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WorksheetsCloud Computing Quiz Q1-Q40
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which will best help an engineer transfer data over the internet using programmatic access and query the data?
SQL
Web sockets
RPC
GraphQL
Which field enables computers to identify and understand objects and people in images and videos?
Image reconstruction
Facial recognition
Natural language processing
Computer vision
Best cloud service model to deploy code without provisioning infrastructure?
PaaS
SaaS
IaaS
XaaS
What should have been done to make stolen object storage data unusable?
Switch to file storage
Hash the data
Change permissions
Encrypt the data at rest
Best solution to prevent basic attacks on a vulnerable web application?
IPS
ACL
DLP
WAF
Difference between SAN and NAS?
SAN works only with fiber
SAN works with Ethernet
NAS uses faster protocol
NAS uses a slower protocol than a SAN
Best way to determine source of latency in third-party REST APIs?
Centralized logging
Network flow logs
API gateway tracking
Distributed tracing
Change to improve Docker container security?
Add USER nonroot
Change version to 3.11
Remove ENTRYPOINT
Own files as root
Concept to review history of template changes?
Drift detection
Repeatability
Documentation
Versioning
Most important public-sector cloud migration considerations?
Compliance
Regulatory
IaaS vs SaaS
Firewall capabilities
Timeline
Best compute resource to reduce OS overhead?
VM
Containers
Remote desktops
Bare metal
Likely cause of sudden slow homepage response for global users?
Cryptojacking
Human error
DDoS
Phishing
Best migration type for local VM cluster moving to external users?
Cloud → on-prem
Cloud → cloud
On-prem → cloud
On-prem → on-prem
What should be done instead of modifying a protected branch?
Add remote
Create a pull request
Merge branch
Rebase
Which container storage loses data after restart?
Object
Persistent volume
Ephemeral
Block
Why were only 100 of 1,000 servers created?
Instance quota limit
Run code multiple times
Wrong credentials
Load balancer order
Storing VM data for one year after ransomware = ?
Recoverability
Retention
Encryption
Integrity
Simple, fast deployment using two identical platforms?
Blue-green
Canary
Rolling
In-place
Most cost-effective tiered storage for compliance-only retention?
Warm
Hot
Archive
Cold
Best scaling approach that automates only when needed?
Horizontal scaling
Load-based scaling
Manual scaling
Scheduled scaling
Which cloud concept allows resources to be provisioned automatically based on demand?
High availability
Fault tolerance
Elasticity
Multitenancy
Which type of storage is best suited for unstructured data such as images and videos?
Block storage
File storage
Object storage
Ephemeral storage
Which security principle ensures users only have access required to perform their jobs?
Separation of duties
Defense in depth
Least privilege
Zero trust
What cloud deployment model is shared by multiple organizations with similar requirements?
Public
Private
Community
Hybrid
Which solution distributes traffic across multiple servers to improve availability?
Firewall
Proxy
Load balancer
IDS
Which metric best measures application responsiveness?
Throughput
Availability
Latency
Capacity
Which backup type captures only data changed since the last full backup?
Differential
Incremental
Snapshot
Replication
What feature allows virtual machines to move between hosts without downtime?
Autoscaling
Failover
Live migration
Load balancing
Which encryption method protects data during transmission?
AES
SHA-256
TLS
BitLocker
Which responsibility belongs to the customer in an IaaS model?
Physical security
Hypervisor updates
Guest OS patching
Data center cooling
Which cloud characteristic enables rapid provisioning via APIs?
Measured service
Broad network access
On-demand self-service
Resource pooling
Which solution ensures services remain operational when a region fails?
Scaling
Backup
Disaster recovery
Snapshotting
Which technology isolates applications using a shared OS kernel?
Virtual machines
Hypervisors
Containers
Emulators
What is the primary purpose of a CDN?
Encrypt data
Authenticate users
Reduce latency
Monitor traffic
Which IAM component defines permissions?
User
Group
Role
Key
Which concept prevents data loss during system failure?
Encryption
Archiving
Redundancy
Deduplication
Which log type tracks configuration changes to cloud resources?
Application logs
System logs
Audit logs
Network logs
Which storage option provides the highest IOPS?
Object storage
Cold storage
Block storage
Archive storage
Which architecture component decouples services?
Monolith
Hypervisor
Message queue
Load balancer
Which strategy minimizes downtime during application updates?
In-place deployment
Manual rollback
Rolling deployment
Single-instance update
