CET215- Lesson 16 Virtualization and cloud computing (Quiz)

Which of the following cloud types provides a cloud computing solution to a limited number of individuals or organizations that are governed, managed, and secured commonly by all the participating organizations?

Community

You work as an IT director for a company. Your company has various partners and you want to share common information with them using the cloud without compromising security. Which type of cloud model will you use?

Community

Lucy, a technician, is working on a project to interconnect her company's private data center to a cloud company that offers e-mail services and another that can provide burstable compute capacity. What type of cloud delivery model is she creating?

Hybrid

Maria, a system administrator, wants to utilize the benefits of the major cloud providers while retaining some data and services in the local datacenter. Which type of cloud model should Maria consider?

Hybrid

Which cloud computing type is a combination of two or more clouds that remain distinct but are bound together, offering the benefits of multiple deployment models?

Hybrid

A system administrator is configuring a server to host several virtual machines. The administrator configures the server and is ready to begin provisioning the virtual machines. Which of the following features should the administrator utilize to complete the task?

Hypervisor

Which is a software abstraction layer that runs VMs as applications?

Hypervisor

Which of the following is core virtualization software that enables multiple virtual computers to run on a single physical host?

Hypervisor

James, a consultant, is helping a large company to migrate its development environment to a public cloud provider. The developers are working on a virtual desktop infrastructure solution. The development tools that employees utilize require greater control of the OS environment. Which of the following cloud types should the consultant implement?

IaaS

John is an administrator in an organization. He connects to the cloud account and builds a server that is hosted in the cloud. The organization uses the server as a confidential database server for one of its core applications. John is also responsible for updating and patching the server OS. Which of the following cloud models is this an example of?

IaaS

Which cloud service model delivers computer infrastructure on an outsourced basis to support enterprise operations?

IaaS

A company has subscribed to a cloud service, paying monthly for a block of services and being billed incrementally when they exceed the monthly fee. Which of the following cloud concepts does this represent?

Measured service

An organization has subscribed to a cloud service and wants to monitor and meter the customer's use of resources. Which of the following cloud computing concepts does this represent?

Measured service

Which of the following are benefits of virtualization in a cloud environment? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Minimized or eliminated downtime Simplified data center management Reduced capital and operating cost

Which cloud service provides network-based services through the cloud, including monitoring and QoS management?

NaaS

John, a customer, needs to run several virtual machines on his design workstation to work on cross platform software. Which of the following should be maximized to improve workstation performance? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

Number of CPU cores RAM

Maria is a technician at a medium-sized accounting firm. During tax preparation season, the internal demand for computing resources rises, and then after the taxes are filed, the computing capacity is no longer needed. She is being asked to create a more efficient and agile solution to her company's operations that maximizes operational expenditures. Which cloud computing feature will help to meet her needs?

On-demand

A cloud computing feature through which users can access additional storage, processing, and capabilities automatically, without requiring intervention from the service provider is known as:

On-demand self-service

As a software developer for a company, you've decided to build and test your web applications in a cloud environment. Which type of cloud service will be the best to meet your needs?

PaaS

Jennifer, a client, is searching for a cloud-based service that manages all underlying infrastructure including updating the operating system. Which service would you recommend to her?

PaaS

The virtual machines hosted in the cloud used by developers to code applications are an example of:

PaaS

Which cloud service model is used to develop and host web-based applications?

PaaS

Which of the following cloud service models enables a consumer to rent fully configured systems that are set up for specific purposes?

PaaS

Which of the following cloud service models would be recommended to a company for hardware capacity to host a production database application?

PaaS

Which of the following cloud services would most likely be selected by a software development company that needs a cloud to develop software and does not have infrastructure requirements?

PaaS

You want to develop, run, and manage applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure typically associated with developing and launching an application. Which of the following cloud services will you use?

PaaS

Which is a cloud computing method where the cloud infrastructure operated solely for a single organization?

Private

You work as a network administrator for a company. Your manager asks you to enhance the security of the company's data and information by storing them in the cloud. What type of cloud solution will be best for you to use?

Private

Jennifer, a technician, is monitoring a web application in the public cloud environment. She wants the number of virtual machines hosting the application to scale based on the real-time traffic on the website. Which of the following should she configure?

Rapid elasticity

Which is the ability to quickly increase or decrease the amount of resources required from a cloud service provider?

Rapid elasticity

Which of the following cloud computing concepts allows scalable services to be provided to the client?

Rapid elasticity

John, a network administrator, has created a new virtual server according to specifications and verified that TCP/IP settings are correct. When the VM is powered on, an error message indicates that a network card MAC address conflict exists. What should John do to resolve this issue?

Remove the virtual NIC and configure another one.

In a virtual environment, which of the following allows all the VMs to have RAM allocated for use?

Resource pooling

Which cloud computing feature enables the cloud services provider to service multiple customers to suit each customer's needs?

Resource pooling

Which of the following allows you to allocate network-based disk arrays as though they were local storage?

SAN

An end user has signed up to use a web-based calendar application. Which of the following solutions has the user purchased?

SaaS

Which cloud service model is a subscription-based access to applications or databases?

SaaS

Which of the following cloud services allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet?

SaaS

Which of the following models is a subscription-based access to applications or databases, sometimes known as on-demand software?

SaaS

Which of the following is commonly the main concern in public cloud implementations?

Security

Which of the following separates the personal computing environment from a user's physical computer?

VDI

Which of the following is a point-to-point logical network created by grouping selected hosts, regardless of their physical location?

VLAN

An organization wants to create a server VM that is segregated from the rest of the servers. Which of the following should be configured?

VNIC

Maria, a network administrator, has been given a task to extend the network segment through which employees working from home will transmit data securely across the Internet. Which of the following will help her to complete the task?

VPN

Which of the following is a technology through which one or more simulated computers run within a physical computer?

Virtualization

Which of the following is an example of hosted hypervisors?

Windows Virtual PC

A feature that allows users to store files in cloud-based when necessary, but can be removed when space is freed up, is known as:

on-demand