The _____________ cloud service model offers a balance between customization and user control, allowing developers to focus on designing at the application layer while the service handles the administration of the virtual architecture, including the network and operating system.

What is a key benefit of Virtualization?

What are some of the benefits that the public cloud provides when compared to on-premises data centers? (Choose 3 answers)

Public cloud vendors have a common definition of what aspects of security are the vendor's responsibility and what aspects of security are the end user's responsibility. This is referred to as the Shared Responsibility Model.

Under the Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following would be the end user's responsibility?

In what way is a private cloud model similar to a public cloud model?

Moving to the cloud will present many new issues for businesses to consider and anticipate as they migrate from an on-premises environment. Which of the following below is not an issue specific to cloud computing?

A ________ cloud deployment model is where a vendor makes available the use of shared infrastructure, including compute, storage and network resources, that can be provisioned on demand and typically accessed over the internet.

There are numerous questions a business should consider before it starts planning a migration to the cloud. Which of the following is not a fundamental business question to consider?

What benefit of cloud computing allows you to increase or decrease the power or quantity of resources at any time, without extensive installation or physical processes of provisioning?

You have been hired as an IT summer intern for a small, but quickly expanding, restaurant chain. The restaurant chain owner wants to expand her online presence by creating a website that will add more online features such as downloadable menus, real-time reservations, online ordering, web-based email, and a possible interactive chat during restaurant hours.

The website will have high access demands from the 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm peak hours, and slower access demands during off-peak hours. The owner does not have any IT experience, and does not want to become involved in the extra work of maintaining IT equipment.

What do you recommend she do?

Migration to the cloud presents numerous potential benefits, but it will not solve all of a business's challenges. Which of the following is not an immediate benefit provided by the cloud?

The ___________________ model requires no software installation and focuses on design simplicity and ease of use. It offers a minimal level of service customization.

Which of the following cloud computing concepts refers to increasing or decreasing compute resources based on demand? 

What is the most accurate definition of cloud computing?

The ___________________ cloud service model offers the greatest amount of user customization and control, but requires the greatest amount of user administration including the operating system, but not physical hardware.

You have deployed a small web app to your cloud service provider's server. You then deploy a second copy of the app into a second availability zone, and a third copy in a third availability zone.

What are you achieving with these steps?

Which service model allows you to configure and customize your environment from the hardware up?

What cloud resource type stores structured data used by cloud applications?

A business uses a combination of vendor-managed hardware, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and its own hardware on premises to host virtualized resources. This is an example of the ___________ cloud deployment model.