Virtualization Chapter 9

An international civil engineering association has members from all over the world. The research division of the association plans to have a cloud-based service to share research ideas and to promote collaboration among members in multiple divisions of the association. Which cloud model is suitable for them?

• public

• hybrid

• private

• community

A software company has groups of developers located in different cities around the world. The company is using a cloud-based development environment so that all developers can access the same software development tools. Which cloud service is used by the company?

• IaaS

• PaaS

• SaaS

• ITaaS

A freelance reporter wishes to use a service that allows files to be accessed at any time from any device. Whenever the reporter starts the laptop and connects to the internet, the files stored on the laptop must be synchronized with the service automatically. Which solution will meet the requirements?

• Dropbox

• Office 365

• Exchange Online

• virtual desktop infrastructure

A small college wishes to deploy a learning management system (LMS) and is looking for a hosted solution. Which type of cloud-based solution would help the college to achieve the goal?

• Dropbox

• Office 365

• virtual application stream

• virtual desktop infrastructure

A training company offers many application courses based on Windows. The company is looking for a solution to provide a hands-on learning and practice environment to remote learners. The goal is to provide a uniform learning environment to all users. Which cloud-based solution would help the company to achieve the goal?

• Office 365

• Google Drive

• virtual application stream

• virtual desktop infrastructure

Which type of Hypervisor is implemented when a user with a laptop running the Mac OS installs a Windows virtual OS instance?

• virtual machine

• bare metal

• type 1

• type 2

Which cloud model provides services for a specific organization or entity?

• a hybrid cloud

• a community cloud

• a public cloud

• a private cloud

Which is a characteristic of a Type 2 hypervisor?​

• best suited for enterprise environments

• installs directly on hardware

• has direct access to server hardware resources

• does not require management console software

Which is a characteristic of a Type 1 hypervisor?​

• does not require management console software

• installed directly on a server​

• installed on an existing operating system​

• best suited for consumers and not for an enterprise environment

What is a difference between the functions of Cloud computing and virtualization?

• Cloud computing utilizes data center technology whereas virtualization is not used in data centers.

• Cloud computing requires hypervisor technology whereas virtualization is a fault tolerance technology.

• Cloud computing separates the application from the hardware whereas virtualization separates the OS from the underlying hardware.

• Cloud computing provides services on web-based access whereas virtualization provides services on data access through virtualized Internet connections.