Module 6 - The Cloud - Self Assessment

Which of the following characteristics is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting?

It involves high dependency on vendor.

________ are large-scale high-speed centralized computers, used for internal corporate data processing needs.

Mainframes

Amazon S3 is an example of ________.

IaaS

Which of the following is an example of IaaS?

Amazon S3

The term ________ means that the computing resources leased can be increased or decreased dynamically in a short span of time and that organizations pay for just the resources that they use.

Elastic

Which of the following is the most basic cloud offering?

IaaS

________ is a category of cloud hosting where vendors provide a bare server computer, data storage, network, and virtualization.

IaaS

Which of the following is an example of PaaS?

Microsoft Azure

Layla runs a startup that makes custom engraved floor tiles. Her business is growing rapidly and she needs a cloud vendor to provide her with an operating system and a database management system. In this scenario, which of the following services will the vendor provide?

PaaS

________ is a category of cloud hosting where vendors provide hosted computers with an operating system, runtime environment, and middleware like a web server or a DBMS.

PaaS

Cloud resources are ________ because many different organizations use the same physical hardware.

Pooled

________ is a category of cloud hosting where vendors provide not only hardware infrastructure and an operating system but application programs and databases as well.

SaaS

Which of the following is defined as the elastic leasing of pooled computer resources over the Internet?

The Cloud

An organization that provides software as a service provides not only hardware infrastructure and an operating system but application programs and databases as well.

True

Which of the following is an example of SaaS?

iCloud

Which of the following is a benefit of in-house hosting?

in-depth visibility of security and disaster preparedness

Identify a characteristic that is a disadvantage of cloud-based hosting.

loss of control over data location

Compared to in-house hosting, cloud-based hosting ________.

minimizes the risk of investing in technology that will soon become obsolete

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud-based hosting?

no obsolescence

In cloud computing, resources are said to be "pooled" because organizations ________.

share the same physical hardware through virtualization