Cloud Computing Quiz Online Practice Test

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1. Amazon Web Services is which type of cloud computing distribution model?
Software as a Service	Platform as a Service
Infrastructure as a Service	None of the above

2. What is private cloud?
A standard cloud service offered via the Internet	A cloud architecture maintained within an enterprise data center
A cloud service inaccessible to anyone but the cultural elite	None of the above

3. What is the name of the Rackspace cloud service?
Cloud On-Demand	Cloud Servers
EC2	None of the above

4. Which Amazon cloud product recently experienced a massive outage?
SimpleDB	EBS
S3	CloudFront

5. What is the name of the organization helping to foster security standards for cloud computing?
Cloud Security Standards Working	Cloud Security Alliance
Cloud Security WatchDog	Security in the Cloud Alliance

6. What is Cloud Foundry?
A factory that produces cloud components	VMware-led open source PaaS
An industry wide PaaS initiative	VMware-led closed source PaaS

7. Which of the following isn't an advantage of cloud?
No worries about running out of storage	Easier to maintain a cloud network
Immediate access to computing resources	Paying only for what you use

8. Which company recently shut the doors on its cloud storage service?
Hitachi Data Systems	Savvis
Iron Mountain	Symantec

9. Which of these services is not Platform as a Service?
Force.com	Microsoft Azure
Amazon EC2	Joyent

10. What feature does not belong in a private cloud?
Metered billing	Self-service portal
Dial-home support	Rapid elasticity

11. What is cloud computing?
It's an intricate weather-mapping system that projects climate patterns over long ranges of time	A model of computing in which your computer acts as a terminal and a network of servers handles the processing power and storage for you
It's just a fancy name for a local area network (LAN)	All of the above

12. What is grid computing?
It's a network of computers that share resources -- the network can be local or distributed across the Internet	It's a physical arrangement of computer terminals that optimizes computing power -- the computers in the center are the most powerful
It's a temporary cloud computer network that only exists as long as a single project is active	All of the above

13. Which of the following isn't an advantage of cloud computing?
It's easier to maintain a cloud computing network	You don't have to worry about your computer running out of storage
You can access more powerful applications than your computer could run typically	All of the above

14. What does SaaS stand for?
Secret alternative accounting standards	Short alert activation supplement
Software as a service	All of the above

15. What are the two main sections of a cloud computing system?
Terminals and nodes	Front end and back end
Networks and servers	All of the above

16. What is server virtualization?
It's a problem that crops up with cloud computing when servers go offline	It's a method of modeling a cloud computing network before you actually build it so that it works properly
It's partitioning a normal server so that it behaves as if it's multiple servers	All of the above

17. What is a redundant system?
It's a computer network that duplicates the services already provided by another network	It's a system that has multiple data backups spread across multiple machines to guard against data loss
It's a computer network struck with a virus that causes it to perform the same operations repeatedly	All of the above

18. What is utility computing?
It's a cloud computing business model -- one business sells access to its network of computers to other clients	It's the cloud computing network used by power grids and water companies
It's a stripped-down cloud computing network that provides only the basic features of processing power and storage	All of the above

19. Which of the following companies offers a cloud computing video game service?
Ubisoft	Blizzard
OnLive	All of the above

20. Which of the following is true of cloud computing?
It's always going to be less expensive and more secure than local computing	You can access your data from any computer in the world, as long as you have an Internet connection
Only a few small companies are investing in the technology, making it a risky venture	All of the above