PaaSs

What are TWO types of services offered by a Platform as a Service implementation?

• virtual desktops

• virtual appliances

• application management

• programming environments

Which type of cloud solution do these security focuses relate to specifically?

Manage data center identities

Secure virtual machines

Patch default images

Monitor logs on all resources

Network isolation

• SaaS

• PaaS

• IaaS

• GaaS

What is a benefit of using Software as a Service offerings for a consumer?

• The consumer owns the license of the application.

• An environment for application deployment is provided.

• The application is automatically installed on the consumer’s device.

• The application and the underlying cloud infrastructure are managed by the cloud service provider.

Which cloud infrastructure is composed of some combination of cloud services from

different service providers?

• public cloud

• private cloud

• hybrid cloud

• distributed cloud

Cloud business models determine the ownership of the computing resources offered within

a cloud and the responsibilities of the cloud consumer and service provider. Under which

type of cloud service does the client have control over deployed applications and possibly

configuration settings for the application hosting environment?

• IaaS

• PaaS

• SaaS

How can a company leverage the Platform as a Service cloud computing delivery model?

• A company requires more processing power to perform its financial analysis calculations and acquires additional computational resources.

• A company requires a customer relationship management solution and obtains an application that addresses their requirements from a cloud provider.

• A company is running out of storage space to store a customer database and dynamically requests additional space via the cloud provider web services interface.

• A company obtains an environment with a software stack from a cloud provider, develops a custom application, and makes that application available to its customers on the Internet.

A cloud provider offers an environment for building applications that will run from the customer's environment. Which cloud computing delivery model are they using?

• SaaS

• PaaS

• IaaS

Which statement is true about the Platform as a Service cloud computing delivery model?

• It provides a virtual machine and storage so that computing platforms can be created.

• It provides a runtime environment for applications and includes a set of basic services such as storage and databases.

• It provides the entire infrastructure along with a completed application that is accessible using a web based front end.

• It is required by the infrastructure as a service delivery model so that end user applications can be delivered on the cloud.

What is grid computing?

• It is distributed computing where autonomous computers perform independent tasks.

• It is interconnected computing where a computing platform is delivered to consumers.

• It is parallel and distributed computing where computer infrastructure is offered as a service.

• It is parallel computing where autonomous computers act together to perform very large tasks.

What is true about utility computing and cloud computing?

• Utility computing is not related to cloud computing.

• Cloud computing can be delivered as utility computing.

• Utility computing runs in a cloud computing environment.

• Utility computing is the only billing model for cloud computing.