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1. What is Cloud Computing replacing?
Corporate data centers	Expensive personal computer hardware
Expensive software upgrades	All of the above

2. What is the number one concern about cloud computing?
Too expensive	Security concerns
Too many platforms	Accessability

3. Which of these companies is not a leader in cloud computing?
Google	Amazon
Blackboard	Microsoft

4. Google Docs is a type of cloud computing.
True	False

5. Which one of these is not a cloud computing pricing model?
Free	Pay Per Use
Subscription	Ladder

6. Which of these is not a major type of cloud computing usage?
Hardware as a Service	Platform as a Service
Software as a Service	Infrastructure as a Service

7. An Internet connection is neccessary for cloud computing interaction.
True	False

8. Which is not a major cloud computing platform?
Google 101	IBM Deep blue
Microsoft Azure	Amazon EC2

9. "Cloud" in cloud computing represents what?
Wireless	Hard drives
People	Internet

10. Which of these should a company consider before implementing cloud computing technology?
Employee satisfaction	Potential cost reduction
Information sensitivity	All of the above

11. What exactly is cloud computing?
A way to organize desktop computers	Lightweight software that takes up little space on a hard drive
Computing resources that can be accessed on demand, like electricity from a utility	The World Wide Web

12. What widely used service is built on cloud-computing technology?
Twitter	Skype
Gmail	All of the above

13. Which of these techniques is vital for creating cloud-computing centers?
Virtualization	Transubstantiation
Cannibalization	Insubordination

14. An internal cloud is _____.
An overhanging threat	A career risk for a CIO
A cloud that sits behind a corporate firewall	The group of knowledge workers who use a social network for water-cooler gossip

15. Match the provider with the cloud-based service.
Amazon1. Azure	IBM2. Elastic Compute Cloud
EMC3. Decho	Microsoft4. Cloudburst

16. Cloud computing embraces many concepts that were previously touted as the next big thing in information technology. Which of these is not an antecedent of the cloud?
Software as a service	Utility computing
Remote hosted services	Desktop computing

17. IBM, EMC and Boeing Co. were among the companies signing what document whose title is reminiscent of a famous political statement?
Declaration of Cloud Computing	The Rights of Cloud
Mein Cloud	Open Cloud Manifesto

18. The term "cloud computing" is a metaphor that originated in what?
Graphical depiction of computer architectures	Meteorological symbolism
Worries about an unclear future for computing architectures	The idea that computer users trust in magic

19. Link the cloud-based service on the left with the desktop or server application it is designed to displace on the right.
Google Docs1. Intel servers	Salesforce.com2. Microsoft Office
Mozy.com3. Oracle customer relationship management	Amazon EC24. Backup disk

20. What August event was widely seen as an example of the risky nature of cloud computing?
Spread of Conficker virus	Gmail outage for more than an hour
Theft of identities over the Internet	Power outages in the Midwest