CompTIA Lesson2: Planning and Designing a Cloud Environment

A large organization has recently released a new product tracking software. Unfortunately, the initial release contained numerous bugs and various functionality issues. As a result, the organization would like to iteratively release updated versions by switching users between environments as they are updated and tested. Which of the following best describes how this organization plans to develop and release future products?

Blue-Green

A growing small-to-medium business has improved its revenue considerably over the past three years yet it was determined that this growth has failed to improve the bottom line enough to satisfy company leadership. The Chief Technology Officer has directed an effort to migrate certain solutions to a cloud environment as a means of reducing physical hardware overhead. What most likely illustrated this to the CTO, leading to this decision?

Business needs analysis

When designing capacity planning and requirements for cloud resources, which statement is applicable when accounting for system loads?

CPU queue length value should not exceed the number of logical processors (cores).

A team dispatches two of its members to detect and correct a series of login and authentication issues that programmers are reporting. In what stage of the IT environment would these team members correct the issues?

Development

Since a version update, a web application has turned in continuously slower performance ratings. To best fix this, which of the following components should the developer pay the most attention to? (Select all that apply.)

Patterns. Baselines.

Following a major database migration, a company hires a small IT firm. To assist the company, a security administrator assigns an analyst to locate potential opportunities for malicious parties to exploit the system within the new database and associated platform. Which practice is the analyst executing?

Pen Testing

An organization has asked a cloud administrator to configure a server to utilize all physical CPU capacity, as there is no space for multiple servers. Which license would show a price increase based on this configuration?

Per socket

The company purchased a cloud-based application that all employees can access from a web browser. The application will be able to support new employees as the company grows. What type of licensing structure did the company most likely purchase for this application?

Per user licensing.

A network technician is trying to understand user requirements to give the best possible working experience. Which of the following are user needs? (Select all that apply.)

Performance. Availability.

A startup company has recently released its third version of a messaging application to its user base. Following the release of the new version, a bevy of user complaints surfaced, claiming that since updating the application, many cannot access previous conversations. Which of the following did the company most likely NOT do?

Regression Testing

Developers updated the code for a web application to meet regulatory compliance goals. The new changes were staged in a different environment and worked well. Before worrying about quality assurance, what test can the developers perform to ensure these new changes do not break the application's functionality in production?

Regression test

A business would like to map out its IT infrastructure needs. Leadership has determined that the CapEx requirements will be factored into the budget first. Which of the following items would fall under this category? (Select all that apply.)

Servers. Datacenters.

A server architect is planning a cloud migration and is defining a given problem that software or services are expected to meet. Which of the following will best assist the architect in this process?

Solutions requirement

A technical account manager is delivering a presentation to the head of technology within a company. Charged with leading a new internal solution to produce a more efficient internal routing effort, the manager must describe the specifics regarding how they will execute the project. Which of the following should the manager include in the presentation? (Select all that apply.)

Stakeholder identification. Project constraints.

A cloud administrator is trying to forecast licensing costs for their five year strategic plan. Which of the following licensing structures should they most likely plan for?

Subscription

Which of the following defines a measure of CPU activity over a length of time?

System Load