WorksheetsIAT 2 CLOUD COMPUTING QUIZ
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 28mins
_________ as a Service is a cloud computing infrastructure that creates a development environment upon which applications may be build.
Infrastructure
Platform
Software
All the above
How many types of virtual private server instances are partitioned in an IaaS stack?
one
two
three
none
Which of the following is a classic example of an IaaS service model?
AWS
Azure
Cloudera
none
Which of the following cloud storage is mainly meant for developers and to support applications built using Web services?
Managed
Unmanaged
Disk
All the above
Point out the wrong statement.
The most basic service that online storage can serve is to provide disk space on demand
The user may be able to purchase additional space for paid service
S3 is an example of unmanaged cloud storage
None of the mentioned
The ____________ allows systems and services to be accessible by a group of organizations.
Private cloud
Public cloud
Community cloud
Hybrid cloud
Communication between services is done widely using _______ protocol.
REST
SOAP
SOA
NONE
Amazon Machine Images are virtual appliances that have been packaged to run on the gird of (a) hypervisor
What facet of cloud computing helps to guard against downtime and determines costs?
Service-level agreements
Application programming interfaces
Virtual private networks
Bandwidth fees
Amazon Web Services is which type of cloud computing distribution model?
Software as a Service
Platform as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service
A good cloud computing network can be adjusted to provide bandwidth on demand.
true
false
In order to participate in cloud-computing, you must be using the following OS _______ .
Windows
Mac OS
Linux
All of the above
Which of the following statements about Google App Engine (GAE) is INCORRECT.
Only Authentication
Automatic Scalability is built in with GAE. As a developer you don't need to worry about application scalability
You can decide on how many physical servers required for hosting your application.
none of the above
Which of the following is a structured data store that supports indexing and data queries to both EC2 and S3 ?
CloudWatch
Amazon SimpleDB
Amazon Cloudfront
All of the mentioned
Which of the following describes a message-passing taxonomy for a component-based architecture that provides services to clients upon demand?
SOA
SOAP
REST
NONE
Point out the wrong statement.
SOA provides the standards that transport the messages and makes the infrastructure to support it possible
SOA provides access to reusable Web services over an SMTP network
SOA offers access to ready-made, modular, highly optimized, and widely shareable components that can minimize developer and infrastructure costs
Which of the following is commonly used to describe the service interface, how to bind information, and the nature of the component’s service or endpoint?
WSDL
XML
HTML
SOAP
Which of the following element allows you to create and manage virtual machines that serve either in a Web role and a Worker role?
Compute
Applications
Storage
Which of the following instance has an hourly rate with no long-term commitment?
On-Demand Instance
Reserved Instances
Spot Instance
all theabove
Amazon ______ cloud-based storage system allows you to store data objects ranging in size from 1 byte up to 5GB.
S1
S2
S3
S4
Which of the following operation retrieves the newest version of the object?
PUT
GET
POST
RETURN
Which of the following can be done with S3 buckets through the SOAP and REST APIs?
Upload new objects to a bucket and download them
Create, edit, or delete existing buckets
Specify where a bucket should be stored
All of the mentioned
Which of the following statement is wrong about Amazon S3?
Amazon S3 is highly reliable
Amazon S3 provides large quantities of reliable storage that is highly protected
Amazon S3 is highly available
None of the above
Point out the correct statement.
To determine whether your application will port successfully, you should perform a functionality mapping exercise
Cloud computing supports some application features better than others
Cloud bursting is an overflow solution that clones the application to the cloud and directs traffic to the cloud during times of high traffic
none
The addition of a software package on top of a cloud storage volume makes most cloud storage offerings conform to a ________ as a Service model.
software
platform
infrastructure
applications
Which of the following storage devices exposes its storage to clients as Raw storage that can be partitioned to create volumes?
disks
blocks
files
all the above
Which of the following component is required for both online and local data access in hybrid application?
local
cloud
both a and b
only b
Which of the following storage option is available for managed storage?
formatting
partitioning
replicating data
all the above
Point out the wrong statement.
Everything from the application down to the infrastructure is the vendor’s responsibility
In the deployment model, different cloud types are an expression of the manner in which infrastructure is deployed
AaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, applications, services, development frameworks, transactions, and control structures
all the above
A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to support the staging and storage of data.
soft
compute
local
all the above
