Post No 41 CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud computing

QUESTION 1
Amazon Web Services is which type of cloud computing distribution model?
Software as a service
Platform as a service
Infrastructure as a service
CORRECT ANSWER - Infrastructure as a service

QUESTION 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
CORRECT ANSWER  A cloud architecture maintained within an enterprise data center

QUESTION 3
What is the name of the Rackspace cloud service?
Cloud On-Demand
Cloud Servers
EC2


CORRECT ANSWER - Cloud Servers

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


CORRECT ANSWER - EBS

QUESTION 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


CORRECT ANSWER - Cloud Security Alliance

QUESTION 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


CORRECT ANSWER - VMware-led open source PaaS

QUESTION 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


CORRECT ANSWER - Easier to maintain a cloud network

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


CORRECT ANSWER - Iron Mountain

QUESTION 9
Which of these services is not platform as a service?
Force.com
Microsoft Azure
Amazon EC2
Joyent


CORRECT ANSWER - Amazon EC2

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


CORRECT ANSWER - Dial-home support