CLOUD COMPUTING QUESTIONS

1. What is Cloud Computing?

a) Cloud Computing means providing services like storage, servers, database, networking, etc

b) Cloud Computing means storing data in a database

c) Cloud Computing is a tool used to create an application

d) None of the mentioned

2. Who is the father of cloud computing?

a) Sharon B. Codd b) Edgar Frank Codd c) J.C.R. Licklider d) Charles Bachman

3. Which of the following is not a type of cloud server?

a) Public Cloud Servers b) Private Cloud Servers c) Dedicated Cloud Servers d) Merged Cloud
Servers

4. Which of the following are the features of cloud computing?

a) Security b) Availability c) Large Network Access d) All of the mentioned

5. Which of the following is a type of cloud computing service?

a) Service-as-a-Software (SaaS) b) Software-and-a-Server (SaaS)

c) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) d) Software-as-a-Server (SaaS)

6. Which of the following is the application of cloud computing?

a) Adobe b) Paypal c) Google G Suite d) All of the above

7. Which of the following is an example of the cloud?

a) Amazon Web Services (AWS) b) Dropbox c) Cisco WebEx d) All of the above

8. Applications and services that run on a distributed network using virtualized resources is known as
___________

a) Parallel computing b) Soft computing c) Distributed computing d) Cloud computing

9. Which of the following is an example of a PaaS cloud service?

a) Heroku b) AWS Elastic Beanstalk c) Windows Azure d) All of the above

10. Which of the following is an example of an IaaS Cloud service?

a) DigitalOcean b) Linode c) Rackspace d) All of the above

11. Which of the following is the correct statement about cloud computing?

a) Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources

b) Cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet

c) The use of the word “cloud” makes reference to the two essential concepts

d) All of the mentioned

12. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run over the Internet

b) Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models

c) Amazon has built a worldwide network of datacenters to service its search engine

d) None of the mentioned

13. Which of the following model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four dimensional factors?

a) Cloud Cube

b) Cloud Square

c) Cloud Service

d) All of the mentioned

14. Which of the following is the correct statement about cloud types?

a) Cloud Square Model is meant to show is that the traditional notion of a network boundary being the
network’s firewall no longer applies in cloud computing

b) A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is located

c) Service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is located

d) All of the mentioned

15. Which architectural layer is used as a backend in cloud computing?

a) cloud b) soft c) client d) all of the mentioned

16. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their WAN connectivity.

a) noise b) propagation c) latency d) all of the mentioned

17. Which of the following architectural standards is working with cloud computing industry?

` Standardized Web services d) All of the mentioned

18. Which of the following is the correct statement?

a) Cloud computing presents new opportunities to users and developers

b) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is small aspect of cloud computing

c) Cloud computing does not have impact on software licensing

d) All of the mentioned

19. What is the correct formula to calculate the cost of a cloud computing deployment?

a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue + CostCLOUD))

b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue – CostCLOUD))

c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue – CostCLOUD))

d) None of the mentioned

20. Which of the following is the wrong statement about cloud computing?

a) Private cloud doesn’t employ the same level of virtualization

b) Data center operates under average loads

c) Private cloud doesn’t pooling of resources that a cloud computing provider can achieve

d) Abstraction enables the key benefit of cloud computing: shared, ubiquitous access

21. Identify the wrong statement about cloud computing.

a) Virtualization assigns a logical name for a physical resource and then provides a pointer to that physical
resource when a request is made

b) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing deployment object

c) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols

d) None of the mentioned

22. Identify the correct statement about cloud computing.

a) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess communications

b) Platforms are used to create more complex software

c) Cloud architecture can couple software running on virtualized hardware in multiple locations to provide
an on-demand service

d) All of the mentioned

23. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Cloud services span the gamut of computer applications

b) The impact of cloud computing on network communication is to discourage the use of open source
network protocols in place of proprietary protocol

c) Atom is a syndication format that allows for HTTP protocols to create and update informations

d) None of the mentioned

24. Which of the following is required by Cloud Computing?

a) That the identity be authenticated b) That the authentication be portable

c) That you establish an identity d) All of the mentioned

25. Cloud computing is a concept that involves pooling physical resources and offering them as which sort of
resource?

a) cloud b) real c) virtual d) none of the mentioned

26. Which of the following is the Cloud Platform provided by Amazon?

a) AWS b) Cloudera c) Azure d) All of the mentioned

27. Into which expenditures does Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures?

a) local b) operating c) service d) none of the mentioned

28. Point out the wrong statement.

a) With a pay-as-you-go, endlessly expandable, and universally available system, cloud computing realises
the long-held goal of utility computing

b) The widespread use of the Internet enables the huge size of cloud computing systems

c) Soft computing represents a significant change in the way computers are delivered

d) All of the mentioned

29. Which of the following is the most essential element in cloud computing by CSA?

a) Virtualization b) Multi-tenancy c) Identity and access management d) All of the mentioned

30. Which of the following monitors the performance of the major cloud-based services in real time in Cloud
Commons?

a) CloudWatch b) CloudSensor c) CloudMetrics d) All of the mentioned

31. Which of the following model consists of the service that you can access on a cloud computing platform?

a) Deployment b) Service c) Application d) None of the mentioned

32. Which of the following is the most important area of concern in cloud computing?

a) Scalability b) Storage c) Security d) All of the mentioned

33. Which of the following is the most refined and restrictive cloud service model?

a) PaaS b) IaaS c) SaaS d) CaaS

34. Which of the following is not a property of cloud computing?

a) virtualization b) composability c) scalability d) all of the mentioned

35. How many phases are there in Cloud Computing Planning?

a) 1 b) 5 c) 3 d) 6

36. Which of the following is an example of a SaaS cloud service?

a) Google Workspace b) Dropbox c) Salesforce d) All of the above

37. Which is the most essential concept related to Cloud computing?

a) Abstraction b) Reliability c) Productivity d) All of the mentioned

38. In which of the following service models the hardware is virtualized in the cloud?

a) NaaS b) PaaS c) CaaS d) IaaS

39. Which of the following is the Virtual machine conversion cloud?

a) Amazon CloudWatch b) AbiCloud c) BMC Cloud Computing Initiative d) None of the

mentioned

40. Which of the following is a workflow control and policy based automation service by CA?

a) CA Cloud Compose b) CA Cloud Insight c) CA Cloud Optimize d) CA Cloud Orchestrate

41. An application that provides for transaction overflow in a reservation system is an example of ____________

a) cloud bursting b) cloud provisioning c) cloud servicing d) all of the above

42. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a distributed network using virtualized
resources.

a) Distributed b) Cloud c) Soft d) Parallel

43. Point out the wrong statement.

a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the popularization of the Internet

b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems are deployed
 c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with a pay-as-you-go,
infinitely scalable, universally available system

d) All of the mentioned

44. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry itself.

a) Model b) Computing c) Software d) All of the mentioned

45. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud?

a) Reliability b) Productivity c) Abstraction d) All of the mentioned

46. Point out the wrong statement.

a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud

b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast

c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is evolutionary

d) None of the mentioned

47. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources?

a) Polymorphism b) Abstraction c) Virtualization d) None of the mentioned

48. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud computing.

a) Internet b) Softwares c) Web Service d) All of the mentioned

49. Which of the following can be identified as cloud?

a) Web Applications b) Intranet c) Hadoop d) All of the mentioned

50. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical resources and presenting them as a
________ resource.

a) real b) virtual c) cloud d) none of the mentioned

51. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?

a) Azure b) AWS c) Cloudera d) All of the mentioned

52. Which of the following is one of the properties that differentiates cloud computing?

a) scalability b) virtualization c) composability d) all of the mentioned

53. Point out the correct statement.

a) Cloud computing is a natural extension of many of the design principles, protocols, plumbing, and
systems

b) Platforms are used to create more easy software

 c) All SLAs are enforceable as contracts

d) All of the mentioned

54. A _________ is a cloud computing service that is both hardware and software.

a) service b) platform c) model d) all of the mentioned

55. Cloud computing doesn’t require that ________ and software be composable.

a) cloud b) database c) hardware d) all of the mentioned

56. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing deployment object

b) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols

c) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess communications

d) None of the mentioned

57. The most commonly used set of protocols uses ______ as the messaging format.

a) XML b) JSON c) BSON d) All of the mentioned

58. Which of the following language is used to manage transactions?

a) WSDL b) XML c) SOAP d) All of the mentioned

59. A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to support the staging and storage of data.

a) soft b) compute c) local d) none of the mentioned

60. A _______ system uses components to assemble services that can be tailored for a specific purpose using
standard parts.

a) reliable b) scalable c) composable d) none of the mentioned

ANSWERS
1. A 11. A 21. D 31. C 41. B 51. A
2. C 12. C 22. D 32. A 42. B 52. C
3. D 13. A 23. B 33. B 43. B 53. D
4. D 14. B 24. B 34. C 44. C 54. B
5. C 15. A 25. C 35. D 45. A 55. C
6. D 16. C 26. A 36. A 46. C 56. D
7. D 17. B 27. B 37. D 47. A 57. A
8. D 18. A 28. C 38. C 48. C 58. C
9. D 19. B 29. B 39. D 49. B 59. D
10. D 20. A 30. B 40. A 50. B 60. B