CompTIA Cloud Essentials

Which of the following is a typical concern for business and IT leaders when adopting cloud

computing?

• Current cost structure of IT

• Quality of web-based user interfaces

• Security of current IT solutions

• Technical maintenance of current IT assets

Which of the following is MOST typically accessed through Web services?

• IaaS

• PaaS

• SaaS

• None of the above

A software development platform is in the process of being migrated from an in-house

framework to a cloud-based PaaS. Which of the following development aspects is likely to

be applicable in the PaaS environment?

• PaaS providers do not allow customers with their own software development teams to write new applications on the cloud platform.

• Cloud environments only support agile development. The software development team will need to change from their waterfall SDLC methodology before migrating.

• Familiarization will be required with cloud provider-based APIs, web services, and development frameworks.

• No expected change in software development process when migrating from in-house to PaaS.

Which of the following characteristics would allow a company to market its product to the

public by using cloud computing services?

• Desktop virtualization throughout the company

• Client-server application modules

• Web-based application modules

• Client-based training modules

Why does hardware and operating system maintenance take less effort with SaaS?

• Maintenance becomes irrelevant

• Cloud provider takes care of it

• Hardware vendor takes care of it

• Operating system vendor takes care of it

Which of the following is improved by choosing cloud computing versus traditional IT

infrastructure outsourcing?

• Resource spending

• Legal requirements

• Employee morale

• Controllable response time

Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) is a facility for quickly providing virtual servers.

This is an example of:

• SaaS

• IaaS

• PaaS

• QoS

Which of the following do business accountants prefer with respect to the cost of cloud

computing?

• Budgets to be fixed

• Costs that are related to number of users

• Costs that are related to profits

• Costs to be fixed

Which of the following types of organizations would NOT benefit from cloud computing due

to legal requirements?

• Online library

• Social media sites

• Large marketing agencies

• Medical facility

Privacy is the right of________ to selectively disclose information about _________ and

restrict the further use of that information by any party.

• companies, others

• companies, themselves

• individuals, others

• individuals, themselves