Comptia Cloud Essentials

Front 1

Which of the following statements correctly explain the benefits of cloud computing?
A. Cloud computing delivers a wide range of services.
B. Cloud computing is procured by the IT Dept.
C. Cloud computing delivers IT capacity on demand
D. Cloud computing delivers IT capabilities that scale with demand.

Back 1

D) Cloud computing delivers IT capabilities that scale with demand.

Front 2

It is easy to exchange small text messages through Twitter. What is this an example of?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. None of the above

Back 2

C. SaaS

Front 3

Which of the following statements best defines virtualization?
A. virtualization is a method to organize servers in a more efficient manner.
B. Virtualization is a set of techniques for hiding software resources behind hardware.
C. Virtualization is a method to structure data in a more efficient manner,
D. Virtualization is a set of techniques for hiding hardware resources behind software abstractions.

Back 3

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

Front 4

When provisioning new virtual servers, which of the following must be done? (Choose 2)
A. Specify cloud backup options for the virtual server.
B. Specify the maximum server log files size.
C. Specify user credentials to use with the virtual server.
D. Specify the amount of RAM the VM will use.

Back 4

C. Specify user credentials to use with the virtual server.
D. Specify the amount of RAM the VM will use.

Front 5

Which definitions applies to time-sharing?
A. Individuals using computing resources at different times.
B. Individuals using computing resources simultaneously within isolated computing sessions.
C. Individuals using the same VM simultaneously in the cloud.
D. Individuals using computing resources simultaneously within a shared computing session.

Back 5

B. Individuals using computing resources simultaneously within isolated computing sessions.

Front 6

Which of the following statements are true regarding cloud services? (Choose 2)
A. Cloud services use a "pay-as-you-go" payment scheme.
B. Cloud services are always less expensive than in-house hosted solutions.
C. Cloud data storage is less secure than storing data locally.
D. Cloud services can be provisioned quickly.

Back 6

A. Cloud services use a "pay-as-you-go" payment scheme.
D. Cloud services can be provisioned quickly.

Front 7

How can cloud computing improve the flexibility of businesses?
A. Easier access by users outside of the organization
B. Rapidly growing and shrinking capacity
C. Faster deployment of applications
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Back 7

D. All of the above

Front 8

Cloud computing might not be beneficial for which of the following ?
A. Small engineering start-up
B. Email system for the Pentagon
C. Rapidly growing email system
D. Web site for a large newspaper.

Back 8

B. Email system for the Pentagon

(due to it being sensitive)

Front 9

Bob, a deveploer, is using cloud services to create and test a new application. What type of service is Bob using?
A. PaaS
B. SaaS
C. XaaS
D. IaaS

Back 9

A. PaaS

Front 10

Which of the following is not a typical business objective realized by IT outsourcing and cloud computing?
A. Eliminating noncore activities
B. Lack of skilled staff
C. Improving cost structure
D. Solving security problems

Back 10

D. Solving security problems

Front 11

Which of the following statements is true?
A. Cloud computing and outsourcing are the same.
B. Outsourcing is specific to IT.
C. Cloud computing is specific to IT.
D. Outsourcing is cheaper than cloud computing .

Back 11

C. Cloud computing is specific to IT.

Front 12

Acme Inc is using a specific line-of-business piece of software and does not have the skilled help-desk staff required to support the software, What solution should Acme Inc employ?
A. Migrate the application to the cloud.
B. Virtualize the software.
C. Host the software in house.
D. Outsource the help-desk staff-requirement.

Back 12

D. Outsource the help-desk staff-requirement.

Front 13

You are the IT admin for a small regional airline that is opening a new office. To meet the airline's needs, you order server and desktop hardware, as well as the required software. Cloud computing can reduce or, in some cased, entirely eliminate these responsibilities from the customers. To which cloud characteristic doe this scenario apply?
A. Time to market
B. Vendor lock-in
C. Scalability
D. Security

Back 13

C. Scalability

Front 14

For a software development firm, which of the following cloud benefits is realized with PaaS?
A. Time to market
B. Vendor lock-in
C. Scalability
D. Security

Back 14

A. Time to market

Front 15

How does cloud computing affect a cloud customer's cost structure?
A. OPEX becomes CAPEX.
B. CAPEX becomes OPEX.
C. CPAEX increases.
D. OPEX decreases.

Back 15

B. CAPEX becomes OPEX.

Front 16

With a cloud solution, which of the following IT tasks are the responsibility of the cloud provider? (Choose 3)
A. Purchasing hardware
B. Purchasing and licensing software
C. Assigning user permissions to cloud data.
D. Updating software.

Back 16

A. Purchasing hardware
B. Purchasing and licensing software
D. Updating software.

Front 17

Stacey, a financial analyst, is describing the business benefits of public cloud computing to her colleagues. Which of the following might she state? (Choose 2)
A. Shorter time to market
B. Decrease in operating expenses
C. Facilitated data collaboration.
D. Increase in operating expenses

Back 17

A. Shorter time to market
D. Increase in operating expenses

Front 18

While __________ and _____________ are important IT considerations to a business, they are not specific to cloud computing.
A. Backup, disaster recovery
B. SLAs, SaaS
C. Virtualization, PaaS
D. Time to Market, reduced CAPEX

Back 18

A. Backup, disaster recovery

Front 19

Which statement regarding private clouds is true?
A. SLAs are not required.
B. Server virtualization is used only in public clouds.
C. They are more secure than public clouds.
D. They are for the exclusive use of a single organization.

Back 19

D. They are for the exclusive use of a single organization.

Front 20

Numerous cloud customers sharing the same computing service while having isolated computing environments is described as which of the following ?
A. Multitenancy
B. Elasticity
C. Virtualization
D. XaaS

Back 20

A. Multitenancy

Front 21

Which of the following are specific examples of IaaS? (Choose all that apply)
A. SLAs
B. Software code libraries
C. Cloud email accounts
D. Cloud storage

Back 21

D. Cloud storage

Front 22

Your organization uses on-premises servers to authenticate user logon requests. You would like to authorize user access to cloud email accounts using their local credentials. Which solution should you employ?
A. Replicate local user accounts to the cloud
B. Use identity federation.
C. Implement SaaS
D. Re-create user accounts in the cloud.

Back 22

B. Use identity federation.

Front 23

Relocating we content closer to users for quicket access is done using ___________.
A. Content distribution networks.
B. Identify federation.
C. Virtualization.
D. Cloud relocation

Back 23

A. Content distribution networks.

Front 24

You are designing a solution to ensure your on-premises users will have access to public cloud services. What should you consider?
A. Identity federation.
B. Tablets instead of smartphones .
C. Redundant network connections.
D. Encryption.

Back 24

C. Redundant network connections.

Front 25

Cloud adoption does not remove the need for on-premises IT personnel. Which task must local IT personnel undertake to ensure cloud solutions are delivering business value?
A. Setting limits on OPEX cost.
B. Monitoring application performance
C. Creating new VMs.
D. Removing active VMs.

Back 25

B. Monitoring application performance

Front 26

Which of the following statements is true?
A. PaaS is used to create web services.
B. PaaS is used by end users.
C. SaaS is used by software developers.
D. Applications cannot be developed in the cloud.

Back 26

A. PaaS is used to create web services.

Front 27

What benefits are derived from PaaS?
A. OPEX instead of CAPEX.
B. Cloud backup
C. Rapid application development
D. Elasticity

Back 27

C. Rapid application development

Front 28

Which application should be migrated to the cloud for initial cloud testing?
A. Financial management system
B. Word Processing
C. Customer transaction database
D. Emergency response system

Back 28

B. Word Processing

Front 29

Your company's application development team requires a self-provisioned software development solution that can quickly grow and shrink based on each projects parameters. Existing customer data will be used form a customized line-of-business application. What would you suggest?
A. Private PaaS
B. Private IaaS
C. Public PaaS
D. Public IaaS

Back 29

A. Private PaaS

Front 30

Cloud solutions that can tolerate failures yet still provide service are referred to as what?
A. IaaS
B. Highly portable
C. PaaS
D. Highly available

Back 30

D. Highly available

Front 31

You are evaluating cloud backup offerings from various cloud providers. What type of cloud service is cloud backup?
A. SaaS
B. IaaS
C. PaaS
D. DaaS

Back 31

B. IaaS

Front 32

What is used to automate the provisioning of virtual machines?
A. SaaS
B. Management Software
C. PaaS
D. Software libraries

Back 32

B. Management Software

Front 33

Which of the following are risks associated with depending on cloud provides? (Choose 2)
A. Proprietary data formats
B. Lack of security
C. Vendor lock-in
D. User authentication

Back 33

A. Proprietary data formats
C. Vendor lock-in

Front 34

Which items usually presents a single point of failure in regard to cloud computing?
A. Network connection
B. Hardware
C. Cloud backup
D. Virtual server

Back 34

A. Network connection

Front 35

Which of the following statements regarding change in IT roles as a result of cloud adoption is accurate?
A. In-house IT personnel are no longer required.
B. There will be an emphasis on managing operating expenses instead of capital expenses.
C. There is no longer a need to backup up business data.
D. Private clouds could require IT personnel to provision services.

Back 35

D. Private clouds could require IT personnel to provision services.

Front 36

For in-house IT personnel. which IT task will be emphasized with cloud adoption?
A. Application performance monitoring
B. Security auditing
C. Data backup
D. High Availabilty

Back 36

A. Application performance monitoring

Front 37

What must be done to ensure the ongoing success of cloud service adoption?
A. Software updates must be applied
B. Financial audits must take place
C. Industry compliance audits must take place
D. IT services must be coupled with specific business processes.

Back 37

D. IT services must be coupled with specific business processes.

Front 38

When evaluating cloud solutions, you conclude that some existing end-user software hosted on premises is not available as SaaS. What other options should you consider?
A. Evaluate other functionally equivalent SaaS offerings.
B. Keep using teh on-premises end-user software.
C. Use cloud backup for the end-user software data.
D. Use PaaS instead.

Back 38

A. Evaluate other functionally equivalent SaaS offerings.

Front 39

Your company currently has 6 VMs hosted on premises using two clustered physical servers. The two physical servers on which 6 V<s are running must be replaced. You have been asked to recommend the quickest solution to run the six VMs in the cloud instead of on the premises. What should you recommend?
A. Back up the existing VMs. Create new cloud virtual servers and restore the data to them.
B. Migrate the existing VMs to the cloud.
C. You cannot migrate VMs to the cloud.
D. Re-create the six VMs in the cloud from scratch.

Back 39

B. Migrate the existing VMs to the cloud.

Front 40

Which of the following is a reason to migrate an application to the cloud?
A. Elasticity
B. Data encryption
C. High availability
D. It will be cheaper than hosting the application in house.

Back 40

A. Elasticity

Front 41

Which of the following items would show up in an SLA? (Choose all that apply)
A. Type virtual server operating systems available
B. PKI certification for identity federation
C. Degree of service elasticity
D. Guaranteed level of service

Back 41

C. Degree of service elasticity
D. Guaranteed level of service

Front 42

Cloud adoption can increase the workload for cloud customer internal IT staff members in which area?
A. Applying patches to software
B. Acquiring server hardware
C. Monitoring cloud service performance
D. Performing data backups

Back 42

C. Monitoring cloud service performance

Front 43

Planning disk capacity requirements in the cloud applies to which service management phase?
A. Service design
B. Service strategy
C. Service operation
D. Service transiton

Back 43

A. Service design

Front 44

Encouraging cloud service use during minimal load times applies to which ITIL service strategy process?
A. Capacity management
B. Demand management
C. Financial management
D. Service Level management

Back 44

B. Demand management

Front 45

Which process of the ITIL service design phase relates to ensuring cloud services are always accessible?
A. Service level Management
B. Capacity Management
C. Information Security Management
D. Availability and Service Continuity Management

Back 45

D. Availability and Service Continuity Management

Front 46

Choosing a cloud service that provides the same functionality as an in-house systems applies to which ITIL life-cycle phase?
A. Service Design
B. Service Strategy
C. Service Operation
D. Service Transition

Back 46

A. Service Design

Front 47

The manipulation of people to disclose confidential information defines what types of risk?
A. Malware
B. Denial of service
C. Password cracking
D. Social engineering

Back 47

D. Social engineering

Front 48

Why might a government agency be against storing it's data in the cloud?
A. Clouds do not offer data encryption
B. Data must be store within national borders.
C. Data in virtual servers is unreliable.
D. Cloud data cannot be backed up

Back 48

B. Data must be store within national borders.

Front 49

What new IT service risk is result of cloud adoption?
A. Loss of network connectivity
B. Loss of encryption keys
C. Loss of decryption keys
D. Failure of a hard disk

Back 49

A. Loss of network connectivity

Front 50

How does cloud adoption affect IT budgets?
A. IT budgets increase
B. IT budgets decrease
C. IT budgets remain the same
D. IT budgets must account for the "pay-as-you-go" model.

Back 50

D. IT budgets must account for the "pay-as-you-go" model.

Front 51

What does ITIL stand for and what is it?

Back 51

Information Technology Infrastructure Library

-Consists of recommend methods to ensure that IT service align with business needs. ITIL is framework of processes.