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Question # 6

Digital identities for logging onto SaaS solutions should be issued by all the following EXCEPT:

A.

A third-party identity provider.

B.

The customer organization.

C.

The SaaS provider.

D.

A user.

Question # 7

Which of the following characteristics of cloud services makes it an attractive choice for businesses? (Select TWO).

A.

LAN solution

B.

WAN solution

C.

Scalability

D.

Hardware independence

E.

Privacy

Question # 8

Which of the following types of organizations would NOT benefit from cloud computing due to legal requirements?

A.

Online library

B.

Social media sites

C.

Large marketing agencies

D.

Medical facility

Question # 9

Which of the following is the cloud characteristics that speeds up development, deployment, and overall time to market?

A.

Rapid elasticity

B.

Cloud bursting

C.

Universal access

D.

Network pooling

Question # 10

Cloud computing is priced according to ___________ or has ___________, rather than having upfront costs.

A.

recurring subscription, a yearly contract

B.

a yearly contract, usage-based charges

C.

recurring subscription, usage-based charges

D.

number of users, a yearly contract

Question # 11

Cloud computing can BEST reduce costs for a business by:

A.

Utilizing services as needed.

B.

Increasing available data storage.

C.

Utilizing local resources.

D.

Increasing sales potential.

Question # 12

Using https instead of http for accessing a cloud service is considered more secure.

A.

True

B.

False

Question # 13

A company's IT department currently spends several hours a day maintaining the hardware of the database server. The company migrates the server to the cloud. Which of the following job responsibilities of the IT department has been MOST impacted by this change?

A.

Service Strategy

B.

Service Operation

C.

Service Design

D.

Service Transition

Question # 14

Which of the following capabilities MUST a vendor be able to fulfill in order to provide a successful IaaS solution? (Select TWO).

A.

Network maintenance

B.

Application development

C.

Web-based application maintenance

D.

Application configuration settings

E.

Physical security

Question # 15

Which of the following is the risk when an IT department restricts itself to solely being an infrastructure provider?

A.

Business users will bypass the IT department

B.

Cloud providers will take over the role of the IT department

C.

Service providers will bypass the IT department

D.

All of the above are correct

Question # 16

Why does hardware and operating system maintenance take less effort with SaaS?

A.

Maintenance becomes irrelevant

B.

Cloud provider takes care of it

C.

Hardware vendor takes care of it

D.

Operating system vendor takes care of it

Question # 17

Which of the following is an example of SaaS?

A.

Offshore help desk support

B.

Hosted database software and development tools

C.

Hosted email software

D.

Hosted network hardware

Question # 18

An XaaS cloud platform offers which of the following that can be beneficial to a business organization in terms of cost?

A.

The distributed identity of a database pool can lend added security to their stored information.

B.

The ability to add flexibility to licensing options helps add to the ease of system implementation and use.

C.

The initial capital expenditures are greatly reduced and additional costs are controlled in variation.

D.

The number of virtual network components in several configurations can be varied and unlimited.

Question # 19

A company has hired a third party vendor to provide email and spam/anti-malware filtering services. The type of cloud service provided by the vendor is BEST described as which of the following?

A.

SaaS

B.

IaaS

C.

CaaS

D.

PaaS

Question # 20

Which of the following does IT outsourcing and cloud computing typically have in common?

A.

Pay as you go agreements

B.

Short-term financial commitment

C.

Tailor-made applications based on client needs

D.

Vendor lock-in potential

Question # 21

An entrepreneur has decided to open an e-commerce site to complement their retail store. After researching their options, they decide that a PaaS solution will be sufficient. To reduce upfront cost, the entrepreneur intends to build the site themselves. Which of the following skill-sets will be needed?

A.

Firewall Administration

B.

Web-Server Administration

C.

Security standard development

D.

Application development

Question # 22

When there is a higher demand for a company’s product, which of the following is a cloud characteristic that allows the company to manually provision additional servers, through a shopping cart?

A.

Automation

B.

Self-service

C.

Scalability

D.

Rapid elasticity

Question # 23

Which of the following is the MOST important factor to define before designing a monitoring solution for cloud-based applications?

A.

Preferred monitoring application

B.

The Application Programming Interface

C.

Service Level Agreements

D.

Application list

Question # 24

Which of the following cloud service characteristics would impact how a current application will adapt in the future according to how quickly a business will grow?

A.

Time to market

B.

Scalability

C.

Hardware independence

D.

Security

Question # 25

The business benefits of mobile computing are enhanced MOST by which of the following cloud service characteristics?

A.

Hardware independence

B.

Security

C.

Distribution over the Internet

D.

Time to market

Question # 26

One of the strategic reasons to source component technology purchases from multiple providers is to:

A.

avoid vendor lock-in.

B.

influence governmental organizations.

C.

keep vendor prices down.

D.

encourage vendor control.

Question # 27

Which of the following refers to providing a combination of servers, networking components, hosting, provisioning, and basic services needed to run a cloud?

A.

PaaS

B.

CaaS

C.

SaaS

D.

IaaS

Question # 28

Why do management tools introduce a risk?

A.

The management tools present a vendor lock-in

B.

The management tools are indispensible above a specific scale of operation

C.

The migration may not be successful

D.

Too many software licenses are needed

Question # 29

Which of the following is the BEST example of maintaining 'strategic flexibility'?

A.

Cloud provisioning models have a risk of not maintaining flexibility once services have been migrated.

B.

When choosing services to migrate into the cloud, there should be a focus on ensuring that future migration between different cloud providers can be facilitated.

C.

Cloud providers need to provide countermeasures to any consequences of not maintaining flexibility of services in a strategic manner.

D.

When choosing services to migrate into the cloud, it should be ensured that the cloud provider can change underlying hardware platforms in case the customer needs change.

Question # 30

A software development platform is in the process of being migrated from an in-house framework to a cloud-based PaaS. Which of the following development aspects is likely to be applicable in the PaaS environment?

A.

PaaS providers do not allow customers with their own software development teams to write new applications on the cloud platform.

B.

Cloud environments only support agile development. The software development team will need to change from their waterfall SDLC methodology before migrating.

C.

Familiarization will be required with cloud provider-based APIs, web services, and development frameworks.

D.

No expected change in software development process when migrating from in-house to PaaS.

Question # 31

Which of the following is a benefit of cloud computing?

A.

Cloud computing delivers IT capabilities that scale with demand.

B.

Cloud computing delivers a wide range of services that are easily accessible to users

C.

Cloud computing delivers IT capacity on demand.

D.

Cloud computing negates the need for a procurement department.

Question # 32

Which of the following is a differentiating characteristic of private cloud solutions compared to public cloud solutions?

A.

Private cloud solutions are dedicated for use by a single organization.

B.

Private cloud solutions are never accessible via the public Internet.

C.

Private cloud solutions do not provide incremental scalability.

D.

Private cloud solutions save considerably more money than a public cloud solution.

Question # 33

Which of the following is an important new skill for an IT organization to develop in the context of cloud computing?

A.

Provisioning services

B.

Incident management

C.

Technology upgrade monitoring

D.

Security and risk management

Question # 34

Which of the following factors of service must be managed effectively by a SaaS provider in a cloud computing environment?

A.

Application access levels

B.

Client background checks

C.

Availability

D.

User acceptance

Question # 35

Cloud computing brings new challenges to ___________ management, because traditional licensing models do not fit well with scalable resources.

A.

commercial

B.

financial

C.

legal

D.

service

Question # 36

Which of the following actions should a company take if a cloud computing provider ceases to uphold their contract?

A.

Consult the company's exit plan.

B.

Move the company data to the backup provider that was selected earlier.

C.

Re-host all critical applications on the company's internal servers.

D.

Evaluate the company's strategic options for an alternative provider

Question # 37

One major impact that cloud computing has had on the application development process is the need for greater:

A.

security.

B.

speed.

C.

isolation.

D.

standardization

Question # 38

Which of the following describes what is meant by the ITIL Service Strategy component?

A.

Defining processes required to manage the solution.

B.

Designing the solution to the ITIL specifications.

C.

Ensuring changes are designed to meet customer expectations.

D.

Understanding the intended customer and what services are required.

Question # 39

Which IT process is likely to take more effort with cloud computing?

A.

Hardware maintenance

B.

Installing operating system patches

C.

Performance monitoring

D.

Server maintenance

Question # 40

Which of the following is the MOST complex security provisioning problem in a cloud environment?

A.

Handling credit cards for purchasing cloud services

B.

Keeping track of cloud provider performance

C.

Managing users and their rights across multiple providers

D.

Software assets that are introduced and can expire

Question # 41

An application development company is considering implementing a cloud solution to help improve time to market with new software upgrades. The existing application has been in use by customers for several years and contains a large amount of code. Which of the following types of clouds would be BEST for this company to implement?

A.

IaaS

B.

XaaS

C.

PaaS

D.

SaaS