Chapter 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a significant benefit of cloud migration for businesses?

• Reduced operational costs

• Increased physical storage requirements

• Limited scalability

• Decreased data accessibility

Open Ended

Explain how cloud migration supports digital transformation and why it is considered foundational for modern IT strategies.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key benefit of cloud migration mentioned in the slides?

• Enables scalability, cost-efficiency, and better performance using cloud services.

• Requires more maintenance than on-premises infrastructure.

• Reduces digital transformation capabilities.

• Limits access to modern IT strategies.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are reasons why cloud migration matters, according to the slides?

• IT modernization and agility

• Cost efficiency

• Improved data access

• Enabling new technologies

Multiple Select

Which of the following mechanisms ensure improved performance and availability in cloud platforms?

• Global data centers

• Redundancy mechanisms

• Continuous accessibility

• Manual backups

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cloud migration in digital transformation?

• Supports AI, IoT, and big data analytics

• Improves healthcare data analytics

• Enables organizations to meet digital transformation objectives

• Reduces the need for any data analytics

Multiple Select

Which of the following are essential steps in the assessment and readiness phase of cloud migration?

• System assessment start

• Risk identification

• Thorough preparation

• Selecting cloud provider

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of post-migration validation in the cloud migration process?

• To ensure applications function correctly and data integrity is maintained

• To select the right cloud provider

• To create a migration timeline

• To identify compatibility issues before migration

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the role of dashboards in continuous cloud system monitoring?

• Dashboards provide real-time resource tracking and highlight areas for optimization.

• Dashboards are only used for visualizing historical data.

• Dashboards are primarily used for user authentication.

• Dashboards replace the need for regular maintenance.

Multiple Choice

Which migration strategy involves moving applications to the cloud with minimal or no changes?

• Rehosting

• Replatforming

• Refactoring

• Repurchasing

Multiple Select

Select all the benefits associated with refactoring applications for the cloud.

• Long-term performance improvement

• Minimal effort required

• Full utilization of cloud features

• Quick migration with no changes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the purpose of retiring outdated systems in an organization?

• To free up resources and improve efficiency

• To increase the number of systems managed

• To retain all legacy systems for backup

• To reduce the need for decluttering

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of cloud-optimized applications?

• Leverage cloud features like auto-scaling

• Require no changes for cloud migration

• Improve performance in dynamic workloads

• Are designed only for on-premises use

Multiple Choice

Which type of application is specifically designed to run on cloud infrastructure for optimized performance?

• Cloud-ready applications

• Cloud-optimized applications

• Cloud-native applications

• Legacy applications

Open Ended

Describe the benefits of using microservices architecture in cloud-native applications.

Multiple Choice

What are the types of cloud services?

• Public, private and hybrid clouds

• Personal area (PAN), Local area (LAN), Campus area networks (CAN)

• Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), software as a service (SaaS)

• Mail server, collaboration server, web server, application server

Multiple Choice

What are the risks of cloud computing?

• No troubleshooting issues

• Full control over the data

• Storing data without control

• No government intrusion