Question 1

A small startup company has just received a round of funding in order to provide the capacity that is required to deliver their smartphone app to a larger number of devices. They have decided to use a public cloud rather than build their own data center, but want to manage as much of the infrastructure as possible while realizing the savings on capital expenditures from the purchase of hardware. Which of the following service models will give them the most control over the security of the platform they want to develop?

Accepted Answer

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provides the most control over security and the underlying infrastructure, allowing the company to manage hardware, operating systems, and the deployment of applications, while still avoiding the capital expenditures of purchasing hardware.

Question 2

Creative Co has just set up a private cloud. However, they have employees that work remotely in the field and want them to be able to access resources on the private cloud. Which of the following could Creative Co implement in order to allow users to create secure connections from their computers across the Internet into the private cloud?

Accepted Answer

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows users to create a secure connection from their computers across the Internet into the private cloud, enabling remote employees to access resources as if they were directly connected to the private network.

Question 3

Timothy is responsible for monitoring the performance of the applications the company has deployed on their internal private cloud as well as on the cloud service provider. When the applications were initially developed, the IT department had agreed to ensure that the services were available to varying degrees depending on criticality. As such, he needs to reference the documents for each of those services so he knows how they should be performing. Which document is Timothy most likely referencing?

Accepted Answer

Timothy is most likely referencing the Service Level Agreement (SLA), which outlines the performance and availability standards that the service provider has agreed to meet.

Question 4

Craig wants to create a computing infrastructure that will allow developers within his company to build applications on a primarily internally hosted platform rather than outsourcing the infrastructure to a third party provider. However, he wants the ability to easily interact with AWS products. Which of the following could Craig use to do so?

Accepted Answer

Eucalyptus is a cloud computing software platform for on-premise (private) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds. It supports AWS API compatibility, allowing users to migrate workloads between their internal data center and AWS cloud environments.

Question 5

Patrick manages the cloud services that are used by a small hospital system. He knows that there are a lot of laws and regulations out there that pertain to storing PII that are different than other industries. Which of the following sets of laws and regulations is he specifically thinking of that do not apply to other industries?

Accepted Answer

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is specifically designed to protect sensitive patient health information and does not apply to other industries outside of healthcare. PCI DSS, GDPR, and SLA are applicable across various industries for data security, privacy protection, and service level agreements, respectively.

Question 6

Bonnie has been tasked with performing an analysis on her company's firewall infrastructure. The organization has a number of office locations across the United States in addition to a number of people that work remotely from home. She finds that many of the existing firewalls are no longer supported by the manufacturer and has convinced the company to allocate some budget to find a solution to replace them. Which of the following might she recommend as a replacement?

Accepted Answer

FWaaS (Firewall as a Service) is a modern solution that provides firewall and other network security functions as a cloud service. It is suitable for organizations with multiple locations and remote workers, offering centralized management and up-to-date security features without the need for physical hardware maintenance. FAT (File Allocation Table) is a file system, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is software for managing customer interactions, and FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is a network technology. None of these are related to replacing firewall infrastructure.

Question 7

Fictional Corp has a data center that runs multiple internal applications. However, they want to migrate their email to a cloud service provider so that mail will continue to be delivered in the case of any Internet service interruptions. They also want to use a single directory service so that they don't have to create duplicate user accounts on the internal and external systems. Which of the following types of services is best suited for Fictional Corp's needs?

Accepted Answer

A hybrid cloud solution is best suited for Fictional Corp's needs because it allows them to keep some resources in their data center (private cloud) while moving their email to a cloud service provider (public cloud). This setup supports business continuity by ensuring email delivery during internet service interruptions and can be integrated with a single directory service for unified user account management across both internal and external systems.

Question 8

Ted has been tasked with moving the company's physical server infrastructure to a cloud-based infrastructure. He knows that the servers the company uses in the data center are fairly new and are nowhere near ready for retirement. However, he also knows that security is a very important factor in any decisions that are made. Which of the following is unlikely to be considered as a factor in the confidentiality aspect of security planning?

Accepted Answer

Uptime requirements relate to the availability aspect of security, not directly to confidentiality. Choices A, C, and D are directly related to maintaining the confidentiality of data.

Question 9

Danny is looking at deploying a new application that requires root-level access to the server. He is currently researching the capabilities of various cloud service providers but is only finding one type of implementation that would meet the requirements set forth by the application developer. Which of the following types of cloud offerings is he most likely going to need?

Accepted Answer

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provides the most flexibility in terms of server access and configuration, including root-level access, which is necessary for Danny's application requirements.

Question 10

Aaron's boss has learned that organizations can create their own clouds in their existing data centers. He has been tasked with researching products that could make better use of the hardware in their data centers and keeping their data on-premises. Which of the following products might Aaron recommend?

Accepted Answer

OpenStack is an open-source cloud computing platform that enables organizations to create and manage both public cloud and private cloud infrastructure within their own data centers. It allows for better utilization of existing hardware while keeping data on-premises, aligning with the requirements mentioned.

Question 11

Alejandro is wanting to configure a couple of new virtual machines to take advantage of DHCP services offered by their cloud service provider. The portal that the CSP provides has their offerings broken up into multiple higher level categories. Which of the following should he most likely look under to configure this service for his company's use?

Accepted Answer

DHCP services are related to network configuration and management, allowing devices to automatically receive IP addresses and other network settings. Therefore, these services would most likely be found under "Network components" in the cloud service provider's portal.

Question 12

Fictional Corp is in the process of merging with Widgets Inc. They both use different cloud service providers for a variety of different applications that their employees need to perform their jobs. The IT departments of the organizations have been tasked with merging the IT infrastructure. One of the first tasks that they are looking at is combining the directory services for the two organizations so that all users are in one large LDAP database. Migrating from one cloud service provider to another is currently not a possibility due to the complexity of the applications deployed. Which of the following describes the type of infrastructure they will end up with as they continue to link the infrastructures together?

Accepted Answer

Since Fictional Corp and Widgets Inc are using different cloud service providers for their applications and are looking to link these infrastructures together without migrating to a single provider, they are creating a multi-cloud environment. This involves using multiple cloud computing and storage services in a single heterogeneous architecture.

Question 13

Fictional Corp's IT management team has decided that with their larger infrastructure, they need to look at automating some of the deployments of virtual machines and configurations. They want to use APIs to manage the configurations and installation of operating systems and software as well as for monitoring purposes. Which of the following describes the environment that they are wanting to create and start using?

Accepted Answer

DevOps is the correct choice because it involves practices, tools, and cultural philosophies that automate and integrate the processes between software development and IT teams. This enables organizations to build, test, and release software faster and more reliably, which aligns with Fictional Corp's goal of automating deployments and configurations through APIs.

Question 14

A small company has decided that they have the extra bandwidth to host their website on-premises in their server room. However, occasionally their site goes viral for a few days at a time, which has caused the site to become completely unavailable to all users. Which of the following might solve their problem?

Accepted Answer

Cloud bursting allows a company to use cloud resources to handle excess traffic that exceeds the capacity of their on-premises servers, thus solving the problem of the site becoming unavailable during traffic spikes.

Question 15

Fictional Corp is looking at solutions for their new CRM system for the sales department. The IT staff already has a fairly heavy workload, but they do not want to hire any additional IT staff. In order to reduce the maintenance burden of the new system, which of the following types of CRM should they choose to meet these needs?

Accepted Answer

SaaS (Software as a Service) is the best choice for Fictional Corp because it minimizes the maintenance burden on the IT staff. With SaaS, the CRM software is hosted by the service provider, who is responsible for maintaining the software, including updates and security, thus reducing the workload on the company's IT staff.

Question 16

A holiday ornament manufacturer sees traffic increase to their website in the couple of months leading up to the holiday, but then it tapers off and is very low for the rest of the year. Which of the following benefits of cloud computing might they be the most interested in for this use?

Accepted Answer

Elasticity in cloud computing allows resources to be scaled up or down as needed, which is ideal for businesses with fluctuating demands, such as a holiday ornament manufacturer experiencing seasonal traffic spikes.

Question 17

Fictional Corp's Vice President of Sales has just returned from a conference where he learned about a great customer relationship management platform that he would like for the company to begin using. This platform doesn't require any investment in hardware, operating systems, or any other software, and only requires administration of user accounts and configuration of the types of data that it needs to store. Users would access it through their web browser, and the administration and maintenance tasks for the IT department would be minimal. Which of the following is the VP suggesting that the company use?

Accepted Answer

The VP is suggesting the use of a public cloud service, as it is accessible through the web, does not require investment in physical hardware or software by the company, and minimizes the IT department's tasks to user account management and data configuration.

Question 18

Zara is implementing a configuration management tool that makes use of a system that sends XML messages to endpoints on various systems in order to make changes. What kind of technology is she putting into use?

Accepted Answer

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) allow different systems to communicate with each other, often through the use of XML messages or other data formats, to request changes or actions, fitting the description provided.

Question 19

Fictional Corp currently uses a private cloud within their data center. The CTO has recently learned about hybrid cloud implementations and their benefits, and has instructed the cloud team to implement a hybrid cloud as soon as possible. Which of the following types of cloud services should they start looking at adding to their setup?

Accepted Answer

A hybrid cloud is a computing environment that combines a private cloud with one or more public cloud services, with proprietary software enabling communication between each distinct service. Since Fictional Corp already uses a private cloud, adding a public cloud component would create a hybrid cloud setup.

Question 20

Eddie has a virtual machine that is currently serving as the sole web server for the organization he works for. The amount of traffic to the website has been increasing lately, and Eddie wants to add another web server to help answer some of the requests. Which of the following technologies should Eddie look at implementing in addition to the second web server?

Accepted Answer

To distribute incoming web traffic efficiently across multiple servers, a load balancer is used. It ensures no single server becomes a bottleneck, improving the responsiveness and availability of applications or websites.

Quiz 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing

A holiday ornament manufacturer sees traffic increase to their website in the couple of months leading up to the holiday, but then it tapers off and is very low for the rest of the year. Which of the following benefits of cloud computing might they be the most interested in for this use?

Zara is implementing a configuration management tool that makes use of a system that sends XML messages to endpoints on various systems in order to make changes. What kind of technology is she putting into use?