other aspects of the deployment.
9. Amazon Web Services offers a classic Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
approach to ______________
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: In AWS, the CCS is the AWS Management Console.
10. Rackspace Cloud Service is an example of _____________
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: Unlike other cloud providers, Rackspace only offers managed
solutions.

------------------------------------------- SaaS -----------------------------------------------------

1. Which of the following is the most complete cloud computing service model?
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) CaaS
d) SaaS
Answer: d
Explanation: The most complete cloud computing service model is one in which
the computing hardware and software, as well as the solution itself, are provided
by a vendor as a complete service offering.
2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Platforms can be based on specific types of development languages,
application frameworks, or other constructs
b) SaaS is the cloud-based equivalent of shrink-wrapped software
c) Software as a Service (SaaS) may be succinctly described as software that is
deployed on a hosted service
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: SaaS can be accessed globally over the Internet, most often in a
browser.
3. Which of the following aspect of the service is abstracted away?
a) Data escrow
b) User Interaction
c) Adoption drivers
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: With the exception of the user interaction with the software, all other
aspects of the service are abstracted away.
4. Which of the following SaaS platform is with an exposed API?
a) salesforce.com
b) amazon.com
c) flipkart.com
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: SaaS does not necessarily mean that the software is static or
monolithic.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) SaaS applications come in all shapes and sizes
b) Every computer user is familiar with SaaS systems
c) SaaS software is not customizable
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: Every computer user is familiar with SaaS systems, which are either
replacements or substitutes for locally installed software.
6. Which of the following is a SaaS characteristic?
a) The typical license is subscription-based or usage-based and is billed on a
recurring basis
b) The software is available over the Internet globally through a browser on
demand
c) The software and the service are monitored and maintained by the vendor
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: There may be executable client-side code, but the user isn’t
responsible for maintaining that code or its interaction with the service.
7. _________ applications have a much lower barrier to entry than their locally
installed competitors.
a) IaaS
b) CaaS
c) PaaS
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: Such applications feature automated upgrades, updates, and patch
management and much faster rollout of changes.
8. SaaS supports multiple users and provides a shared data model through
_________ model.
a) single-tenancy
b) multi-tenancy
c) multiple-instance
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: The alternative of software virtualization of individual instances also
exists, but is less common.
9. Open source software used in a SaaS is called _______ SaaS.
a) closed
b) free
c) open
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: A considerable amount of SaaS software is based on open source
software.
10. The componentized nature of SaaS solutions enables many solutions to
support a feature called _____________
a) workspace
b) workloads
c) mashups
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: A mashup is an application that can display a Web page that shows
data and supports features from two or more sources.