ISE 231 Test 1 Take 2 – Flashcards

In cloud computing, how does a business benefit by the ability to scale resources on demand. a. Fewer in-house servers reduce power costs in the business' data center. b. It is more cost effective to pay for resources used rather than having to pay for resources capable of meeting peak demand at all times. c. Shorter contracts and less capital expense reduce expenses of the IT department. d. Having a 3rd party to manage service delivery allows the business to lower staffing costs.

A cloud provider supplies storage, processing, and memory to multiple tenants using physical and virtual resources. This is an example of which of the following cloud characteristics? Answers: a. Rapid elasticity. b. Measured service. c. Resource pooling. d. On-demand self-service.

Elastic computing is related to which of the following cloud characteristics? a. Integrity. b. Distribution. c. Scalability. d. Security.

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud computing? a. It is cheaper compared to virtualization. b. It typically uses XML technologies c. It is typically based on web technology. d. It is typically based on open Internet technologies.

Which of the following is not an essential characteristic of cloud computing? Answers: a. Measured service. b. Resource pooling. c. Sustainability. d. On-demand self-service.

How does cloud computing improve business flexibility? (Choose all that apply) a. Faster deployment of applications. b. Rapid response to changing capacity. c. Rapid provisioning of resources. d. Easier access by users from external locations.

Where does the term cloud come from? Answers: Environmental threats Network diagrams Exposed networks Legacy term for SOA (service oriented architecture)

Which type of client lacks storage for applications? Thick Thin Mobile Remote

Cloud computing is inherently an ecologically green technology. Answers: True False

When a service has been migrated to the cloud, where is it really located? In the local data center In a partner organization's data center At a service provider's virtualized data center Almost anywhere

What is the term used in system virtualization to reflect more than one operating system or instance running on a single host server? Heterogeneous servers Homogeneous servers Multitenancy Colocation

What characteristics of cloud computing reduces data center costs? Answers: Using energy-efficient technologies in cloud data centers Flexibility and sustainability of cloud service models Allowing services to be automatically migrated between data center locations as required Remote availability for mobile devices

What is another term for a flexible pool of computing resources available to network clients and managed by self-service on-demand automated tools? Answers: Server virtualization High performance computing Cloud computing Server consolidation

What characteristic of cloud computing reduces administrative costs? Self-service or automated resource management Placing the cloud data center farther away from local administrators Limitation of platform/application development selection (in PaaS environments) Paying only for resources actually consumed

Cloud computing is the same as virtualized computing. True False

Which fundamental technology provides cloud computing with its ability to split up processes across multiple resource pools? Distributed application design Resource management automation Virtualized computing High-performance computing

Which of the following best describe virtualization? a. A set of techniques for hiding software resources behind hardware abstractions. b. A method for structuring data more efficiently at less cost to the user. c. A set of techniques for hiding hardware resources behind software abstractions. d. A method for organizing servers more efficiently to double the number of accessible users.

An organization that blends Google Docs forms and Microsoft's Azure services for data collection and management is using what type of cloud deployment? Answers: a. Public b. Private c. Community d. Hybrid

Which of the following is a private cloud application? Answers: a. An application for internal use only, on a public cloud system. b. An application for external use only, on a public cloud system. c. An application for internal use only, on company-owned systems. d. An application for external use only, on company-owned systems.

An organization subscribes to a public SaaS cloud. For which of the following does the subscriber NOT depend on the supplier? a. Internet bandwidth and packet latency. b. Agreed service levels. c. Infrastructure availability. d. Data backups.

Which type of cloud is often used when external mandates require a high degree of data governance? Answers: a. Public b. Private c. Community d. Partitioned public

Which type of cloud allows an organization to share its local cloud services with its partners? Answers: a. Public b. Private c. Community d. Hybrid

What type of cloud model would enable cloud bursting? a. Private b. Public c. Community d. Hybrid

Which type of cloud computing definitely involves resources in the organization's own data center? Answers: a. Public b. Private c. Community d. Hybrid

Which of the following is not an example of cloud computing? a. The company's staff will access its hosted CRM application via their web browsers. b. A company is moving its e-mail service to a 3rd party's enterprise web application. c. A company is going to activate hosted servers automatically to handle extra processing requirement as needed. d. A company is going to consolidate 5 web servers on to a single physical server based at it datacenter.

Adoption of public cloud services requires an organization to first implement server virualization and private hybrid clouds. True False

Which of the following is an essential feature of virtualization? Answers: a. Security. b. High-speed networks. c. Centralized logon. d. Shared hardware.

Which of the following distinguishes private from public cloud services? a. Private cloud services are never accessible via the Internet. b. Private cloud services are more economical than public cloud services. c. Private cloud services are dedicated for the use of one organization. d. Private cloud services do not provide scalability.

Which level of the cloud service model pyramid allows the greatest flexibility for application development? Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service Hardware as a Service

A company decides to subscribe to a new CRM service. Which service type is most likely to be implemented? a. IaaS b. PaaS c. XaaS d. SaaS

What type of cloud service is the most common? SaaS Paas IaaS XaaS

Amazon's Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) is a facility for providing virtual servers. It is an example of which of the following? Answers: a. IaaS b. PaaS c. QoS d. SaaS

Which category of "as a Service" models is not specifically identified by NIST? Software as a Service Platform as a Service Everything as a Service Infrastructure as a Service Hardware as a Service

All cloud services fall into only one of the NIST models: SaaS, PaaS, Iaas. True False

Which of the following is the most significant benefit of private PaaS? Answers: a. Improve the re-use of databases within the organization. b. Reduce the cost of and reliance on internal technical skills. c. Improve the speed of development and deployment process. d. Simplify interfaces for specific user groups.

Which of the following statements is true about Windows Azure? Answers: a. It is PaaS and SaaS but not IaaS. b. It is PaaS and IaaS. c. It is only IaaS. d. It is only PaaS.

Twitter is a service that allows users to exchange short text messages. What type of cloud service is it? a. IaaS b. SaaS c. PaaS d. DBaaS

At what NIST "as a Service" model level is the current concern of vendor/proprietary lock-in greatest for custom applications developed for the cloud? Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service Everything as a Service

Which NIST "as a Service" model is best suited to full customization for an organization's services? Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service Everything as a Service

Which of the following is an early example of a cloud service? a. Web e-mail. b. Virtualization. c. Video streaming. d. Datacenters

Which of the following cloud service models would be used for renting hardware, computing power and storage from a cloud service provider? a. IaaS b. XaaS c. SaaS d. PaaS

A software development company wants to move its application development to the cloud. Which type of service is most appropriate? a. IaaS b. PaaS c. DBaaS d. SaaS

Which of the following considerations would be most likely to persuade a company to use SaaS? Answers: a. Decrease of application downtime. b. Lowering of thin client management costs. c. Elimination of application maintenance. d. Increased security.

An organization should not be concerned with relying on a single vendor or proprietary technology base. True False

Which of the following is a drawback of direct costs when implementing cloud computing? a. It cannot be applied to SaaS. b. It is harder to budget for. c. It only works with SaaS. d. It is more expensive.

Adding additional memory to a server is an example of what type of scalability? a. Diagonal b. Horizontal c. Vertical d. Load balancing

Which of the following is the BEST example of how the fees charged by a cloud service provider might vary on a monthly basis? a. The fee is based on the energy consumption of each server at the provider's datacenter. b. The fee is based on projected monthly revenue of the client. c. The fee depends on the number of virtual servers needed to house the client's data at the provider's datacenter. d. The fee varies according to the number of the vendor's staff needed to support the infrastructure.

Organizations with a workforce that is distributed geographically would not benefit from public cloud services. True False

Physical computing hardware is an example of what type of expense? a. Capital b. Indirect c. Operating d. Direct

Which of the following is an advantage of cloud computing? a. Increased scalability to meet usage demands. b. Increased security of applications and data due to virtualization. c. Increased internal focus on IT when hosting with proven providers. d. Decreased downtime due to increased control over hosted servers.

Which of the following is not a business driver for cloud computing? a. Strategic flexibility b. It staff reduction c. Cost reduction d. Increasing capital expenses

Which of the following tasks cannot be transferred to a cloud computing provider? a. Software license management b. Backups c. Patch management d. Ensuring compliance

Why does cloud computing shift capital cost to variable cost? a. IT assets are not owned by the customer. b. Servers are better utilized. c. Some IT staff can be laid off. d. Cloud computing is more cost-efficient.

Which function of cloud storage gateways is intended to improve response time to data requests? a. Backup b. Encryption c. Caching d. Compression

When networks are architected for cloud services, which quality address the ability to expand to meet variable data requirements? a. Scalability b. Throughput c. Resiliency d. Simplified management

Which benefit of cloud automation eases Christmas data center support in particular, compared to traditional data centers? Answers: a. Resource utilization b. Standardization c. Availability d. Hidden complexity

______________________ cloud services can provide interconnections between cloud functioning, allowing multiple clouds to be managed as a single cloud resource pool.

Which of the following is a definition of how much data can be sent across a network link in one second? a. QoS. b. Network bandwidth. c. Network latency. d. Network speed.

Why is the standardization of data formats important? Choose the best ANS. a. It leads to cloud maturity. b. It makes virtual machine utilization more efficient. c. It facilitates movement from one provider to another d. It facilitates innovation.

How does cloud computing affect service operations? Choose the best ANS. a. The launching servers is quicker. b. The launching servers is slower. c. Services are more cost-effective. d. The level of security will increase.

Which capability of cloud service automation allows memory and processing power to be dynamically assigned? a. Provisioning policies b. Resource pooling c. Data recovery d. Resource limitation

How can cloud computing help to reduce data integrity risks? a. More easily available back-ups. b. Easier to give users access to data in the cloud. c. Easier monitoring of access and data usage. d. Easier to have redundant capacity.

Which factor contributes to network latency primarily because of oversubscription? a. Congestion b. Number of hops c. Node count d. Protocol latency

Of the following activities involved in cloud services adoption, which should be performed first? a. Implement a pilot program. b. Identify business processes and their dependencies. c. Identify and compare vendors. d. Identify the appropriate services and deployment models.

Which of the following is the most important requirement of a contract with a cloud service provider, if the customer wishes to retain the ability to bring the service back in-house? a. Explicit timeframe for the termination of service. b. Annual audit to measure performance. c. Ability to terminate contract. d. Customer retains ownership of data.

Prior to cloud services adoption, technical and business staff must work together to perform what action? a. Identify business processes and their dependencies b. Determine changes to the organization's infrastructure c. Both A and C d. Determine the impact to business processes

What instrument identifies the roles and responsibilities of both the customer and the cloud service provider? a. Service-level objective b. Web hosting agreement c. Service-level agreement d. Software license agreement

Which of the following SLA elements should be of high concern to an organization considering putting mission-critical data or services in the cloud? a. Services provided and excluded b. Dispute resoution c. Availability and performance requirements d. Costs for services

Which of the following applications is MOST suitable for a cloud computing pilot? a. Legacy applications depending on specific hardware and systems software. b. Applications which are currently expensive to maintain because of interconnection costs. c. Applications with high risk and little business value. d. Applications which are easy to migrate and have some business value.

In order for a cloud solution to be successfully implemented, which of the following is required? a. The organization should have an unlimited budget for allocation of cloud resources. b. The organization should have experience of using virtualization technology. c. The organization should have an in-house IT department. d. The organization should perform and successfully complete a cloud readiness assessment.

What is the role of a cross-functional team representing all business elements of an organization in determining readiness for cloud services? a. To participate in the pilot program and identify areas of concern. b. To ensure that the SLA benefits the organization more than the provider c. To manage the cultural change that will occur during and immediately after the transition d. To negotiate costs for services

Cloud service opportunities should be identified based on what criteria? a. Business needs b. Regulatory requirements c. Security requirements d. Cost control

What should a company do if a cloud provider ceases to uphold its contract? a. Consult the company's exit plan. b. Evaluate alternative providers. c. Re-host critical applications on the company's internal servers. d. Move the company data to the backup provider that was selected earlier.