Module 1 - Cloud Concepts Overview [Knowledge Check]

What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis? (Select the best answer) - Pay as you buy - Pay as you reserve - Pay as you decommission - Pay as you go

Pay as you go

What are the advantages of cloud computing over on-premises? (Select the best answer) - Avoid large capital purchases - On-demand capacity - Go global - Increase speed and agility - All of the above

All of the above

Which of the following is a compute service? - Amazon VPC - Amazon AMI - Amazon EC2 - Amazon CloudTrail - Amazon Config

Amazon EC2

True or False? Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the Internet. You own the network connected hardware required for these services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need.

False

True or False? AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for application services, while you provision and use what you need.

True

Economies of scale results from ______. (Select the best answer) - having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud - having hundreds of cloud services available over the internet - having to invest heavily in data centers and servers - having many different cloud providers

having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud

Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two) 1. Multiple procurement Cycles 2. High latency 3. High-availability 4. Temporary and disposable resources 5. Fault-tolerant databases

1. Multiple procurement Cycles 2. High latency

What are the three ways to access AWS core services? (Choose three) 1. Software Development Kits 2. Through AWS Marketplace 3. AWS Management Console 4. Calling Technical support 5. AWS Command-line Interface

1. Software Development Kits 3. AWS Management Console 5. AWS Command-line Interface

Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing? (Select the best answer) - Trade capital expense for variable expense - Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs - Pay for racking, stacking and powering servers - Benefit from massive economies of scale - Increase speed and agility

Pay for racking, stacking and powering servers

Which of these is NOT a cloud deployment model? (Select the best answer) - Platform as a service - Infrastructure as a service - System administration as a service - Software as a service

System administration as a service