Cloud chap 2

Cloud computing is also a good option when the cost of infrastructure and management is ______ a) low b) high c) moderate d) none of the mentioned

b

___________ is a function of the particular enterprise and application in an on-premises deployment. a) Vendor lock b) Vendor lock-in c) Vendor lock-ins d) None of the mentioned

b

Cloud computing doesn't require that ________ and software be composable. a) cloud b) database c) hardware d) all of the mentioned

c

How many laws exist for Cloudonomics by Weinman? a) 4 b) 5 c) 10 d) 15

c

Point out the correct statement : a) A standard machine instance (virtual computer) might cost $0.10 or less an hour b) A typical storage charge might be $0.10 per GB/month c) Outsourcing shifts the burden of capital expenditures onto the service provider d) All of the mentioned

d

A _____ is a facility that is a self-contained semiconductor assembly line. a) fab b) touch c) rep d) all of the mentioned

a

A ________ Level Agreement (SLA) is the contract for performance negotiated between you and a service provider. a) Service b) Application c) Deployment d) All of the mentioned

a

A __________ site is one that is environmentally friendly: locations that are on a network backbone. a) greenfield b) redfield c) greenful d) none of the mentioned

a

Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures into ________ expenditures. a) operating b) service c) local d) none of the mentioned

a

Network bottlenecks occur when ______ data sets must be transferred. a) large b) small c) big d) all of the mentioned

a

Point out the correct statement : a) Cloud computing is a natural extension of many of the design principles, protocols, plumbing, and systems b) Platforms are used to create more easy software c) All SLAs are enforceable as contracts d) All of the mentioned

a

Point out the correct statement : a) Cloud resource pricing doesn't always scale linearly based on performance b) Depending upon the service model type, other resources add additional unit costs c) Typical efficiency in data centers are between 10 and 55 percent d) All of the mentioned

a

Cloud ________ are standardized in order to appeal to the majority of its audience. a) SVAs b) SLAs c) SALs d) None of the mentioned

b

Moving expenses onto the _____ side of a budget allows an organization to transfer risk to their cloud computing provider. a) Dex b) OpEx c) Pex d) All of the mentioned

b

________ captive requires that the cloud accommodate multiple compliance regimes. a) Licensed b) Policy-based c) Variable d) All of the mentioned

b

________ is surely an impediment to established businesses starting new enterprises. a) Proposition b) Capitalization c) Globalization d) None of the mentioned

b

A _______ system uses components to assemble services that can be tailored for a specific purpose using standard parts. a) reliable b) scalable c) composable d) none of the mentioned

c

Cutting latency in half requires ______ times the number of nodes in a system. a) two b) three c) four d) all of the mentioned

c

For a server with a four-year lifetime, you would therefore need to include an overhead roughly equal to ___ percent of the system's acquisition cost. a) 10 b) 20 c) 25 d) All of the mentioned

c

The overhead associated with ____ staff is a major cost. a) Data Center b) IT c) Non IT d) All of the mentioned

b

The most commonly used set of protocols uses ______ as the messaging format. a) XML b) JSON c) BSON d) All of the mentioned

a

The reliability of a system with n redundant components and a reliability of r is : a) 1-(1-r)n b) 1-(1+r)n c) 1+(1-r)n d) All of the mentioned

a

Which of the following language is used to manage transactions ? a) WSDL b) XML c) SOAP d) All of the mentioned

a

Which of the following subject area deals with pay-as-you-go usage model? a) Accounting Management b) Compliance c) Data Privacy d) All of the mentioned

a

_____ is a financial estimate for the costs of the use of a product or service over its lifetime. a) TCO b) TOC c) COT d) All of the mentioned

a

1. ______-sizing is possible when the system load is cyclical or in some cases when there are predictable bursts or spikes in the load. a) Left b) Right c) Top d) All of the mentioned

b

1. _______ blurs the differences between a small deployment and a large one because scale becomes tied only to demand. a) Leading b) Pooling c) Virtualization d) All of the mentioned

b

A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to support the staging and storage of data. a) soft b) compute c) local d) none of the mentioned

b

A _________ is a cloud computing service that is both hardware and software. a) service b) platform c) model d) all of the mentioned

b

Point out the correct statement : a) A branded cloud computing platform cannot extend customer relationships by offering additional service options b) A cloud computing platform extends the company's products and defends their franchise c) The economies of scale cannot make a profitable business d) All of the mentioned

b

Point out the correct statement : a) Except for tightly managed SaaS cloud providers, the burden of resource management is still in the hands of the user b) Cloud computing vendors run very reliable networks c) The low barrier to entry cannot be accompanied by a low barrier to provisioning d) All of the mentioned

b

Point out the wrong statement : a) Google App Engine allows a developer to scale an application immediately b) The customer relationship management provider SalesForce.com has a development platform called Force.com that is an IaaS offering c) A cloud computing provider can become a hub master at the center of many ISVs offerings d) None of the mentioned

b

Security methods such as private encryption, VLANs and firewalls comes under __________ subject area. a) CostDATACENTER = 1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER / (Revenue -(CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn b) CostDATACENTER = 1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER x (Revenue -(CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn c) CostDATACENTER = 1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER x (Revenue +(CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn d) All of the mentioned

b

The costs associated with resources in the cloud computing model _______ can be unbundled to a greater extent than the costs associated with CostDATACENTER. a) CLOUD b) CostCLOUD c) CCLOUD d) All of the mentioned

b

The peak of the sum is never ________ than the sum of the peaks. a) smaller b) greater c) equal to d) none of the mentioned

b

Weinman argues that a large cloud's size has the ability to repel ______ and DDoS attacks better than smaller systems do. a) sniffers b) botnets c) trojan horse d) all of the mentioned

b

Which of the architectural layer is used as backend in cloud computing ? a) client b) cloud c) soft d) all of the mentioned

b

Which of the following captive area deals with monitoring? a) Licensed b) Variable but under control c) Low d) All of the mentioned

b

Point out the wrong statement : a) Data center operates under average loads b) Private cloud doesn't pooling of resources that a cloud computing provider can achieve c) Private cloud doesn't employ the same level of virtualization d) None of the mentioned

c

Point out the wrong statement : a) Large cloud providers with geographically dispersed sites worldwide, therefore, achieve reliability rates that are hard for private systems to achieve b) Private data centers tend to be located in places where the company or unit was founded or acquired c) A network backbone is a very low-capacity network connection d) None of the mentioned

c

Security methods such as private encryption, VLANs and firewalls comes under __________ subject area a) Accounting Management b) Compliance c) Data Privacy d) All of the mentioned

c

The Microsoft ____ Platform ROI wizard provides a quick and dirty analysis of your TCO for a cloud deployment on Windows Azure in an attractive report format. a) AWS b) EC2 c) Azure d) All of the mentioned

c

The cost of a cloud computing deployment is roughly estimated to be : a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue - CostCLOUD)) b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue + CostCLOUD)) c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue - CostCLOUD)) d) All of the mentioned

c

The reputation for cloud computing services for the quality of those services is shared by _________ a) replicas b) shards c) tenants d) all of the mentioned

c

Which of the following is one of the property that differentiates cloud computing ? a) scalability b) virtualization c) composability d) all of the mentioned

c

Which of the following service is used for backing up a licensed computer ? a) CarbonT b) Karbonite c) Carbonite d) None of the mentioned

c

Point out the wrong statement : a) TCO must account for the real costs of items, but frequently they do not b) A system consumes resources such as space in a datacenter or portion of your site, power, cooling, and management c) Microsoft maintains an economics page for its Windows Azure Platform d) None of the mentioned

d

Point out the wrong statement : a) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing deployment object b) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols c) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess communications d) None of the mentioned

d

Which of the following is specified parameter of SLA ? a) Response times b) Responsibilities of each party c) Warranties d) All of the mentioned

d

8. When you purchase shrink-wrapped software, you are using that software based on a licensing agreement called ________ a) EULA b) EUL c) ELA d) All of the mentioned

a