Azure Fundamentals Part 1

What are two characteristics of the public cloud deployment model? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

• Computing resources are used exclusively by users from one organization.

• Services are offered over the internet and are available to anyone who wants to purchase them.

• Servers and storage are owned and operated by a third-party cloud service provider.

• Hardware is physically located in an organization's on-site datacenter

Which two characteristics are common advantages of cloud computing? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

• elimination of horizontal scalling

• geo-distribution

• high availability

• physical access to servers

Why is cloud computing often less expensive than on-premises datacenters?

• Cloud service offerings have limited functionality

• Network bandwhidth is free

• Services are only offered in a single geographic location

• You are only billed for what you use

Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence. Deploying and configuring cloud-based resources quickly as business requirements change is called [answer choice].

• agility

• elasticity

• high availability

• scalability

Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence. Increasing compute capacity for an app by adding instances of resources such as virtual machines is called [answer choice].

• disaster recovery

• high availability

• horizontal scaling

• vertical scaling

What is high availability in a public cloud environment dependent on?

• capital expenditures

• cloud-based backup retention limits

• the service-level agreement (SLA) that you choose

• the vertical scalability of an app

Select the answer that correctly completes the sentence. In cloud computing, [answer choice] allows you to deploy applications to regional datacenters around the world.

• disaster recovery

• elasticity

• geo-location

• high availability

In which two deployment models are customers responsible for managing operating systems that host applications? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

• infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

• on-premises

• platform as a service (PaaS)

• software as a service (SaaS)

In a platform as a service (PaaS) model, which two components are the responsibility of the cloud service provider? Each correct answer presents a complete solution.

• information and data

• operating system

• physical network

• user access

In which cloud service model is the customer responsible for managing the operating system?

• infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

• platform as a service (PaaS)

• software as a service (SaaS)