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
- True
- 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
- Cloud Storage
- Virtualization
- PaaS
- None of the above
Correct Answer: a
Question 20
Virtual machines are slower to provision than actual machines
- True
- False
Correct Answer: b
Question 21
Application(s) where SaaS may not be the best option is/are:
- Software that is only to be used for a short term need.
- Applications that have need for web or mobile access.
- Applications where extremely fast processing of real time data is needed
- 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:
- Where developers wish to automate testing and deployment services.
- Where the application needs to be highly portable in terms of where it is hosted.
- where multiple developers will be working on a development project or where other external parties need to interact with the development process
- 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.
- Grid Computing
- Cluster Computing
- Utility Computing
- 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.
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- BPaaS
Correct Answer: b
Question 25
Match the following:
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- 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
- 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
- 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
- 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.
- True
- 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?
- Regulatory Compliance & Audit
- Data Location
- Data Segregation
- 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