Multiple Choice Questions with Answer Keys

Cloud Computing

 

Question 1

Which of the following is/are common characteristic(s) of Cloud Computing?

 a) Resilient Computing

 b) Small Scale

 c) Virtualization

 d) High Cost Software

Correct Answer: a, c

 

Question 2

Identify the TRUE statement(s)

a) Google spread sheet is an example of PaaS

b) Amazon Web Services(AWS) is an example of IaaS

c) Google Cloud Platform(GCP) is an example of public cloud

d) Window Server 'Hyper-V' is an example of community cloud

 Correct Answer: b, c

 

Question 3

Statement 1: Unlimited storage capacity is one of the advantages of Cloud Computing.

Statement 2: Requirement of a constant internet connection is one of the disadvantages of Cloud Computing.

a) Statement 1 is TRUE, Statement 2 is FALSE

b) Statement 2 is TRUE, Statement 1 is FALSE

c) Both statements are TRUE

d) Both statements are FALSE

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 4

Advantage(s) of virtual machines is/are

a) Migration of virtual machines is not easy

b) Emulate more machines than are physically available

c) Timeshare heavy loaded systems on one host

d) Easier to create new machines, and backup machines

Correct Answer: b, d

 

Question 5

Which of the following is/are benefit(s) for user to use of public cloud?

a) No separate hardware procurement

b) No separate IT infrastructure maintenance required

c) Low scalability

d) Required separate power cost

Correct Answer: a, b

 

Question 6

Utility computing is a service provisioning model where -

a) Computing resources not available to the customer when required

b) Infrastructure management available to the customer when required

c) Service provider charges customer with a flat rate

d) Service provider charges customer with specific usage rate

Correct Answer: b, d

 

Question 7

Which of the following is/are example(s) of public cloud?

a) Amazon VPC

b) Google App Engine

c) Eucalyptus

d) Microsoft Azure

Correct Answer: b, d

 

Question 8

Statement 1: A hybrid cloud is composed of two or more private, community,

or public clouds.

Statement 2: Hybrid clouds have significant variations in performance,

reliability, and security properties depending upon the type of cloud chosen

to build the hybrid cloud.

Which of the following is correct?

a) Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false

b) Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true

c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true

d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 9

Which of the following creates a virtual machine?

a) Host Operating System

b) Hypervisor

c) Container

d) None of these

Correct Answer: b

 

Question 10

The configuration of a1. large instance in Amazon Web Service(AWS) is

a) 1 vCPU and 2048 MB RAM

b) 2 vCPUs and 4096 MB RAM

c) 4 vCPUs and 8192 MB RAM

d) 8 vCPUs and 16382 MB RAM

Correct Answer: b

 

Question 11

Statement 1: Google App Engine is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) product of GCP

Statement 2: Google Compute Engine is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) component of GCP

a) Statement 1 is True and Statement 2 is False

b) Statement 1 is False and Statement 2 is True

c) Both statements are True

d) Both statements are False

Correct Answer: d

 

Question 12

_____________is a formal contract between a service provider and a service consumer.

a) SLA

b) SLO

c) KPI

d) Utility Premium

Correct Answer: a

 

Question 13

In which situation it is better to switch cloud providers?

a) Contract price decrease

b) Provider bankruptcy

c) Provider service shutdown

d) Business dispute

Correct Answer: b, c, d

 

Question 14

In full-virtualization, VMs run on hypervisor that interacts with the hardware

a) True

b) False

Correct Answer: a

 

Question 15

Which of the following is/are example(s) of private cloud?

a) Amazon VPC

b) Google App Engine

c) Eucalyptus

d) Microsoft Azure

Correct Answer: a, c

 

Question 16

Private cloud may exist off premises and can be managed by a third party

  1. True
  2. False 

Correct Answer: a

 

Question 17

Statement 1: Salesforce.com is an Infrastructure as a service product.

Statement 2: Force.com is an example of Platform as a service.

a) Statement 1 is True and Statement 2 is False

b) Statement 1 is False and Statement 2 is True

c) Both statements are True

d) Both statements are False

Correct Answer: b

 

Question 18

Statement 1: In IaaS Cloud provider maintains total control over the physical hardware and administrative control over the hypervisor layer

Statement 2: Subscriber controls the Guest OS, Middleware and Applications layers.

 

a) Statement 1 is True and Statement 2 is False

b) Statement 1 is False and Statement 2 is True

c) Both statements are True

d) Both statements are False

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 19

Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Simple Storage Solution (S3) are well known examples of

  1. Cloud Storage
  2. Virtualization
  3. PaaS
  4. None of the above

Correct Answer: a

 

Question 20

Virtual machines are slower to provision than actual machines

  1. True
  2. False

Correct Answer: b

 

Question 21

Application(s) where SaaS may not be the best option is/are:

  1. Software that is only to be used for a short term need.
  2. Applications that have need for web or mobile access.
  3. Applications where extremely fast processing of real time data is needed
  4. Applications where legislation or other regulation does not permit data being hosted externally

Correct Answers: c, d

 

Question 22

Which of the following is/are scenarios where PaaS is not ideal:

  1. Where developers wish to automate testing and deployment services.
  2. Where the application needs to be highly portable in terms of where it is hosted.
  3. where multiple developers will be working on a development project or where other external parties need to interact with the development process
  4. Where a proprietary language would hinder later moves to another provider

Correct Answer: b, d

 

Question 23

___________    is purely a concept which cloud computing practically implements.

  1. Grid Computing
  2. Cluster Computing
  3. Utility Computing
  4. None of these

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 24

____________ clouds provide web based Integrated Development Environment for development and deployment of application on the PaaS cloud.

  1. IaaS
  2. PaaS
  3. SaaS
  4. BPaaS

Correct Answer: b

 

Question 25

Match the following:

  1. SaaS
  1. Microsoft Azure
  1. PaaS
  1. Rackspace
  1. IaaS
  1. Google Docs

 

 

 

  1. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
  2. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
  3. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
  4. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 26

There are less format incompatibilities when everyone is sharing documents and applications in the cloud.

  1. True
  2. False

Correct Answer: a

 

Question 27

Statement 1: From an end-user perspective cloud computing gives the illusion of potentially infinite capacity with ability to scale rapidly and pay only for the consumed resource.

Statement 2: The main reason for interest in cloud computing is due to the fact that public clouds can significantly reduce IT costs.

 

(a) Statement 1 is True and Statement 2 is False

(b) Statement 1 is False and Statement 2 is True

(c) Both statements are True

(d) Both statements are False

Correct Answer: c

 

Question 28

 Which of the following is/ are the goal(s) of security?

(a) Detect attackers’ violation of security policy

(b) Continue to function correctly even if attack succeeds

(c) Stop attack, assess and repair damage

(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: a, b, c

 

Question 29

Which of the following are the Gartner’s seven cloud computing risks?

  1. Regulatory Compliance & Audit
  2. Data Location
  3. Data Segregation
  4. Short-term Viability

Correct Answer: a, b, c

 

Question 30

Identify the correct statement(s) about Google Cloud Platform(GCP) storage

(a) Cloud SQL is Google's fully managed, petabyte-scale, low-cost analytics data warehouse to find meaningful insights

(b) Big Query maintains, manages, and administers relational databases on the Google Cloud Platform

(c) MySQL or NoSQL databases present in Google Data Store

(d) Cloud Storage provides flexible object storage with global edge caching

Correct Answer: c, d