Linux Academy Quiz Questions

What best describes a simplified definition of cloud? A. a computer located somewhere else that you utilize in some capacity B. an on-prem data center that your company owns C. all the computers in your local home network D. your internet service provider

A

What best describes AWS? A. AWS is the cloud B. AWS is a cloud services provider C. AWS only provides compute and storage services

B

What best describes the concept of high availability? A. the ability for a system to grow and shrink based on demand B. the ability for a system to be accessible when you attempt to access it C. the ability for a system to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional D. The ability for a system to grow in size, capacity or scope

B

What best describes the concept of scalability? A. the ability for a system to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional B. the ability for a system to grow in size, capacity or scope C. the ability for a system to be accessible when you attempt to access it D. the ability for a system to grow and shrink based on demand

B

What is the relationship between AWS global infrastructure and the concept of HA? A. AWS is centrally located in one location and is subject to widespread outages if something happens at that one location B. AWS regions and AZs allow for redundant architecture to be placed in isolated parts of the world C. Each AWS region handles a different AWS service and you must use all regions to fully use AWS

B

What are the four primary benefits of using the cloud? A. unlimited storage, limited compute capacity, fault tolerance and HA B. fault tolerance, scalability, sometimes available, unlimited storage C. fault tolerance, scalability, elasticity, HA D. elasticity, scalability, easy access, limited storage

C

What best describes the concept of fault tolerance? A. the ability for a system to grow in size, capacity or scope B. the ability for a system to grow and shrink based on demand C. the ability for a system to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional D. the ability for a system to be accessible when you attempt to access it

C

What is the purpose of a DNS server? A. to serve web application content B. to act as an internet search engine C. to convert common language domain names to IP addresses D. to convert IP addresses to common language domain names

C

What best describes an AWS region? A. the physical network connection between AZs B. a collection of DNS servers C. a specific location where an AWS data center is located D. an isolated collection of AZs of which there are many placed all around the world

D

What best describes the concept of elasticity? A. the ability for a system to withstand a certain amount of failure and still remain functional B. the ability for a system to grow in size, capacity or scope C. the ability for a system to be accessible when you attempt to access it D. the ability for a system to grow and shrink based on demand

D