ISC quiz-1

What is cloud computing?

• a) A system of interconnected clouds in the atmosphere

• b) A model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources

• c) A method of storing data using physical hard drives only

• d) A term for internet surfing

2.Which company pioneered the concept of cloud computing with its launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2006?

• a) Google

• b) Microsoft

• c) Amazon

• d) IBM

3.Which of the following is not a characteristic of cloud computing?

• a) Scalability

• b) Pay-per-use model

• c) Limited accessibility

• d) Self-service provisioning

4.Which term is commonly associated with the ability to access computing resources over the internet on an as-needed basis?

• a) Virtualization

• b) On-premises computing

• c) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

• d) Cloud migration

5.Which of the following is considered a deployment model in cloud computing?

• a) Software as a Service (SaaS)

• b) Public cloud

• c) Platform as a Service (PaaS)

• d) Web hosting

6.What term is used to describe a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer?

• a) Cloud storage

• b) Local area network (LAN)

• c) Wide area network (WAN)

• d) Distributed computing

7.What historical development played a significant role in the evolution of cloud computing?

• a) Invention of the smartphone

• b) Development of the internet

• c) Introduction of the personal computer

• d) Discovery of electricity

8. 8.Which of the following is not a typical cloud deployment model?

• 8. a) Public cloud

• 8. b) Private cloud

• 8. c) Personal cloud

• 8. d) Hybrid cloud

9.What is a hypervisor in the context of virtualization?

• a) A software tool used for load balancing

• b) An application used for machine imaging

• c) A hardware abstraction layer that allows multiple operating systems to share a single hardware host

• d) A tool for managing cloud marketplaces

10.Which term describes the process of distributing incoming network traffic across multiple servers?

• a) Data virtualization

• b) Load balancing

• c) Hypervisor management

• d) Machine imaging