A+ 220-1001: Cloud Computing

Which type of organization is most likely to benefit from a PaaS cloud subscription?

A software development house

Which types of resources would you be most likely to configure if your cloud subscription is primarily for IaaS?

A virtual machine A load balancer A virtual network

Why must security be a primary concern before deciding to implement cloud file storage services?

Because the data is no longer in your physical possession

A metered service ultimately helps to determine which characteristic of a cloud application or service?

How much it will cost

A measured service can help you to know which property of a cloud application or service?

If enough servers have been implemented to handle the load

A resource such as data on a virtual machine, that can only be accessed by other virtual machines in the same cloud subscription describes what model of cloud resource sharing?

Internal

Which scenario best describes a resource pooling configuration?

Multiple databases sharing memory and processing among each other

If your environment is using a SaaS application that is accessed by all types of devices in your organization and an update is released, on which systems would you have to apply the update?

None

Which type of cloud service would be most appropriate for an organization that provides resources to its own branch offices from a centralized corporate headquarters?

Private

The development and use of cloud-based applications would be most accurately categorized as which types of cloud service?

SaaS PaaS

If users connect to a pool of virtual machines to run an application or service, and can be connected to any system at any time, which type of connection does this represent?

Stateless

Which cloud services characteristic best describes the nature of rapid elasticity?

The ability of a resource to request or relinquish resources automatically

Which cloud services characteristic best describes the nature of on-demand computing?

The ability of users to request new resources on their own

Which statements about using cloud-based email are correct?

You pay based on the number of users Only a browser is required on local devices