Multiple Choice Question of Cloud

Computing

MCQ's based on the Basics of Cloud Computing

1) What type of computing technology refers to services and applications that typically
run on a distributed network through virtualized resources?

a. Distributed Computing
b. Cloud Computing
c. Soft Computing
d. Parallel Computing

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Answer: B

Explanation: Cloud computing is a computing technique in which applications

are accessed by common internet protocols and networking standards.

2) Which one of the following options can be considered as the Cloud?

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

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Answer: A
Explanation: Whenever any intranet becomes large enough in size that a
diagram is not able to differentiate the individual physical system, so at that
stage intranet also becomes known as a cloud. Hadoop can be considered as a
cloud.

3) Cloud computing is a kind of abstraction which is based on the notion of combining

physical resources and represents them as _______resources to users.

a. Real
b. Cloud
c. Virtual
d. none of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud Computing is a kind of new model for providing resources

for applications such as staging applications, platform-independent user access
to services.

4) Which of the following has many features of that is now known as cloud computing?

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

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Answer: D
Explanation: Internet provides the abstraction, runs through the same set of
protocols and standards, and uses the same operating system and applications.

5) Which one of the following cloud concepts is related to sharing and pooling the
resources?

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

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Answer: B

Explanation: The application runs on physical systems that are not specified in
real. The information stored in the locations that are also not specified or
unknown, administration of the systems are outsourced to others and can be
accessed by the user.

6) Which one of the following statements is not true?

a. The popularization of the Internet actually enabled most cloud computing

systems.
b. Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility as a payment
possible for you, with an infinitely scalable, universally available system,
pay what you use.
c. Soft computing addresses a real paradigm in the way in which the system
is deployed.
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud computing is distinguished by the notion that resources are

virtual and infinite and describe the physical systems on which software runs in
the abstracted manner from the user.

7) Which one of the following can be considered as a utility is a dream that dates from
the beginning of the computing industry itself?

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

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Answer: A

Explanation: Cloud computing takes the technology, services, and applications

that are similar to those on the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility.

8) Which of the following is an essential concept related to Cloud?

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

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Answer: B
Explanation: Cloud computing hides all the detail of system implementation
from users and developers.

9) Which one of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?

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

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Answer: B

Explanation: Amazon web service is one of the most successful cloud-based

businesses, which offers infrastructure as a service and lets you rent virtual
computers on its own infrastructure.

10) Which of the following statement is not true?

a. Through cloud computing, one can begin with very small and become big
in a rapid manner.
b. All applications benefit from deployment in the Cloud.
c. Cloud computing is revolutionary, even though the technology it is built
on is evolutionary.
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: A variety of issues, such as issues with latency, security, and

regulatory compliance, all are subject to concern. AWS is one of the most
successful cloud-based businesses, which is a type of infrastructure as a service
and lets you rent virtual computers on its own infrastructure.

Questions and Answers based on the "Planning"

1) In the Planning Phase, Which of the following is the correct step for performing the
analysis?

a. Cloud Computing Value Proposition

b. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
c. Both A and B
d. Business Architecture Development

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Answer: C

Explanation: In the planning phase, we actually analyze the strategy related

problems which customers might face. There are usually two steps to perform
the analysis: Cloud Computing Planning and Cloud Computing Value
Proposition.

12) In which one of the following, a strategy record or Document is created

respectively to the events, conditions a user may face while applying cloud computing
mode.

a. Cloud Computing Value Proposition

b. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
c. Planning Phase
d. Business Architecture Development

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Answer: B

Explanation: Cloud Computing Strategy Planning: The establishment of the

strategy is based on the above step's analysis result. In this phase, a strategy
document is prepared according to the conditions faced by the customer while
implementing the cloud computing mode

3) What is Business Architecture Development?

a. We recognize the risks that might be caused by cloud computing

application from a business perspective.
b. We identify the applications that support the business processes and the
technologies required to support enterprise applications and data
systems.
c. We formulate all kinds of plans that are required to transform the current
business to cloud computing modes.
d. None of the above

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Answer: A

Explanation: Business Architecture Development: In this phase, we identify the

risks that can be caused by a cloud computing application from a business point
of view.

4) Which one of the following refers to the non-functional requirements like disaster
recovery, security, reliability, etc.

a. Service Development
b. Quality of service
c. Plan Development
 d. Technical Service

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Answer: B

Explanation: Quality of service refers to the non-functional requirements such

as reliability, security, disaster recovery, etc.

5) Which one of the following is a phase of the Deployment process?

a. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider

b. IT Architecture Development
c. Business Architecture Development
d. Transformation Plan Development

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Answer: D

Explanation: Deployment phase: This phase focuses on both steps. It consists

of the following two steps: Selecting a cloud computing provider, maintenance
and technical service.

6) This phase involves selecting a cloud provider based on the Service Level
Agreement (SLA), which defines the level of service the provider receives.

a. Maintenance and Technical Service

b. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

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Answer: B

Explanation: This phase involves selecting a cloud provider based on the

Service Level Agreement (SLA), that defines the level of service the provider
receives.

7) In which one of the following phases, IT Architecture Development came?

a. Strategy Phase
b. Planning Phase
c. Deployment Phase
d. Development Phase

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Answer: B

Explanation: IT Architecture Development steps in Planning Phase

8) Which of the model involves the special types of services that users can access on
a Cloud Computing platform?

a. Service
b. Planning
c. Deployment
d. Application

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Answer: A

Explanation: The service model contains the specials types of services that
users can access on a cloud computing platform.
9) Which one of the following is related to the services provided by Cloud?

a. Sourcing
b. Ownership
c. Reliability
d. PaaS

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Answer: A

Explanation: Insourced or Outsourced means whether the service is provided

by the customer or the service provider.

10) How many phases are present in Cloud Computing Planning?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

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Answer: B

Explanation: In Cloud Computing Planning, there are usually three phases that
are Strategy Phase, Planning Phase, and Deployment Phase.
 This set of the following Multiple Choice
Questions (MCQ's) focuses on the Cloud
Computing Architecture.
1) Cloud computing architecture is a combination of?

a. service-oriented architecture and grid computing

b. Utility computing and event-driven architecture.
c. Service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.
d. Virtualization and event-driven architecture.

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Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud computing architecture is a combination of service-

oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.

2) In how many parts we can broadly divide the architecture of the Cloud?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 5

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Answer: C

Explanation: The architecture of the Cloud can broadly be divided into two
main parts that are Back-end and Front-end.
3) Which one of the following refers to the user's part of the Cloud Computing system?

a. back End
b. Management
c. Infrastructure
d. Front End

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Answer: D

Explanation: It is the front-end that refers to the user's part of the cloud
computing system. It includes many applications and interfaces that are
required to access or use the cloud computing platform.

4) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Front-end?

a. Web Browser
b. Google Compute Engine
c. Cisco Metapod
d. Amazon Web Services

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Answer: A

Explanation: From the following given options, we can consider the Web-
browser as the perfect example of the Front-end.

25) By whom is the backend commonly used?

a. Client
b. User
 c. Stockholders
d. service provider

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Answer: D

Explanation: It is commonly used by the service provider in order to manage

all resources required to provide the Cloud Computing Services.

6) Through which, the backend and front-end are connected with each other?

a. Browser
b. Database
c. Network
d. Both A and B

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Answer: C

Explanation: Typically using an internet connection, both the front and back
end are connected to the others through a network.

7) How many types of services are there those are offered by the Cloud Computing to
the users?

a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 5

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Answer: C

Explanation: Usually, Cloud Computing offers three types of services to the

users that are Platform as a service (or PaaS), Application as a service (or AssS),
and Software as a service (or SaaS).

8) The Foce.com and windows Azure are examples of which of the following?

a. IaaS
b. PaaS
c. SaaS
d. Both A and B

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Answer: B

Explanation: Both Force.com and Windows Azure are examples of the Platform
as a service

9) Which of the following is one of the backend's built-in components of cloud

computing?

a. Security
b. Application
c. Storage
d. Service

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Answer: A
Explanation: Security is one of the back-end's built-in components of cloud
computing.

10) Which of the following provides the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interaction
with the cloud?

a. Client
b. Client Infrastructure
c. Application
d. Server

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Answer: B

Explanation: The Client Infrastructure is one of the front-end components that

provide the way of communication in the form of a Graphic User Interface to
communicate with the Cloud.

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) Based on the

"Technologies" used in the Cloud Computing.
1) Which one of the following a technology works behind the cloud computing
platform?

a. Virtualization
b. SOA
c. Grid Computing
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: Several technologies work behind the Cloud Computing

platforms, which provide features like Flexibility, reliability, and usability to cloud
computing.

2) Which one of the following is a kind of technique that allows sharing the single
physical instance of an application or the resources among multiple
organizations/customers?

a. Virtualization
b. Service-Oriented Architecture
c. Grid Computing
d. Utility Computing

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Answer: A

Explanation: Virtualization is a kind of technique that allows us to share the

single physical instance of a resource or application between several
organizations/users.

3) Which one of the following statement is true about the Virtualization?

a. It provides a logical name for a physical resource, and on-demand

provides an indicator of that physical resource.
b. In Virtualization, we analyze the strategy related problems that customers
may face.
c. In Virtualization, it is necessary to compile the Multitenant properly.
d. All of the above
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Answer: A

Explanation: It provides a logical name to the physical resource when the

demand is correct regarding virtualization and provides an indicator of that
physical resource.

4) In Virtualization, which architecture provides the virtual isolation between the

several tenants?

a. IT Architecture
b. Multitenant
c. Deployment
d. Business Architecture

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Answer: B

Explanation: The Multitenant architecture provides us the virtual isolation in

between several tenants. Hence the organization can easily use and also modify
their application as they each have their instances running.

5) On which one of the following utility computing is based?

a. Grid Computing Model

b. SOA Model
c. virtual isolation Model
d. Pay-per-Use model

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Answer: D

Explanation: Utility computing is based on the pay-what-you use model.

6) Which one of the following statement is true about the Service-Oriented

Architecture?

a. It is possible to exchange data between applications from different

vendors without using additional programming.
b. It provides computational resources on-demand as a metered service.
c. Service-Oriented Architecture allows using the application as a service for
other applications.
d. Both A and C

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Answer: D

Explanation: The service-oriented architecture helps to be used as a service for

other applications regardless of vendor, product, or technology type. Therefore,
it is possible to exchange data between different vendors' applications without
changes in additional programming or services.

7) In Grid Computing, which types of computer resources are there?

a. heterogeneous dispersed.
b. geographically dispersed.
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

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Answer: C
Explanation: In grid computing, heterogeneous types of resources are used
that are geographically dispersed.

8) Managed IT services are based on the concept of which one of the following?

a. Virtualization
b. Utility Computing
c. Grid Computing
d. SOA

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Answer: B

Explanation: In Cloud Computing, managed IT services and grid computing are

based on the concept of Utility Computing.

9) Which one of the following refers to the Distributed Computing, in which several
sets of computers distributed on multiple geographical locations and are connected
with each other to achieve a common goal?

a. Virtualization
b. SOA
c. Grid Computing
d. Utility Computing

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Answer: C

Explanation: Grid Computing refers to the Distributed Computing, in which

several sets of computers distributed on multiple geographically dispersed, and
are connected with each other to achieve a common goal.
10) Which one of the following statement is true about Grid Computing?

a. Pieces combine small tasks into complex tasks

b. The subscription tier plays an important role in grid computing.
c. Breaks complex tasks into small operations
d. Both A and C

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Answer: C

Explanation: Grid computing breaks down complex tasks into smaller pieces,
which are distributed to the CPU residing within the grid.

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) based on the

"Hypervisors" used in the Cloud Computing.
1) Which one of the following given programs provides the isolation (abstraction) and
partitioning?

a. System hypervisor
b. Software hypervisor
c. Hardware hypervisor
d. Virtualization hypervisor

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Answer: D

Explanation: The virtualization hypervisor program provides the isolation

(abstraction) and partitioning
2) On which one of the following hypervisor runs directly on the underlying host
system, it is also known as________?

a. Bare metal hypervisor

b. Hosted Hypervisor
c. Native Hypervisor
d. Both A and C

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Answer: D

Explanation: The Hypervisor runs directly on the underlying host system, and
sometimes it is also known as "Native Hypervisor" or "Bare metal hypervisor."

3) Which of the following behaves like the monitor's entry point and reroutes the
instructions of the virtual machine?

a. Dispatcher
b. Allocator
c. Interpreter
d. Both A and B

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Answer: A

Explanation: The Dispatcher acts as the monitor's entry point and reruns the
instructions (statements) of the virtual machine instance to one of the other two
modules.

4) Which one of the following is also known as a Hypervisor?

a. VMA
b. VMM
c. VMS
d. VMR

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Answer: B

Explanation: A Virtual Machine Monitor (or VMM) is sometimes also known as

the Hypervisor.

5) How many kinds of Hypervisor are there?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 5

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Answer: C

Explanation: There are only two kinds of Hypervisors that are Type1-Hypervisor
and Type2-Hypervisor.

6) Which one of the following is not an example of the Type1-Hypervisor?

a. VMware ESXi
b. Citrix XenServer
c. Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor
d. VMware Player
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Answer: D

Explanation: VMware Player is one of the examples of Typ2-Hypervisor not of

the Type1-Hypervisor

7) How many main modules are needed to coordinate in order to emulate the
underlying hardware?

a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5

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Answer: A

Explanation: In order to emulate the underlying hardware, there are three main
modules needed to coordinate, which are as follows:

o Interpreter
o Allocator
o Dispatcher

8) Which one of the following is used to call the allocator?

a. INTERPRETER
b. TYPE-2 Hypervisor
c. Both A and B
d. DISPATCHER
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Answer: D

Explanation: Each time when the virtual machine wants to execute an operation
or instruction, it will result in allowing in changing the machine's resources
associated with the virtual machine. Hence the allocator is called by the
Dispatcher.

9) The Parallels Desktop can be considered as the example of which of the following?

a. TYPE-2 Hypervisor
b. DISPATCHER
c. TYPE-1 Hypervisor
d. INTERPRETER

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Answer: A

Explanation: Parallels Desktop or VMware Player is one of the examples of the

Type2-Hypervisor. Almost all the hosted hypervisors are usually found on
endpoints such as PCs.

10) Which one of the following statements is not true?

a. Whenever a command begins a process, immediately the process virtual

machine gets instantiated.
b. Usually, the guest operating systems are mores faster in full virtualization
as compared to other virtualization schemes.
c. It is necessary for the full virtualization that the host OS (Operating System
) offers a Virtual Machine Interface for the guest operating system by
 which the guest operating system can access the hardware through the
host VM.
d. All of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: The statement give in the option c is not true at all.

11) Which of the following statements is not true?

a. Load balancing virtualizes systems and resources by mapping a logical

address to a physical address
b. Multiple instances of various Google applications are running on different
hosts
c. Google uses hardware virtualization
d. All of the above

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Answer: A

Explanation: Google performs the load balancing for distributing the

processing load in order to achieve high utilization rates.

12) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Type2 Virtual
Machine monitors?

a. KVM
b. Microsoft Hyper V
c. Parallels Desktop
 d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: KVM, Microsoft Hyper V, and Parallels Desktop for Mac are
examples of the Type2 Virtual Machine Monitors.

13) Which one of the following is a type of software that supports the virtual machine?

a. Kernel
b. Hypervisor
c. VMM
d. Both B and C

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Answer: D

Explanation: The VMM and kernel both are a kind of software that supports
the Virtual Machine.

14) Which one of the following runs on Xen Hypervisor?

a. Azure
b. AWS EC2
c. C AWS EC3
d. All of the above

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Answer: B
Explanation: AWS EC2 runs on Xen Hypervisor

15) Which one of the following is the type of a service that manages and creates virtual
network interfaces?

a. VMware vStorage
b. Application services
c. VMware vCompute
d. VMware vNetwork

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Answer: D

Explanation: VMware vNetwork is a kind of service that manages and creates

virtual network interfaces.

16) In which one of the following, the virtual machine simulates hardware, through
which it can be independent of the underlying system hardware?

a. Para-virtualization
b. Full virtualization
c. Emulation
d. None of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: In emulation, the virtual machine simulates hardware, through

that it can be independent of the underlying system hardware
17) Which one of the following will be the host operating system for Windows Server?

a. VirtualLogix VLX
b. Microsoft Hyper-V
c. Xen
d. All of the above

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Answer: B

Explanation: Type 2 virtual machines are installed over a host operating

system.

18) In Which Type of VM, full virtualization can be possible?

a. Type4
b. Type2
c. Type3
d. Type1

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Answer: D

Explanation: In Type1, the full virtualization can be possible because it provides

a complete simulation of the hardware on which it is currently running.

19) Which one of the following can be considered as another name of Virtual Machine?

a. Software virtual machine

b. Real machine
 c. process virtual machine
d. Virtualization hypervisor

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Answer: C

Explanation: Some kinds of Virtual Machines are specially designed so that

they can able to run only a single process or application. Hence, these kinds of
virtual machines are referred as the process Virtual Machines.

MCQ's based on the SaaS

1) Which of the following is the correct full form of SaaS?

a. Storage-as-a-Service
b. Server-as-a-Software
c. Software-as-a-Service
d. None of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: The term "SaaS" stands for the "Software as a Service," a type of
model that allows to offer Software application as a service for the customers.
For Example: MailChimp, Google Apps, Dropbox, Salesforce, etc

2) Through which one of the following models, SaaS supports multiple users and offers
a shared data model?

a. single-tenancy
b. multiple-instance
 c. multi-tenancy
d. None of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: There is also an alternate of the Software virtualization of the

single individual instances that exist, although it is not that common.

3) Which of the following is the SaaS's Characteristics?

a. Usually, the license is subscription-based or usage-based and is billed on

a recurring basis.
b. The software and the service are observed and maintained usually by the
vendor.
c. Software mostly available over the internet across the world and can be
provided according to the demand through the browser.
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: Sometimes it may be the client-side executable code. Still, it is not

the end-user's responsibility to maintain that code and maintain its interaction
with the services at all.

4) Which of the following is a characteristic of the SaaS applications?

a. SaaS applications are reliable

b. SaaS applications are not customizable
 c. SaaS applications are customizable
d. Non-reliable

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Answer: C

Explanation: SaaS offers Application Programming Interface (API) to the users,

which allows the users/developers to develop a customized application.

5) Which types of issues are associated with the SaaS?

a. Modest software tools

b. Multitenant solutions
c. Centralized management and data
d. Network dependence

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Answer: D

Explanation: There are many issues associated with the SaaS (Software as a
Service), such as Lack of portability between SaaS clouds, Web-browser related
issues, and Network dependence.

6) Which one of the following statements can be considered as the true characteristics
of software as a Service (SaaS) model?

a. Software applications are generally maintained by the service provider (or

vendor)
b. SaaS provides the best cost-effective applications because they do not
need any maintenance at the customer side.
 c. They can easily scale up or scale down according to the conditions.
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: All the statements provided in the above question are the
characteristics of the SaaS or Software as a Service model.

7) Which one of the following is not the correct statement?

a. SaaS may be also be described as software deployed on a hosted service.

b. The platform can be based on the types of software development
languages, frameworks, and several other constructs.
c. SaaS is the cloud-based equivalent of shrink-wrapped software
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: SaaS can be accessed globally through the internet, usually in a

browser.

8) Which one of the following can be considered as the most complete cloud
computing service model?

a. PaaS
b. IaaS
c. CaaS
d. SaaS
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Answer: D

Explanation: The most complete cloud computing service model must contain
the computing hardware and software, as well as the solution itself. Hence the
SaaS model has all these features.

9) In SaaS, the used open-source software are also known as_____

a. Closed
b. Free
c. Open
d. all of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: In general, a huge part of the SaaS Software's is based on the

open-sourced software.

10) Which one of the following statements is not true about SaaS?

a. SaaS applications are offered in all shapes and sizes.

b. All users with a little knowledge or know how to operate a computer also
know about the SaaS.
c. SaaS software is not customizable.
d. None of the above

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Answer: D
Explanation: Every computer user is well familiar with SaaS, which is an
alternate for the locally installed software.

MCQ's based on the Paas (Platform as a service)

1) Which type of PaaS does not contains any type of license or technical dependencies
on specific SaaS applications?

a. Add-on development facilities

b. Application delivery-only environments
c. Open Platform as a service
d. Stand-alone development environments

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Answer: D

Explanation: The PaaS is a type of stand-alone, works as the independent entity

for the unique function. It also does not require technical dependencies and
licensing on any special SaaS (Software as a service) applications.

2) Which one of the following is associated heavily with vendor lock-in?

a. DaaS
b. SaaS
c. IaaS
d. PaaS

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Answer: D
Explanation: The main problem with the "Platform as a service" (or PaaS) is that
it normally tie the developer and the customer in such a solution, in which both
the developer and customers have to depend on the platform vendor.

3) Which one of the following is a type of PaaS that usually allows customizing the
existing SaaS platform?

a. Stand-alone development environments

b. Add-on development facilities
c. Open Platform as a service
d. Application delivery-only environments

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Answer: B

Explanation: Add-on development facilities are a type of Paas that allows us to

customize the existing SaaS platform.

4) Which one of the following of PaaS type that involves on-demand scaling and
application security?

a. Stand-alone development environments

b. Open Platform as a service
c. Application delivery-only environments
d. Add-on development facilities

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Answer: C

Explanation: The application delivery-only environment contains features like

application security and on-demand scaling.
5) How many types of PaaS are there?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 2
d. 5

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Answer: A

Explanation: On the basis of function, there are four types of PaaS.

6) Which one of the following can be considered as the benefit of PaaS?

a. Lower administrative overhead

b. Lower total cost of ownership
c. More current system software
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: Lower administrative overhead, the lower total cost of ownership

and more current network all are the benefits of the PaaS (Platform as a service).

7) In AWS, which of the following is the AWS Management Console?

a. CAS
b. CDSS
 c. CCS
d. CDA

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Answer: C

Explanation: CSS is the AWS Management Console in the AWS.

8) Which of the following can be considered PaaS offering?

a. Youtube
b. Google Earth
c. Google Adsense
d. Google Maps

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Answer: D

Explanation: In most cases, vendors of PaaS solutions are the developer who
provides a complete solution to the customer.

9) Which one of the following is not the correct statement?

a. The customer assumes no responsibility for maintaining the hardware,

software or the development of applications.
b. Google's App Engine platform is one of the IaaS offerings.
c. The vendor is usually responsible for all operational aspects of the
services.
d. All of the above
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Answer: B

Explanation: The customer is generally responsible only for his interaction with
the Platform.

10) Which one of the following statements is correct about the PaaS?

a. The platform as a service (or PaaS) systems usually support standards like
JavaScript, HTML, and several other rich media technologies.
b. Platform as a service provides the runtime environment for the
applications.
c. The platform as a service is a completely integrated development
environment.
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: All statements mentioned in the above questions are true about
the PaaS, so that the correct option will be the D.

MCQ's based on the IaaS

1) The terms "Iaas" stand for?

a. IT-as-a-Service
b. Infrastructure-as-a-Service
c. Internet-as-a-Service
d. Interoperability-as-a-Service
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Answer: B

Explanation: The full form of the term IaaS is "Infrastructure as a Service."

2) The resources like IP addresses and VLANs are provided to the end-users by which
of the following?

a. Server virtualization.
b. Client virtualization.
c. End-user virtualization.
d. IaaS

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Answer: A

Explanation: Resources such as the IP addresses and VLANs are offered to the
end-users through the server virtualization.

3) Which one of the following is a kind of open standard protocol?

a. SOAP
b. WSDL
c. DHML
d. SIMPLE

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Answer: D

Explanation: The term "SIMPLE" is a type of open standard protocol.

4) In the virtual appliance, the content can be _____.

a. structured
b. unstructured
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: In a virtual appliance, the content can be either structured or

unstructured.

5) How many kinds of virtual private server instances are there partitioned in the IaaS
stack?

a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5

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Answer: A

Explanation: There are only three types of workloads that need three different
sizes of computers, such as large, medium, and small.

6) Which of the following forms the basis for almost all web services stacks?

a. WSDL
 b. SOAP
c. UDDI
d. VMCC. SOA

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Answer: B

Explanation: The term "SOAP" stands for the Simple Object Access Protocol,
and it forms the basis for most Web Service Stacks.

7) Which of the following is the most commonly used model for description and
discovery and is also used with SOAP messaging?

a. DHML
b. VMC
c. WSDL
d. SOA

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Answer: C

Explanation: Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is the model that is

usually used for description and discovery, and it is also used with SOAP
messaging.

8) The Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provides a type of isolated environment to each

customer individually by using_____.

a. renting
b. virtual machine sprawl
 c. security vulnerabilities
d. hypervisor

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Answer: D

Explanation: The Infrastructure as a service (or IaaS) provides a type of isolated

environment to each customer individually through the hypervisors.

9) IaaS usually shares issues with the ______.

a. PaaS
b. SaaS
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above

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Answer: C

Explanation: It usually shares issues with both PaaS (Platform as a service) and
SaaS (Software as a service)

10) Which of the following is an advantage of IaaS (Infrastructure as service)?

a. Efficient and flexible renting of computer hardware.

b. Portability, interoperability with legacy applications.
c. Complete control of the computing resources through administrative
access to VMs.
d. All of the above

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Answer: D

Explanation: All statements mentioned in the above questions are the

advantages of the IaaS (Infrastructure as a service)

MCQ Based on the DIaaS

1) Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

a. The Distributed Audit Service offers accountability for users accessing a

system.
b. The CardSpace and OpenID specifications support the authentication
type of data object.
c. Distributed transaction systems like as Cloud Computing Systems,
Internetworks and several others usually increases the obstacles faced by
identity management systems.
d. All of the above

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2) Which one of the following frameworks uses i-Card metaphor?

a. Higgins
b. Hughes
c. Hinges
d. XACML

Show Answer .

3) Which of the following is a type of XML request or response language commonly

used to integrate and interrupt services that handle requests?
a. XACML
b. FIDM
c. SSP
d. SPML

Show Answer .

4) In order to provide more secure authentication, which of the following is required

at least?

a. three-factor authentication.
b. two -factor authentication.
c. four-factor authentication.
d. None of the above

Show Answer .

5) Which one of the following groups is usually dedicated to supporting technologies

that implement enterprise mashups?

a. Open Mashup Alliance

b. Open Alliance Apache
c. Open Tech Alliance
d. None of the above

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6) Which one of the following statements is correct about the FIDM?

a. SAML have access control

 b. It typically uses the Security Markup Language (SAML) for packaging the
user's security credentials.
c. It describes the protocols and technologies.
d. All of the above

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7) Which of the following allows the users to login into a several different websites
with the same single account ?

a. OpenID
b. FIDM
c. SSO
d. Identity

Show Answer .

8) Which one of the following statements is true about the SSO?

a. It has multiple authentication servers

b. It manages single accesses to other systems
c. In SSO, User sends the ticket to intranet server.
d. All of the above

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9) Among the following, which one has the single authentication server and manages
multiple accesses to the other systems?

a. SOAP
b. IDaaS
 c. SSO
d. SOA

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10) The term "IDaaS" stands for?

a. ID-as-a-Service
b. Interoperability-as-a-Service
c. Intranet-as-a-service
d. Identity-as-a-Service

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Multiple-choice Questions Based on the Cloud

Type-1.
1) Which of the following can be referred to the location and management of the
cloud's infrastructure?

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

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Answer: B

Explanation: The deployment model tells us where the cloud is located.

2) _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can access on a
cloud computing platform.

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

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Answer: A

Explanation: Service models describe the type of service that the service
provider is offering.

3) Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a. The use of the word "cloud" makes reference to the two essential
concepts.
b. Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources
c. Cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet.
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: Abstraction and virtualization are the two essential concepts.

4) Which of the following is the deployment model?

a. Public
b. Private
 c. Hybrid
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: D

Explanation: Public, private, community and hybrid clouds are the deployment
models.

5) Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a. Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models.

b. Amazon has built a worldwide network of data centers to service its
search engine.
c. Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run over the Internet.
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: Google has built mega data centers for its search engine. Hence
it not true that Amazon has built a worldwide network of data centers to services
its search engine.

6) Which one of the following is considered the best-known service model?

a. SaaS
b. IaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned
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Answer: D

Explanation: The best-known service models are Software as a Service,

Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service?the SPI model.

7) The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization to pool
resources.

a. NEFT
b. NIST
c. NIT
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: NIST stands for the National Institute of Standards and

Technology.

8) Which one of the following dimensions is related to the organization's boundaries?

a. The physical location of data

b. Ownership
c. Security boundary
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A
Explanation: Internal (I) / External (E) determines the organization's boundaries
so that the correct option will be A.

9) How many types of dimensions exist in the Cloud Cube Model?

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four

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Answer: D

Explanation: There are four types of dimensions in Cloud Cube Model.

10) _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four-dimensional

factors.

a. Cloud Square
b. Cloud Service
c. Cloud Cube
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: The Cloud Cube model is mainly used for secure collaboration.
 Multiple-choice Questions Based on the Cloud
Type-2.
1) A hybrid cloud combines multiple clouds where those clouds retain their unique
identities but are bound together as a unit.

a. Public
b. Private
c. Community
d. Hybrid

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Answer: D

Explanation: A hybrid cloud can offer standardized or proprietary access to

data and applications, as well as application portability.

2) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

a. A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of
how the cloud is located.
b. The service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how
the cloud is located.
c. Cloud Square Model is meant to show us that the traditional notion of a
network boundary being the network's firewall no longer applies in cloud
computing.
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A
Explanation: Four types of deployment models exist.

3) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

a. Public Cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a

third party.
b. A community cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s)
or by a third party.
c. Private clouds may be either on- or off-premises
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: The public cloud infrastructure is available for public use,

alternatively for a large industry group.

4) How many types of security threshold values are actually present in the cloud cube
model?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: There are only two types of depending upon the network firewall.
5) Which of the following is offered by the ownership dimension of the Cloud Cube
Model?

a. Proprietary
b. Owner
c. P
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: P stands for Proprietary ownership

6) Which of the following is a measure of knowing whether the operation is inside or

outside the security limits?

a. Per
b. P
c. Pre
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: D

Explanation: All options mentioned in the above questions are the ways of
knowing whether the operation is inside or outside the security limits, we can
also call it a network firewall.

7) Which one of the following is related to the services offered by the Cloud?

a. Sourcing
 b. Ownership
c. Reliability
d. AaaS

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Answer: A

Explanation: It can be understood as the Outsourced or Insourced, which refers

to the services that are provided by the service provider.

8) Which one of the following dimensions corresponds to two different states in the
possible eight cloud forms?

a. The physical location of data

b. Ownership
c. Security boundary
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: D

Explanation: None of the following given dimension corresponds to two

different states in the eight possible cloud forms.

9) Which one of the following options is correct cloud infrastructure operated for the
exclusive use of an organization?

a. Public
b. Private
c. Community
 d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: The Cloud can be managed by the third party or by that

organization.

10) Which one of the following is a type of the Cloud that is organized in such a way
to serve the common purpose or the functions?

a. Public
b. Private
c. Community
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: The management of a community cloud can be managed by the

constituent organization(s) or a third party.

This set of Cloud Computing Questions &

Answers for entrance exams Based on "Cloud
Types - 3".
1) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

a. Everything from application to infrastructure is the responsibility of the

vendor.
 b. AaaS provides several sources such as the applications, development
frameworks, operating systems, virtual machines, control structures,
transactions, etc.
c. In the deployment model, different types of clouds are referred to as an
expression of the infrastructure's approach.
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: It is the Paas (the Platform As A Services) that provides several

sources or services such as the applications, development frameworks,
operating systems, virtual machines, control structures, and transactions etc. not
the AaaS (or the Application As A Service).

2) Which one of the following provides the resources or services such as the virtual
infrastructure, virtual machines, virtual storage, and several other hardware assets?

a. IaaS
b. SaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: The IaaS (or Infrastructure As A Service) service provider maintains

all infrastructure, while on the other hand client is responsible for several other
deployment aspects.
3) Which one of the following offers the control structures and development
frameworks?

a. IaaS
b. SaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: The correct answer is the IaaS (the infrastructure As a Service)

because it is a kind of cloud computing that uniquely provides resources such
as the virtualized computing over the internet.

4) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

a. The Platform as a service includes the integration features, middleware,

and several other orchestrations choreography services to the IaaS model.
b. Hybrid Cloud Computing offers xaas or "anything as a service" as the
delivery of IT as a service.
c. MaaS (or the Monitoring as a Service) is currently still an emerging piece
of Cloud Jigsaw.
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: Monitoring as a service (or MaaS) provides the option of

unloading a large portion of those costs from running as a service as opposed
to a complete investment in-home tool.
5) Which one of the following was owned by an organization that sells cloud services?

a. Hybrid
b. Private
c. Community
d. Public

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Answer: D

Explanation: The public Cloud is one of the cloud infrastructures that are
available for public use as the alternative for the large industry group.

6) Find out which one can be considered the complete operating environment with
applications, management?

a. IaaS
b. SaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: In the Software as a Service model (the SAAS), the application is

usually provided to the users through a thin client interface.

7) Which one of the following is considered a type of cloud computing model

involving the three different service models together?
a. CPI
b. SIP
c. SPI
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: SPI is actually an acronym( or we can say the Short form of any
words) for the most standard cloud computing services models, such as the
infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a Service.

8) The term "Caas" stands for_____ as a service?

a. Compliance as a service
b. Computer as a service
c. Community as a service
d. Communication as a service

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Answer: D

Explanation: The term "CAAS" stands for Communication as a service, which

enables the clients to utilize resources like the Unified Communications, and
Enterprise Level PBX, VPNs, VoIP without the expense of hosting, purchasing,
and maintaining the infrastructure.

9) Which one of the following is a type of infrastructure as a service?

a. EC2
 b. EC1
c. EC10
d. Hybrid

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Answer: A

Explanation: Amazon EC2 stands for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud that
offers the scalable computing capacity in the AWS (or Amazon Web Services)
cloud to its clients. One can eliminate his investment in hardware upfront using
the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and boost the development and
deployment application process.

Multiple-choice Questions based on the

Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud
Computing
1) Which one of the following was one of the top 5 cloud applications in late 2010?

a. Cloud backup
b. Web applications
c. Business applications
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: D

Explanation: The economics of software delivery has been shifted in a

significant manner, just like the music downloads has been shifted the delivery
of the music.
2) Which one of the following statements is not true?

a. Google's cloud involves approx ten data-centers in all over the world.
b. Data centers are sited in such a way that the overall system latency can
be optimized.
c. The online shopping website, such as Flipkart.com, has the infrastructure
built so that it can support the elastic demand so the system will be
capable of accommodating peak traffic.
d. All of the above

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3) Which of the following benefits is related to creating stored resources together in

a system that supports multi-tenant use?

a. On-demand self-service
b. Extensive network access
c. Resource pooling
d. All of the above

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Answer: A

Explanation: The cloud service provider creates resources that support multi-
tenant usage in a system.

4) Which one of the following is something that a user can obtain it under the contract
from his/her vendor?

a. PoS
b. SoS
 c. QoS
d. All of the mentioned

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

a. Propagation
b. Latency
c. Noise
d. All of the mentioned

Show Answer .

6) Which of the following architectural standards is working with the cloud computing
industry?

a. Service-oriented architecture
b. Standardized Web services
c. Web-application frameworks
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: These standards help to enable different business models that

cloud computing vendors can support, most notably Software as a Service
(SaaS), Web 2.0 applications, and utility computing. When your data travels over
and rests on systems that are no longer under your control, you have increased
risk due to others' interception and malfeasance.
7) Which one of the following is the most important subject of concern in cloud
computing?

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

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Answer: A

Explanation: When your data travels over and rests on systems that are no
longer under your control, you have increased risk due to others' interception
and malfeasance.

8) You cannot rely on a cloud provider for maintaining its _____ in the event of
government work.

a. Scalability
b. Reliability
c. Privacy
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: The Cloud computing industry continues to address security

concerns.

9) _______ enables batch processing, which greatly speeds up high-processing

applications.
a. Scalability
b. Reliability
c. Elasticity
d. Utility

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Answer: A

Explanation: This feature obviates the need for planning and provisioning.

10) _______ feature allows you to optimize your system and capture all possible
transactions.

a. Scalability
b. Reliability
c. Elasticity
d. none of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: You have the ability to right-size resources as required.

11) _______ is a pay-as-you-go model matches resources to need on an ongoing basis.

a. Utility
b. Elasticity
c. Low barrier to entry
d. All of the mentioned
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Answer: A

Explanation: This eliminates waste and has the added benefit of shifting risk
from the client.

12) Which of the following is the most refined and restrictive service model?

a. IaaS
b. CaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: When the service requires the client to use a complete

hardware/software/application stack, it is used the most refined and restrictive
service model.

13) When you add a software stack, such as an operating system and applications to
the service, the model shifts to _____ model.

a. SaaS
b. PaaS
c. IaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A
Explanation: Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform is best described as currently
using the SaaS model.

14) Which one of the following is a false statement?

a. A cloud is defined as the combination of the infrastructure of a data-

center with the ability to provision hardware and software.
b. High touch applications are best done on-premises.
c. The Google App Engine follows IaaS.
d. None of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: The Google App Engine follows PaaS (or Platform as a service).

15) Service that generally focuses on the hardware follows which one of the following
service models?

a. IaaS
b. CaaS
c. PaaS
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: A

Explanation: Amazon web service follows the PaaS model.

16) Which of the following types of applications works with cloud computing that has
low risks, low margins?

a. High touch
b. Low touch
c. Moderate touch
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: B

Explanation: The "low touch" applications that come with low margins require
committed resources and pose less risk.

17) Which one of the following statements is false?

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

b. Cloud computing does not have an impact on Software licensing.
c. Cloud computing present new opportunities to users and developers.
d. All of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: The answer will be the C because it is based on the paradigm of

a shared multi-tenant utility.

18) Which one of the following is a special attribute of cloud computing?

a. utility type of delivery

b. elasticity
 c. low barrier to entry
d. all of the mentioned

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Answer: C

Explanation: These attributes change how applications are created, priced, and
delivered.