Question 1

Which of the following statements is TRUE of cloud-based hosting?

Accepted Answer

A)   It makes scaling up to meet the demands of increased traffic difficult.
B)   It involves the risk of investing in technology that may soon become obsolete.
C)   It gives greater control over physical location of data.
D)   It gives little visibility over the security being used to protect data.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Amazon Redshift offers ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   a relational database service
B)   NoSQL database service
C)   petabyte-scale data warehouse
D)   MySQL databaseE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

A company decides to run advertising during the NCAA Final Four tournament. They are not sure how traffic their website will get so they decide to lease what they think they need and can easily add more if necessary. This is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   resource elasticity
B)   pooled resources
C)   client-server architecture
D)   mainframe usageE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What is a private cloud? What are its limitations?

Accepted Answer

A private cloud is a cloud that is owned...

Question 5

Which of the following statements is TRUE of Web services?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are programs designed using the concept of service-oriented architecture.
B)   They are programs that comply with IEEE 802.3 protocol standard.
C)   They are programs that comply with Web service standards and can only run as an independent program.
D)   They are designed in such a way that they cannot be flexibly combined with other programs.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

A content delivery network (CDN) provides a specialized type of platform as a service (PaaS).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

A tunnel is a virtual, private pathway over a public or shared network from the virtual private network (VPN) client to the VPN server.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are the factors that have made cloud-based hosting advantageous?

Accepted Answer

Three factors have made cloud-based host...

Question 9

Software as a system is a fundamental cloud type.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Cloud security is 100% security proof.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A user can receive various pieces of a Web page from different servers on a content delivery network (CDN).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

How are communications secured from snooping in a virtual private network?

Accepted Answer

In order to secure virtual private netwo...

Question 13

Why is cloud hosting preferred to in-house hosting?

Accepted Answer

Cloud hosting allows the number of serve...

Question 14

Why is the term pooled used to describe the cloud?

Accepted Answer

Cloud resources are pooled because many ...

Question 15

Cloud-based hosting is preferred by organizations that are required by law to have physical control over their data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are used to store and deliver content that rarely changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is an advantage of a private cloud in an organization?

Accepted Answer

A)   It reduces the complexity involved in using other publicly available cloud services.
B)   It eliminates the need to use an additional secure network to access this cloud from outside the organization.
C)   It allows the organization to repurpose its idle servers for use to other organizations.
D)   It allows the organization to manage its servers with elastic load balancing.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

A remote system designed by Alpha Solutions uses cameras and motion-sensing equipment to issue tickets for traffic violations. This system is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   telediagnosis
B)   teleassessment
C)   telelaw enforcement
D)   teleinstructionE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Cloud computing is likely to lead to an increase in the number of technology-based startups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

An organization that hires cloud services ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   can accommodate an increase in traffic from only one city
B)   is allowed to change its computer hardware requirements only once in an hour
C)   can limit the response time of its Web pages
D)   is given access only to a single serverE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Exam 6: The Cloud

Content delivery networks (CDNs) are used to store and deliver content that rarely changes.

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What is a private cloud? What are its limitations?

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A content delivery network (CDN) provides a specialized type of platform as a service (PaaS).

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Cloud-based hosting is preferred by organizations that are required by law to have physical control over their data.

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Why is the term pooled used to describe the cloud?

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A tunnel is a virtual, private pathway over a public or shared network from the virtual private network (VPN) client to the VPN server.

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of cloud-based hosting?

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An organization that hires cloud services ________.

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A company decides to run advertising during the NCAA Final Four tournament. They are not sure how traffic their website will get so they decide to lease what they think they need and can easily add more if necessary. This is called ________.

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Amazon Redshift offers ________.

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Which of the following is an advantage of a private cloud in an organization?

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What are the factors that have made cloud-based hosting advantageous?

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Software as a system is a fundamental cloud type.

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A user can receive various pieces of a Web page from different servers on a content delivery network (CDN).

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Which of the following statements is TRUE of Web services?

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Cloud computing is likely to lead to an increase in the number of technology-based startups.

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Cloud security is 100% security proof.

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How are communications secured from snooping in a virtual private network?

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