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Cloud Computing Concepts and MCQs

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about cloud computing concepts such as service models, characteristics, benefits, deployment models, and types of cloud services. Key topics covered include security concerns in multi-tenant environments, virtualization and standard protocols as key cloud computing characteristics, the origins of the Internet at the Department of Defense, benefits of cloud computing for IT staff including lower stress levels, thin clients having no hard drive, the service model consisting of types of accessible cloud services, cloud computing abstracting systems through resource pooling and sharing, Internet and workgroups both being distributed systems, nodes, networks and characterization being building blocks of clusters, utility computing providing on-demand access to computing resources with usage-based charging, and the three main cloud service

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Cloud Computing Concepts and MCQs

The document contains 20 multiple choice questions about cloud computing concepts such as service models, characteristics, benefits, deployment models, and types of cloud services. Key topics covered include security concerns in multi-tenant environments, virtualization and standard protocols as key cloud computing characteristics, the origins of the Internet at the Department of Defense, benefits of cloud computing for IT staff including lower stress levels, thin clients having no hard drive, the service model consisting of types of accessible cloud services, cloud computing abstracting systems through resource pooling and sharing, Internet and workgroups both being distributed systems, nodes, networks and characterization being building blocks of clusters, utility computing providing on-demand access to computing resources with usage-based charging, and the three main cloud service

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1. What is an important concern for the customer in multi-tenant environments?

A. Availability

B. Network bandwidth

C. Network latency

D. Security

Ans: D

2. Virtualization is a key architectural feature of Cloud computing.

What is another one of these key characteristics of Cloud computing?

A. the use of secured access

B. the use of Service Level Agreements

C. the use of standard protocol

D. the use of the Internet

Ans: C

3. Where did the Internet begin?

A. a cluster of cooperating universities in the USA

B. computer hobbyists

C. the CIA

D. the Department of Defense of the USA

Ans: D

4. What is a benefit of Cloud Computing for IT staff?

A. higher payment of IT staff involved in Cloud Computing

B. less interruption of work caused by users asking for support

C. less knowledge needed: Cloud Computing does not require special skills

D. lower stress levels: less worry about normal daily activities like making back-ups

Ans: D
5. What is a correct description of a Thin Client?

A. a Client computer without a screen

B. a mobile phone with access to the Internet

C. a Personal Computer without a hard drive

D. a user terminal without a processor

Ans:C

6. _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can access on a cloud

computing platform.

a) Service

b) Deployment

c) Application

d) None of the mentioned

Answer:a

Explanation: Service models describe the type of service that the service provider is offering.

7. Point out the correct statement :

a) The use of the word “cloud” makes reference to the two essential concepts

b) Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources

c) cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet

d) All of the mentioned

Answer:b

Explanation: Abstraction and Virtualization are the two essential concepts.

8. Which of the following is/are distributed system?

(a)Internet

(b)Workgroups

(c)Both a and b
(d)None of these

Ans: c

(Hint: Both Internet and Workgroups are distributed system.)

9. The basic building blocks of clusters are

(a)Nodes

(b)Network

(c)Network characterization

(d)All of these

Ans: d

(Hint: Nodes, network as well as network characterization are all basic building blocks of cluster.)

10. Utility computing is a model where service provider

(a)makes computing resources available to the customer as needed

(b)makes computing resources available to the customer for some amount of time

(c)Can’t say – implementation dependent

Ans: a

(Hint: Service provider makes computing resources available to the customer as needed in utility
computing.)

11. In utility computing model, the service provider charges the customer

(a) at a flat rate

(b) based on the usage

(c) None of these

Ans: b

(Hint: Service provider charges the customer based on the usage in utility computing.)

12. Which is/are true regarding cloud computing?

(a) It does not provide ubiquitous access

(b) It provides on-demand network access


(c) Resources can be released with no management effort

(d) None of these

Ans: b

(Hint: Cloud computing provides network access when demanded by the client.)

13. Which are essential characteristics of cloud computing?

(a) On-demand self service

(b) Resource pooling

(c) Rapid elasticity

(d) None of these

Ans: a,b,c

(Hint: On-demand self service, resource pooling as well as rapid elasticity are features of cloud
computing.)

14. Cloud computing is a distributed computing model.

(a) True (b) False

Ans: a

(Hint: Cloud computing is a distributed computing model.)

15. SaaS is useful in case of applications where extremely fast processing of real time data is needed.

(a) True (b) False

Ans: b

(Hint: It is not true.)

16. Which of these is/are managed by the user in PaaS?

(a) Data (b) Application (c) Runtime (d) All of these

Ans: a,b

(Hint: Data and application are managed by the user in platform as a service.)

17. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their WAN
connectivity.
A. propagation

B. latency

C. noise

D. All of the mentioned

Ans:B

18. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources ?

A. Polymorphism

B. Abstraction

C. Virtualization

D. None of the mentioned

Ans:C

19. Which is not one of the three main categories of cloud computing services?

a. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

b. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

c. Communication-as-a-Service (CaaS)

d. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Ans:C

20. Which model of cloud computing services provides the servers, storage devices, and networks for a
subscriber?

a. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

b. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

c. Communication-as-a-Service (CaaS)

d. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Ans: a

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