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Adding more servers when you are at capacity is an example of what....
Scaling Out
Scaling Down
Scaling Up
Availability
Which of these is a SaaS program....
Microsoft 365
Google Gmail
Dropbox
All of these
A feasibility test to determine your company's readiness to move to the cloud is called a....
Cloud Assessment
Service Level Agreement
Exit Strategy
Risk Assessment
The term for dynamically adding or subtracting cloud resources according to the demand is known as..
High Availability
Elasticity
Fault Tolerance
Disaster Recovery
The type of expense that includes land, buildings and IT equipment is know as...
Intellectual Property
OpEx
CapEx
Subscription
A network connection that hides your private data and IP address from hackers is know as
VLAN
VPN
Subnet
Port
The term for being able to access your cloud resources or data at any time is known as...
Reliability
Scalability
Elasticity
Availability
Cloud computing costs are considered...
Fixed
Unpredictable
CapEx
Expensive
What does CSP stand for?
Cloud Scalability Port
Cloud Service Provider
Computer Service Provider
Cloud Services Protocols
Which is an example of a CSP?
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
All of the Above
The term for storing your data in more than one location is known as...
Encryption
Redundancy
DevOps
Databack
This document specifies exact metrics a CSP agrees to make for certain services (ex. 99.99% server availability)
SOA
RPO
RPI
SLA
A cloud setting that says "When CPU usage reaches 80%, scale resources up 30%" is an example of...
Auto-scaling
Scalability
Elasticity
Scaling Down
What can have a negative effect on cloud computing and can be a single point of failure if your cloud resources do not operate?
Over capacity
IT infrastructure outdated
Bad Network Connection
Cannot access servers
The term for how long your cloud service is "up and running"
portability
uptime
implementation
gravity
Proving you are who you are is known as...
authorization
CAPCHA
authentication
identity
Permission to have access to secure data or other cloud-related services and resources, is known as...
authorization
authentication
federation
access management
The term for how you handle a possible risk is called
avoidance
acceptance
mitigation
evaluate
The ability to transfer data from one CPS to another in the event that a CSP goes out of business, is known as..
Transference
Data Portability
Elasticity
Geo-Redundancy
Provides encryption for web-based connections and security when making online purchases
HTTP
SSH
SMTP
HTTPS
Provides a secure means by which a remote Windows GUI can be accessed
RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
RDCMan (Remote Desktop Connection Manager)
Authentication
Compliance
A storage feature offered by CSPs that removes duplicate files
Data Integrity
Locality
Deduplication
Redundancy
Encodes data in a manner that consumes less storage capacity and less network bandwidth
Compression
Portability
Decryption
Scale-down
A security process that applies cryptographic technologies to a stream of network traffic
VPN
VPN Gateway
Encryption
Authentication
The ability to restore services in the event of an actual failure
Availability
Reliability
Disaster Recovery
RPO
The measure of downtime for a given service
High Availability
Latency
Compression
Bandwidth
A large building that is situated in a cloud region that hosts all the IT infrastructure for a CSP
Headquarters
Data Center
Cloud Zone
Availbility Zone
Application developers would utilize which service model to create their apps
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
DaaS
Software Defined Storage (SDN) automates the management of storage, provides ability to view available storage across all technologies and offers flexible management of storage capacity.
True
False
Specifies a quantity of time between the most recent backup and a disaster event. It is an understanding of how much data the business can acceptably lose
RPO
RTO
CDN
DevOps
Software Defined Network (SDN) removes the control plane and allows administrators to manage networking in a more dynamic and flexible manner
True
False
Provides a secure network connection between two endpoints
HTTPS
POP3
Port
SSH
Which service model would you use if you were replacing all your on-premises IT equipment with cloud services?
PaaS
IaaS
SaaS
XaaS
Which cloud model is exclusive to one business who typically has their own datacenter
Hybrid Cloud
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Community Cloud
Which cloud model allows businesses with similar needs to share resources?
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Multicloud
Community Cloud
Which cloud model is available to anyone with an internet connection?
Private Cloud
Hybrid Cloud
Public Cloud
Multicloud
Allows applications to communicate and transfer information to one another in the cloud
SLA
API
RPO
SDN
Standard payment model for cloud computing
Fixed
Subscription
Dynamic
CashApp
The costs for running a business
CapEx
OpEx
Fixed
Variable
The ability to label particular in a flexible and customized manner
Hashing
Tagging
Documentation
Labeling
Can help with the cloud migration process and help determine what services are needed and who to get them from
Managed Service Provider (MSP)
Cloud Service provider (CSP)
Cloud Expert Services (CES)
Cloud Migration Specialist (CMS)
a technology that allows us to create virtual resources such as servers, networks, storage, and more
Cloud Computing
Virtual Machine
Virtualization
Container
Known as "Lift and Shift", this migration strategy refers to an application that does not need modification and is cloud-ready
Retain
Rehost
Replatform
Refactor
This is virtualization at the OS level, which partitions a single OS to be used my multiple machines
Hypervisor
Container
Virtualization
None of these
a virtual "instance" of a computer hosted in the cloud is known as a
Hypervisor
Container
Virtual Machine
Server
The terms for testing or playing with an application in an isolated environment is
Pilot
Beta
Alpha
Sandboxing
A set of practices that combine the development process with operational support function used by system admins and developers
Protocols
DevOps
Configuration Management
SOA
An example of a natural threat
Data breach
Employee forgets to log off computer
Denial of Service
Hurricane
an authentication method that enables users to securely authenticate with multiple applications and websites by using just one set of login credentials
Federation
CAPCHA
SSO
Active Directory
The process of determine possible threats or barriers a company could possible encounter in the cloud, and how to mitigate them is called...
Cloud Assessment Process
Cloud Security Strategy
Risk Assessment Process
Security Threats Protocols
Standard Operating Procedures (SOA) are step-by-step instructions for specific tasks to have more consistency
True
False
The process of allocating and distributing the workload and traffic of computing resources in the cloud
Virtualization
Scalability
Reliability
Load Balancing
This type of hardware or software creates and runs VMs on a single host
Load Balancer
Hypervisor
Spot Instance
Sandbox
This study determines if your cloud resources are being used to their fullest potential
Cloud Assessment
Service Level Agreement
Cloud Performance Report
Gap Analysis
When migrating to the cloud, this phase is the complete deployment of a service that helps streamline the cloud migration process
Orchestration
Planning
Sandboxing
Cloud Operations
The name given to hosting immense amounts of data
Data Enormo
Big Data
Updata
Godzilla Data
Refers to the elimination of the human role in management tasks
Robotics
Automation
Gravity
Autoscaling
A small-scale project to test logistics, prove value of migration and reveal any weaknesses in deployment
Alpha
Pilot
Sandboxing
Regression Testing
A cloud migration strategy known as "Lift, Tinker and Shift", which requires some modifications before deploying to the cloud
Rehost
Retain
Replatform
Refactor
Allows a business to move data to where it can be utilized more effectively and helps to increase redundancy between availability zones.
Geo-Redundancy
High Availability
Replication
Redundancy
A phenomenon that basically means the more data there is, the harder it is to move
Gravity
Replication
Locality
Big Data
May be created to help simplify deployments for developers
Pilots
Dummy Apps
Templates
Orchestration
A mitigation strategy that is aware of the possible risk and is willing to deal with the loss of data and resources, should it occur.
Avoidance
Acceptance
Reduce
Transfer
Transferring a risk to another organization that specializes in it
Acceptance
Avoidance
Transferance
Reduce
This organization defines standards, specific vocabulary and new cloud service models
SOA
ISS
ISO
CSP
This is needed to access encrypted data
Credentials
VPN
Decryption Key
SSO
A benefit of cloud computing that allows functionality anywhere, anytime and on any device.
Broad Network Access
Portability
Reliability
Availability
Refers to anything as a service
IaaS
SaaS
PaaS
XaaS
Adhering to specific industry regulations, such as HIPAA, is known as...
Regulations
Compliance
Integrity
Protocol
This individual or company verifies that a company is in compliance, security measures and operational procedures are being followed
Cloud Broker
Independent Auditor
Policy Administrator
Compliance Officer
An environment that is a mix of cloud-based and on-premises resources
Public
Hybrid
Private
XaaS
