1. According to the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition of “cloud computing,” what is the meaning of the statement “a shared pool of configurable computing resources”?
Leveraging cloud services over the open internet on hardware owned by the cloud provider.
Five essential characteristics, three deployment, and three service models.
Data security associated with data loss or unavailability causing business disruption.
Networks, servers, storage, applications, and services.
2. What tasks do hypervisors accomplish?
Enable multiple operating systems to run alongside each other and separate VMs logically
Fluctuates workloads and facilitates access to mainframes
Scale on demand to support fluctuating workloads
Facilitate access to mainframes for multiple users to access the same data storage layer
3. Which key considerations drive an organization’s selection of cloud computing when considering expenditure for off-the-shelf software and investments in upgrades?
Infrastructure and workloads
Software as a service and development platforms
Risk exposure
Speed and productivity
4. Which of the following statements describes a benefit of cloud computing?
Hardware failures do not result in data loss because of backups maintained on the network
Lack of standardization in how the constantly evolving technologies integrate
Business continuity
Data security associated with loss or unavailability of data
5. Which service provider provides one of the largest cloud-based data management platforms?
Amazon Web Services
Alibaba Cloud
Salesforce
Oracle Cloud
6. Which service provider uses its cloud platform internally for their end-user products, such as Search and app engines that automatically allocate and de-allocate resources to handle demand?
Oracle Cloud
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
SAP
7. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), what is that crucial ability that will make cloud computing essential for businesses to succeed, sustain, and compete in today’s markets?
Cognitively enabled workflows
Multi-cloud infrastructures
Applied exponential technologies such as AI, Automation, IoT, and Blockchain
Data-driven decisions
8. Why did American Airlines require a new technology platform?
Requirement for better customer service
Establishment of a scalable hosting platform for low-latency delivery
Removal of barriers to innovation
Acceleration of growth
9. Select the answer that best describes how does Cloud Computing helps IoT devices?
Provides a fixed physical location for the data collected from IoT devices
Provides the resources to store and process the data produced by IoT devices and users.
Stores data on an encrypted physical drive
Draws insights from data collected from the IoT devices and users
10. Which of the following denotes the relationship between Blockchain, AI, and cloud?
Blockchain provides a decentralized source of truth, AI powers analytics and decision-making, and the cloud provides globally distributed computing resources
Blockchain provides an immutable network, AI provides distributed computing resources and cloud powers decision-making
Blockchain lends trust and transparency to AI by recording the data and variables that go into a decision made in an AI algorithm, and the cloud provides an immutable network
Blockchain provides the distributed computing resources, AI powers the analytics, and the cloud records the data
