Cloud Computing Set 45 MCQs

Q1 | What second programming language did Google add for App Engine development?

C++

Flash

Java

Visual Basic

Q2 | what facet of cloud computing helps to guard against downtime and determines costs?

Service-level agreements

Application programming interfaces

Virtual private networks

Bandwidth fees

Q3 | 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

Q4 | Cloud Services have a________ relationship with their customers.

Many-to-many

One-to-many

One-to-one

Q5 | What is the name of Rackspace’s cloud service?

Cloud On-Demand

Cloud Servers

EC2

Q6 | What is the name of the organization helping to foster security standards for cloud computing?

Cloud Security Standards Working Group

Cloud Security Alliance

Cloud Security WatchDog

Security in the Cloud Alliance

Q7 | Which of these companies specializes in cloud computing management tools and services?

RightScale

Google

Salesforce.com

Savis

Q8 | What’s the most popular use case for public cloud computing today?

Test and development

Website hosting

Disaster recovery

Business analytics

Q9 | Virtual Machine Ware (VMware) is an example of

Infrastructure Service

Platform Service

Software Service

Q10 | Cloud Service consists of

Platform, Software, Infrastructure

Software, Hardware, Infrastructure

Platform, Hardware, Infrastructure

Q11 | Google Apps Engine is a type of

SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

NA

Q12 | Which vendor recently launched a cloud-based test and development service for enterprises?

HP

Cisco

IBM

Oracle

Q13 | Geographic distribution of data across a cloud provider’s network is a problem for many enterprisesbecause it:

Breaks compliance regulations

Adds latency

Raises security concerns

Makes data recovery harder

Q14 | Amazon Web Services is which type of cloud computing distribution model?

Software as a Service

Platform as a Service

Infrastructure as a Service

Q15 | Cloud computing networks are designed to support only private or hybrid clouds.

True

False

Q16 | A good cloud computing network can be adjusted to provide bandwidth on demand.

True

False

Q17 | A larger cloud network can be built as either a layer 3 or layer 4 network.

True

False

Q18 | The typical three-layer switching topology will not create latency within a cloud network.

True

False

Q19 | The term ‘Cloud’ in cloud-computing refers to ______.

The Internet

Cumulus Clouds

A Computer

Thin Clients

Q20 | In order to participate in cloud-computing, you must be using the following OS _______ .

Windows

Mac OS

Linux

All of the above

Q21 | 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.

Q22 | 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

Q23 | Google Docs is a type of cloud computing.

True

False

Q24 | What is Cloud Foundry?

A factory that produces cloud components

An industry wide PaaS initiative

VMware-led open source PaaS.

Q25 | Which of the following statements about Google App Engine (GAE) is INCORRECT.

It’s a Platform as a Service (PaaS) model.

Automatic Scalability is built in with GAE. As a developer you don’t need to worry about application scalability

You can decide on how many physical servers required for hosting your application.

The applications deployed on GAE have the same security, privacy and data protection policies as that of Google’s applications. So, applications can take advantage of reliability, performance and security of Google’s infrastructure.