MID-1 MCQ Question Bank

1. Which of the following is the best definition of Cloud Computing?

a) Delivering computing as a service over the internet
b) Storing all data in personal hard drives
c) Installing software locally on every machine
d) Using supercomputers for weather forecasting
Answer: a
2. Which of the following is not a characteristic of Cloud Computing?
a) On-demand self-service
b) Resource pooling
c) Manual provisioning
d) Rapid elasticity
Answer: c
3. Google Docs is an example of:
a) IaaS
b) SaaS
c) PaaS
d) Private Cloud
Answer: b
4. Which deployment model is owned and operated by a single organization?
a) Public Cloud
b) Private Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) Community Cloud
Answer: b
5. In Cloud Computing, scalability means:
a) Increasing the size of your laptop
b) Adding more resources dynamically as per need
c) Storing data on CDs
d) Decreasing the size of RAM
Answer: b
6. Which of the following ensures that cloud customers only pay for what they use?
a) Elasticity
b) Virtualization
c) Pay-as-you-go model
d) Multi-tenancy
Answer: c
7. The “SPI Model” in cloud computing stands for:
a) Software, Platform, Infrastructure
b) Storage, Processing, Integration
c) Security, Privacy, Integrity
d) Software, Processing, Internet
Answer: a
8. Which of the following is an advantage of Cloud Computing?
a) High capital expenditure
b) Scalability & flexibility
c) Limited accessibility
d) Manual resource management
Answer: b
9. Cloud Computing is mainly based on:
a) Virtualization
b) Grid Computing
c) Distributed Computing
d) All of the above
Answer: d
10. Which of the following is a key enabler of Cloud Computing?
a) Virtualization
b) Bluetooth
c) Wi-Fi router
d) Pen drive
Answer: a
11. Quality of service is a ________ requirement in cloud computing.
a) Functional
b) Non functional
c) Basic
d) None of the above
Answer: b
12. Who is called the father of Cloud Computing?
a) Bill Gates
b) John McCarthy
c) Tim Berners-Lee
d) Steve Jobs
Answer: b
13. Which as a service develops application upon an existing cloud computing application
infrastructure.
a) Platform
b) Software
c) Hardware
d) Analytics
Answer: a
14. Which layer provides application software to end-users?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) Middleware
Answer: a
15. Which of the following is an example of PaaS?
a) Gmail
b) Google App Engine
c) AWS EC2
d) Dropbox
Answer: b
16. Which of the following is a SaaS application?
a) Microsoft Azure
b) Salesforce CRM
c) VMware vSphere
d) Amazon EC2
Answer: b
17. Which service model provides runtime environment & development tools?
a) SaaS
b) IaaS
c) PaaS
d) FaaS
Answer: c
18. Which service model provides virtualized computing resources like servers and storage?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) FaaS
Answer: c
19. Community clouds are which type of systems.
a) Distributed systems
b) Isolated systems
c) Non isolated systems
d) Public systems
Answer: a

20. Which is the most basic service model?

a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) DBaaS
Answer: c
21. A cloud model where infrastructure is shared by multiple organizations with similar
interests is:
a) Public Cloud
b) Private Cloud
c) Community Cloud
d) Hybrid Cloud
Answer: c
22. Amazon AWS is an example of:
a) Public Cloud
b) Private Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) Community Cloud
Answer: a
23. A bank hosting its own private servers is an example of:
a) Public Cloud
b) Private Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) SaaS
Answer: b
24. A company using AWS (public) + its own private servers is:
a) Private Cloud
b) Community Cloud
c) Hybrid Cloud
d) SaaS
Answer: c
25. Which deployment model is the most cost-effective for startups?
a) Private Cloud
b) Public Cloud
c) Community Cloud
d) Hybrid Cloud
Answer: b
26. Which of the following allows multiple OS to run on a single machine?
a) Virtualization
b) Grid Computing
c) Networking
d) Containerization
Answer: a
27. A software layer that allows virtualization is called:
a) Hypervisor
b) Emulator
c) Compiler
d) Loader
Answer: a
28. VMware ESXi is an example of:
a) Type 1 Hypervisor
b) Type 2 Hypervisor
c) SaaS
d) PaaS
Answer: a
29. VirtualBox is an example of:
a) Type 1 Hypervisor
b) Type 2 Hypervisor
c) SaaS
d) IaaS
Answer: b
30. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of virtualization?
a) Resource utilization
b) Energy efficiency
c) Hardware dependency
d) Scalability
Answer: c
31. Which of the following is a major security issue in Cloud?
a) Multi-tenancy
b) Pay-per-use
c) Elasticity
d) Broad network access
Answer: a
32. Data encryption in cloud ensures:
a) Confidentiality
b) Availability
c) Elasticity
d) Virtualization
Answer: a
33. SLA stands for:
a) Service Level Agreement
b) Software Layer Application
c) System Level Access
d) Storage Layer Agreement
Answer: a
34. The legal issue of storing data across countries is related to:
a) Virtualization
b) Data jurisdiction
c) Community cloud
d) Elasticity
Answer: b
35. Which standard is commonly used for cloud security management?
a) ISO 27001
b) ISO 9001
c) TCP/IP
d) OSPF
Answer: a
36. Which company provides "Azure" cloud services?
a) Amazon
b) Google
c) Microsoft
d) IBM
Answer: c
37. AWS EC2 provides:
a) Software
b) Platform
c) Infrastructure
d) Storage only
Answer: c
38. Google Cloud Storage is:
a) SaaS
b) IaaS
c) PaaS
d) DBaaS
Answer: b
39. Dropbox is an example of:
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) Hybrid Cloud
Answer: a
40. Which of the following is not a Cloud provider?
a) Amazon Web Services (AWS)
b) Microsoft Azure
c) Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
d) Oracle VM VirtualBox
Answer: d)
41. Public cloud activities are managed by _______.
a) External parties
b) Third parties
c) Single party
d) Both a and b
Answer: d
42. Serverless Computing is also called:
a) SaaS
b) FaaS (Function as a Service)
c) IaaS
d) PaaS
Answer: b
43. Which service model provides virtualized computing resources like servers and storage?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) FaaS
Answer: c)
44. Cloud bursting refers to:
a) Using hybrid cloud for sudden workload spikes
b) Deleting cloud resources
c) Encrypting data
d) Shutting down servers
Answer: a
45. Elasticity in cloud means:
a) Reducing data size
b) Automatic scaling of resources
c) Secure storage
d) Fixed capacity
Answer: b
46. Which is the underlying network protocol used in Cloud Computing?
a) FTP
b) TCP/IP
c) SMTP
d) ICMP
Answer: b
47. Multi-tenancy in Cloud means:
a) Multiple users share same resources
b) Multiple clouds working together
c) Multiple servers per user
d) None of the above
Answer: a
48. Utility computing is closely related to:
a) Grid computing
b) Pay-as-you-go model
c) Private clouds
d) Security models
Answer: b
49. Which technology is often integrated with Cloud for IoT?
a) Edge Computing
b) Blockchain
c) Big Data
d) All of the above
Answer: d
50. Which attack is common in cloud due to shared resources?
a) Side-channel attack
b) Phishing
c) Denial of Service
d) Trojan
Answer: a