Clouds

Which of the following cloud computing risks is compliance related?

Access rights that are handled by a cloud provider

How does cloud computing improve business flexibility?

All of the above are correct

Which of the following roles can the IT department play in the selection process of cloud computing providers?

All of the above are correct

How does scalability work with cloud computing?

All of the above is correct.

Which of the following is a private SaaS?

An application for internal use only, on company-owned assets.

Which of the following is included in a compliance audit?

Analyzing identity management and access controls

Which of the following applications is most suitable for a cloud computing pilot?

Applications that are easy to migrate and have some business value

Which of the following is the risk when an IT department restricts itself to solely being an infrastructure provider?

Business users will bypass the IT department

How can the internal IT department successfully react to cloud computing?

By becoming an internal cloud provider

Which of the following is the most important impact of cloud computing on managing service levels?

Capacity can be more elastic.

Which of the following IT processes is likely to become more important due to the adoption of cloud computing?

Capacity management

Which of the following is a limitation of owning servers?

Capital tied up in hardware that might become obsolete

Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?

Cloud computing delivers IT capabilities that scale with demand.

Which of the following correctly identifies a key difference between cloud computing and IT outsourcing?

Cloud computing generally allows for on-demand utilization, whereas outsourcing is typically defined by contract terms.

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud computing?

Cloud computing is typically based on open Internet technology

How can cloud computing help reduce integrity risks?

Cloud computing makes it easier to have a backup available.

In which of the following ways do IT outsourcing and cloud computing differ?

Cloud computing services are typically much more scalable.

Why does hardware and operating system maintenance take less effort with SaaS?

Cloud provider takes care of it

A specific cloud deployment has been established specifically for financial services companies to consume. Which of the following best describes this type of cloud environment?

Community cloud

Which of the following actions should a company take if a cloud computing provider ceases to uphold their contract?

Consult the company's exit plan.

Which of the following risks occurs when a cloud provider stops serving the company?

Continuity risk

Which of the following is the difference between cloud computing and IT outsourcing?

Contracts with cloud providers can be changed much quicker.

Which of the following do business accountants prefer with respect to the cost of cloud computing?

Costs that are related to profits

Which of the following aspects of public cloud computing would a company most likely need to consider to ensure information security?

Data integrity

Which of the following assets have risks related to a cloud provider going out of business?

Data stored at the provider

An existing capability is being migrated into the cloud. Capacity management issues have been noticed in the past and an exercise is being performed to calculate current and future volumes. In which of the following lifecycle phases is this likely to be performed?

Design

Which of the following is a reason for business users to be interested in cloud computing?

Desire for improved user experience

Which of the following application types is suitable for a cloud computing pilot?

Desktop productivity applications

The business benefits of mobile computing are enhanced most by which of the following cloud service characteristics?

Distribution over the Internet

An organization is replacing its core insurance platform. The solution is made up of internally hosted insurance systems and applications hosted in the cloud. Which of the following activities is part of service transition?

Ensure that as part of the change management process the events are sequenced to include the cloud provider and that they have resources available.

Which of the following technologies are related to Web services?

HTML, JSON, XML

Which of the following confidentiality risks is introduced by cloud computing?

Having files stored on the servers of a cloud provider

A military facility is not able to fully embrace cloud computing because of which of the following?

High degree of confidentiality and operational assurance

Which of the following can cause user response times to deteriorate?

High network latency and high volume of data stored

Why does cloud computing shift capital cost to variable cost?

IT assets are not owned by the customer

Which of the following is a relevant component of the cloud ecosystem?

Image factory

Which of the following is the business benefit of private PaaS?

Improve the speed of the internal development and deployment processes.

Which of the following is a business reason for IT outsourcing and cloud computing?

Improving cost structure

All of the following are availability risks that are introduced by cloud computing except:

Increase in users who can change data.

Which of the following is an advantage of cloud computing for an organization?

Increased scalability to meet usage demands

Which of the following consequences does IT outsourcing and cloud computing have in common?

Involvement of external staff

Which of the following does the server virtualization layer do?

It allows the underling physical server hardware to be shared

Why is standardization of data formats important?

It facilitates movement from one provider to another.

Why can cloud computing be a challenge in relation to compliance risks (e.g. compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act)?

It makes it harder to know where a company's important assets are.

Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) is a facility for quickly providing virtual servers. This is an example of:

LaaS

Which of the following is indicated by a high number of variations of different virtual servers?

Lack of automation of virtual machine image manufacturing

Which of the following risk results if cloud computing providers limit their Service Level Agreement (SLA) liabilities?

Legal risk

How can cloud-related financial risks be managed?

Making sure that cloud assets are generating revenue

How can an organization successfully implement a SAAS strategy?

Manage the risks associated with bringing in external providers

Which of the following is the function of orchestration services?

Manage the starting and stopping of application server clusters

Which of the following is the most complex security provisioning problem in a cloud environment?

Managing users and their rights across multiple providers

Which of the following describes the amount of data that can be sent across a link in a given time?

Network bandwidth

Eucalyptus is open-source software for quickly provisioning virtual servers. This is an example of:

None of the above.

How can an organization successfully implement a PaaS strategy?

Open up internal databases with Web service access.

Web hosting is a service that enables customers to deploy a website quickly. This is an example of:

PaaS

Which of the following is most typically accessed through Web services?

PaaS

Which IT process is likely to take more effort with cloud computing?

Performance monitoring

Why does request fulfillment become more complicated in a cloud environment?

Processes must be redesigned with the user experience in mind.

Which represents the most important business continuity risk?

Providers going out of business

Which of the following is an important new skill for an IT organization to develop in the context of cloud computing?

Provisioning services

Which of the following are strategic exit options?

Re-host in-house

Which of the following business benefits do cloud computing and IT outsourcing have in common?

Reduction of capital expenditures

Who is responsible for granting access to a user in federated identity management?

Relying party

Why are traditional chargeback systems not compatible with cloud computing?

Resources that are used can fluctuate throughout the budget cycle

A company decides to subscribe to a new CRM product that will help improve their business processes. Which of the following types of cloud computing would most likely be implemented?

SaaS

Twitter is a service that allows users to exchange short text messages. This is an example of:

SaaS

Google Apps is a set of online applications allowing users to create and share documents and spreadsheets. This is an example of:

SaaS.

Which of the following is a typical concern for business and IT leaders when adopting cloud computing?

Security of current IT solutions

Which of the following are essential steps to take when creating a virtual server?

Select a machine image to run, select security credentials, select the size of the virtual machine.

Which of the following is an essential step in the start-up process of a virtual server?

Select security credentials

Which of the following early examples of cloud computing was used for software engineering purposes in the form of web-based applications and required interoperability between different systems?

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Which of the following is a unique characteristic of virtualization?

Shared hardware

Which of the following processes needs to be changed to better handle Change Management in the cloud?

Software distribution

How can an organization successfully implement an IaaS strategy?

Standardize on a limited set of virtual machines

Which of the following is an example of a cloud-related security risk?

Storing customer data at a provider

Why do business users prefer to deal with cloud providers directly, instead of via the IT department?

The IT department does not accommodate variable costs

A company is adopting a public SaaS cloud based computing system to migrate a mission critical application. Which of the following capabilities will be most likely lost?

The ability to perform fine grained customizations to the software.

Why do management tools introduce a risk?

The management tools present a vendor lock-in

Which of the following is the most important service management consequence of elastic capacity?

The need for good performance monitoring and management

All of the following are important design decisions when deploying SaaS except:

The number of users that will access the application simultaneously

In order for an organization to have a successful cloud implementation, which of the following must be true?

The organization must perform and successfully complete a cloud readiness assessment.

How does cloud computing influence service operations?

The provisioning of servers and services is quicker or ceases to be an issue

Why is it important to consider the cloud ecosystem when developing applications?

This can speed up the development process.

Cloud computing has the greatest benefit for which of the following user populations?

User populations that vary and are unpredictable.

How do demand management processes change with the introduction of SaaS?

Users can procure SaaS solutions themselves

Which of the following does IT outsourcing and cloud computing typically have in common?

Vendor lock-in potential

Which of the following is important to standardize?

Virtual machine images and identity information standards

Which of the following is a definition of virtualization?

Virtualization is a set of techniques for hiding hardware resources behind software abstractions.

Which of the following is an important skill for an organization wanting to adopt an IaaS strategy?

Visualization technology

Which of the following is the primary way to access PAAS?

Web services

Which of the following is the best example of maintaining 'strategic flexibility'?

When choosing services to migrate into the cloud, there should be a focus on ensuring that future migration between different cloud providers can be facilitated.

Which change in the security processes is introduced by cloud computing?

Working with multiple providers of user identities

Synchronization of updates is ___________ than replicating data across locations because it gives better assurance that data is always ___________ everywhere.

better, up to date

Cloud computing brings new challenges to ___________ management, because traditional licensing models do not fit well with scalable resources.

financial

Privacy is the right of________ to selectively disclose information about _________ and restrict the further use of that information by any party.

individuals, themselves

Which of the following refers to providing a combination of servers, networking components, hosting, provisioning, and basic services needed to run a cloud?

laaS

Cloud computing is priced according to ___________ or has ___________, rather than having upfront costs.

recurring subscription, usage-based charges

Cloud computing _____________capital cost to variable cost.

shifts

Private clouds are operated solely for _________ organization(s).

specific

Digital identities for logging onto SAAS solutions should be issued by all the following except:

user.