Cloud Basics

An application team needs to setup a website with a small database in cloud. Which is the best option?

• a. Install a database in cloud VM

• b. Use database services available from the cloud service provider

• c. Keep Database on-prem

• d. None of the above

A company is planning on using public Cloud for hosting resources. Which of the following is a key advantage of hosting resources in public cloud?

• a. All users across the world can access the resources in your account

• b. High reliability –a vast network of servers ensures against failure

• c. Only privileged users can have access to resources in your account

• d. You pay a capital upfront cost when using resources in the public cloud

A company is planning on setting up a private cloud network. Which of the following is an advantage of setting up a private cloud network?

• a. A private cloud environment can only support an Infrastructure as a service model

• b. A private Cloud environment can only support a Platform as a service model

• c. The private cloud environment can be rolled out to the public

• d. The private cloud environment can be rolled out to select users

When can an organization decommission their on-premise data center?

• a. When they have a hybrid solution

• b. When all their servers are in the private cloud

• c. When all their servers are in the public cloud

• d. When all their servers are in public and private cloud

Which of the following are advantages of using public cloud? Choose 2 answers from the options below-

• a. Lower Costs

• b. Higher Maintenance

• c. Better Reliability

• d. Higher Cost

You are trying to understand the different cloud models. Which of the following are advantages of using the private cloud? Choose 2 answers from the options given below

• a. Less flexibility

• b. Better security

• c. Higher scalability

• d. Less costs

You are trying to understand the different cloud models. Which of the following are advantages of using a hybrid cloud model? Choose 2 answers from the options given below:

• a. Better Control

• b. Higher costs

• c. More flexibility

• d. Less Maintenance

Which of the following statements best describes serverless computing?

• a. With serverless computing, serverless apps run only when triggered by an event

• b. With serverless computing, scaling and performance are handled manually

• c. Serverless computing runs your code but requires management of the infrastructure

• d. The resources need to be reserved before serverless computing can be used

Which one of the following is not a benefit of Horizontal Scaling?

• a. Instant and continuous availability.

• b. Cost is not tied to use.

• c. No limit to hardware capacity.

• d. Easy to size and resize properly to your needs

What are user responsibilities in a PaaS based solution?

• a. Deployment and running application code

• b. Installing the security and other software patches for underlying Operating System

• c. Installation of the server components like IIS, Tomcat etc.

• d. All the above