WorksheetsCloud Infrastructure Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What forms the backbone of cloud infrastructure?
Servers
Web browsers
Databases
Which hardware component determines speed and efficiency?
Domain Name System servers (DNS)
Central Processing Unit (CPU), Random Access Memory (RAM), and storage drives
Cooling systems
Which storage system organizes and safeguards data?
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Network (SAN), Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD), Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
What ties hardware components together and connects users globally?
Orchestration
Virtualisation
Networking
Which protocol standardizes data transmission?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
What service translates domain names into IP addresses?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Quality of Service (QoS)
Domain Name System (DNS)
Which service assigns IP addresses automatically?
Domain Name System (DNS)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Quality of Service (QoS)
Which factor ensures responsiveness in networking?
Cooling systems
Hypervisors
Bandwidth and Quality of Service (QoS)
Which operating systems provide environments for applications?
Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Storage Area Network (SAN)
Linux and Windows
Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Which software stores and manages structured data?
Hypervisors
Routers
Databases such as MySQL
Which software allows user interaction with cloud services?
Cooling systems
Applications such as web browsers and Customer Relationship Management systems (CRM)
Quality of Service (QoS)
What secures access to cloud services?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Authentication with user credentials and Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA)
What enables multiple virtual machines to run on one server?
Routers
Databases
Hypervisors
What abstracts physical networking into flexible software‑defined networks?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Network Virtualisation
Which technology bridges hardware and software for scalability?
Virtualisation
Orchestration
Cooling
Which tools manage starting and stopping of server clusters?
Hypervisors
Routers
Orchestration tools
What balances workloads and ensures availability?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Orchestration
Which datacentre system ensures efficient energy distribution?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Power systems with hot and cold aisles
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
What maintains optimal operating temperatures?
Cooling systems
Hypervisors
Quality of Service (QoS)
Which infrastructure underpins all other cloud components?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Applications
Datacentre infrastructure
What provides the raw computational and storage capacity?
Hardware
Software
Orchestration
What connects resources and users?
Networking
Cooling systems
Hypervisors
What transforms hardware and networking into usable services?
Software
Orchestration
Quality of Service (QoS)
What automates and manages resources for reliability?
Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Orchestration
Quality of Service (QoS)
What ensures operational stability of cloud services?
Quality of Service (QoS)
Applications
Datacentre infrastructure
