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WorksheetsCompTIA Cloud Essentials
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is a typical concern for business and IT leaders when adopting cloud
computing?
Current cost structure of IT
Quality of web-based user interfaces
Security of current IT solutions
Technical maintenance of current IT assets
Which of the following is MOST typically accessed through Web services?
IaaS
PaaS
SaaS
None of the above
A software development platform is in the process of being migrated from an in-house
framework to a cloud-based PaaS. Which of the following development aspects is likely to
be applicable in the PaaS environment?
PaaS providers do not allow customers with their own software development teams to write new applications on the cloud platform.
Cloud environments only support agile development. The software development team will need to change from their waterfall SDLC methodology before migrating.
Familiarization will be required with cloud provider-based APIs, web services, and development frameworks.
No expected change in software development process when migrating from in-house to PaaS.
Which of the following characteristics would allow a company to market its product to the
public by using cloud computing services?
Desktop virtualization throughout the company
Client-server application modules
Web-based application modules
Client-based training modules
Why does hardware and operating system maintenance take less effort with SaaS?
Maintenance becomes irrelevant
Cloud provider takes care of it
Hardware vendor takes care of it
Operating system vendor takes care of it
Which of the following is improved by choosing cloud computing versus traditional IT
infrastructure outsourcing?
Resource spending
Legal requirements
Employee morale
Controllable response time
Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) is a facility for quickly providing virtual servers.
This is an example of:
SaaS
IaaS
PaaS
QoS
Which of the following do business accountants prefer with respect to the cost of cloud
computing?
Budgets to be fixed
Costs that are related to number of users
Costs that are related to profits
Costs to be fixed
Which of the following types of organizations would NOT benefit from cloud computing due
to legal requirements?
Online library
Social media sites
Large marketing agencies
Medical facility
Privacy is the right of________ to selectively disclose information about _________ and
restrict the further use of that information by any party.
companies, others
companies, themselves
individuals, others
individuals, themselves
Which of the following is an essential step in the start-up process of a virtual server
Identify the location of the physical machine
Select identity providers
Select security credentials
Select the application set that will run on it
Which of the following is a relevant component of the cloud ecosystem?
Hypervisors
Image factory
Security procedures
Trained IT staff
Which of the following is an effect of cloud computing on application development?
SaaS allows for open-source application development.
SaaS delays the time to market for most applications.
SaaS inhibits vendor interoperability on application platforms.
SaaS allows for a shorter time to market for some applications.
In order for an organization to have a successful cloud implementation, which of the
following must be true?
The organization must perform and successfully complete a cloud readiness assessment.
The organization must have used virtualization technology in the past.
The organization must have an unlimited budget for allocation of cloud resources.
The organization must have an in-house IT department.
Cloud computing can BEST reduce costs for a business by:
Utilizing services as needed.
Increasing available data storage.
Utilizing local resources.
Increasing sales potential.
In cloud computing, the ability to scale resources on demand, benefits the business in
which of the following ways?
Allowing a third party to manage service delivery ensures lower staffing costs.
It is more cost effective to pay for what is needed rather than pay for peak demand upfront.
Fewer in-house servers lower the power consumption of the datacenter.
Shorter contracts and less capital expenses reduce expenditures to the IT budget.
Which represents the MOST important business continuity risk?
Incomplete Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Network connectivity interruption
Privacy laws
Providers going out of business
A financial services company plans to move its existing CRM system into the cloud. The
current system hosts 50 million customers. Which of the following steps should be done
FIRST for moving this application into the cloud?
Perform security testing of the application to ensure that there are no new security vulnerabilities being introduced.
Perform testing to confirm that all the customer data can be mapped/migrated during the allocated change window.
Communicate with customers that they will be moving to a new CRM system which will be hosted in the cloud.
Perform a physical site assessment on where the application is hosted to ensure adequate controls are in place.
Which of the following is an important new skill for an IT organization to develop in the
context of cloud computing?
Provisioning services
Incident management
Technology upgrade monitoring
Security and risk management
Which of the following BEST describes the properly of cloud computing that allows
changes in transaction volume without major changes to the system?
Scalability
Reliability
Integrity
Availability
How does cloud computing improve business flexibility?
Easier access by users outside of the organization
Faster deployment of applications
Rapidly growing and shrinking capacity
All of the above are correct
Which of the following technologies are related to Web services?
HTML, IDM, JSON
HTML, IDM, XML
HTML, JSON, XML
DM, JSON, XML
Which of the following would be a method to ensure ongoing benefits of a cloud agreement?
Confirm a continual assurance framework is in place to measure the cloud provider's performance in line with organizational objectives.
Have independent security testing performed against the cloud provider to ensure that the business's customer data is safe.
Ask the cloud provider to lower the cost before each contractual renewal so that the business is obtaining value for money.
Have independent stress and volume testing performed against the cloud provider to measure the availability SLA.
An organization subscribes to a public cloud. For which of the following does the subscriber NOT depend on the vendor?
Internet bandwidth and packet latency
Service Level Agreement
Data backups
Infrastructure availability
Which of the following is a reason why an IT manager understanding business costallocations would recommend implementing a cloud infrastructure? (Select TWO).
The cloud can be used to increase revenue.
The cloud can be used to help cut unnecessary spending on IT
The cloud can be used to increase system downtime.
The cloud can be used to reduce payroll costs of IT staff
The cloud can be used to increase customer base.
Which of the following is a reason for business users lo be interested in cloud computing?
Desire for vendor lock-in reduction
Desire for improved security
Desire for improved user experience
Desire for reducing compliance issues
Which of the following should be implemented to BEST roll out desktop images from a cloud network?
Automation and self service
Backup and recovery
Federation
Virtual servers
Which of the following cloud services would be used to rent hardware, computing and network space, and storage over the Internet?
SaaS
IaaS
PaaS
XaaS
Which of the following cloud computing risks is compliance related?
Access rights that are handled by a cloud provider
Capacity management that is handled by a cloud provider
Cross-charging policies that are handled by both clients
Provider reputation
How does using cloud computing help to enhance business value?
By using cloud computing, businesses are able to realize lower asset utilization for personnel.
By paying for actual usage, cloud computing allows businesses to convert fixed costs into variable costs.
By using cloud computing, businesses are able to lower server utilization
By paying for actual usage, cloud computing allows businesses to convert variable costs into fixed costs.
The business benefits of mobile computing are enhanced MOST by which of the following cloud service characteristics?
Hardware independence
Security
Distribution over the Internet
Time to market
A company is trying to understand the IT service management impacts of adopting cloud computing as the delivery vehicle for a new service. Which of the following lifecycle phases would be likely to see these impacts evaluated?
Strategy
Operation
Design
Transition
Which of the following is the business benefit of private PaaS?
Improve the reuse of internal databases in an organization.
Improve the speed of the internal development and deployment processes.
Reduce cost and reliance on internal technical skills.
Simplify interfaces for specific user groups.
A company decides to subscribe to a new CRM product that will help improve their business processes. Which of the following types of cloud computing would MOST likely be implemented?
PaaS
XaaS
IaaS
SaaS
Which of the following BEST describes the properly of cloud computing that enables services to be readily on hand?
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Scalability
Which of the following can be deployed by a cloud provider to reduce storage costs?
Journaling file systems
Two-factor authentication
Data de-duplication
Data encryption
How can cloud-related financial risks be managed?
Credit cards must be used for handling transactions
Eliminating legacy IT systems
Making sure that cloud assets are generating revenue
Renegotiating license agreements
Which of the following is included in a compliance audit?
Analyzing chargeback agreements
Analyzing cloud provider Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Analyzing identity management and access controls
Analyzing the provider release calendar
Why is standardization of data formats important?
It facilitates movement from one provider to another.
It helps encourage innovation.
It leads to a more mature stage of the cloud computing landscape
It leads to more efficient machine utilization.
An organization is replacing its core insurance platform. The solution is made up of internally hosted insurance systems and applications hosted in the cloud. Which of the following activities is part of service transition?
Ensure that as part of the change management process the events are sequenced to include the cloud provider and that they have resources available.
Ensure that monitoring controls are implemented by the cloud provider to ensures that the system is highly available and that performance can be measured.
Ensure that the SLA's for availability have been well documented and agreed to as part of the contract arrangement between the two companies.
Ensure that the capacity and storage is available to meet the current and future demands of the solution of the cloud provider's infrastructure.
