CSA - Competency 2 - part 1 pre quiz

What is cloud computing?

• A type of weather forecasting

• On-demand delivery of IT resources via the internet with pay-as-you-go pricing

• A method of storing data in physical servers

• A type of computer hardware

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of cloud computing?

• Flexibility

• Data recovery

• Higher level of security

• Increased upfront costs

In the traditional computing model, infrastructure is viewed as:

• Software

• Hardware

• Service

• virtual resource

Which one of the below is NOT a cloud service model?

• IaaS - infrastructure as service

• PaaS - platform as service

• SaaS - software as service

• EaaS - Everything as service

Which cloud service model provides the most control over IT resources?

• SaaS- Software as service

• PaaS - Platform as service

• IaaS - Infrastructure as service

• Faas - Function as a service

How does AWS achieve economies of scale?

• By increasing prices for all customers

• Through aggregate usage from all customers

• By limiting services to large enterprises

• By reducing the quality of services

What is one of the benefits of cloud computing in terms of capacity planning?

• It requires more accurate forecasting

• It eliminates the need for servers

• It allows for scaling on demand

• It increases the cost of underutilized resources

What format(s) do web services typically use for API interactions?

• PDF

• XML or JSON

• HTML

• CSV

Which of the following is NOT a category of AWS services?

• Storage

• Compute

• Quantum

• Database

When talking about pricing in AWS, which of below is not a fundamental component that contributes to the cost?

• computing

• storage

• data transfer

• period