Cloud Practitioner Material

What is the pricing model that enables AWS customers to pay for resources on an as-needed basis? (Select the best answer). A. Pay as you decommission B. Pay as you go C. Pay as you buy D. Pay as you reserve

B. Pay as you go (With AWS, you pay for resources as you go)

Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broad set of application services over the internet. You own the network-connected hardware required for these services and Amazon Web Services provisions what you need. True or False?

False- One of the key benefits of cloud computing is the opportunity to replace upfront capital infrastructure expenses with low variable costs that scale with your business

AWS owns and maintains the network-connected hardware required for application services, while you provision and use what you need. True or False?

True- AWS owns and maintains the hardware, while you provision and use what you need.

Which of the following is a compute service? (Select the best answer) A. Amazon VPC B. Amazon S3 C. Amazon EC2 D. Amazon CloudFront E. Amazon Redshift

C. Amazon EC2

Which of these is NOT a cloud deployment model? (Select the best answer). A. Platform as a service (PAAS) B. Infrastructure as a service (IAAS) C. System administration as a service D. Software as a service (SAAS)

C. System administration as a service

What are the advantages of cloud computing over computing on-premises? (Select the best answer). A. Avoid large capital purchases B. Use on-demand capacity C. Go global in minutes D. Increase speed and agility E. All of the above

E. All of the above

Which of the following are NOT benefits of AWS Cloud computing? (Choose two). A. Multiple procurement cycles B. High availability C. High latency D. Temporary and disposable resources E. Fault-tolerant databases

A. Multiple procurement cycles C. High latency *Are NOT benefits

Which of these is NOT a benefit of cloud computing over on-premises computing? (Select the best answer). A. Increase speed and agility B. Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers C. Eliminate guessing on your infrastructure capacity needs D. Trade capital expense for variable expense E. Benefit from massive economies of scale

B. Pay for racking, stacking, and powering servers

Economies of scale result from *blank*. (Select the best answer). A. having many different cloud providers B. having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud C. having hundreds of cloud services available over the internet D. having to invest heavily in data centers and servers

B. having hundreds of thousands of customers aggregated in the cloud

Which of these are ways to access AWS core services? (Choose three). A. Technical support calls B. AWS Marketplace C. AWS Management Console D. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) E. Software Development Kits (SDKs)

C. AWS Management Console D. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) E. Software Development Kits (SDKs)