Cloud Computing Quiz

Which of the following is a benefit of serverless computing?

• Requires manual provisioning

• Automatically scales based on demand

• Requires fixed CPU allocation

• Runs only on virtual machines

Horizontal scaling means:

• Increasing CPU or RAM in a single server

• Adding more servers or instances to handle load

• Replacing hardware with faster components

• Decreasing the number of users

What is the primary purpose of log aggregation?

• Compressing log files

• Collecting and centralizing logs from multiple systems

• Encrypting logs for compliance

• Deleting old logs

Which phase of the cloud resource lifecycle involves removing resources from production?

• Deployment

• Maintenance

• Decommissioning

• Development

A blue-green deployment helps:

• Increase database performance

• Reduce downtime during updates

• Encrypt data in transit

• Enable manual scaling

What does IOPS measure?

• Network speed

• Storage read/write operations per second

• Compute capacity

• Cost per instance

Which of the following tools is used for tracing in AWS?

• CloudTrail

• CloudWatch

• X-Ray

• Lambda

Cloud bursting is best described as:

• Moving workloads to the public cloud temporarily to handle demand spikes

• Deleting unused instances

• Creating snapshots for backup

• Encrypting workloads before migration

Which of the following defines persistent data?

• Data stored temporarily in RAM

• Data retained even after shutdown

• Data automatically deleted after execution

• Data cached in memory

Which of the following is not a key metric for performance monitoring?

• Baselines

• Thresholds

• Incident alerts

• Color schemes