Computer Knowledge

Cloud Computing Management

2,340 Questions

Cloud computing management involves administering web based services, data storage, and network security protocols. This subject is heavily featured in the computer aptitude sections of banking and government recruitment tests. The practice questions address SaaS backup, cross region storage replication, and serverless application designs.

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Cloud Computing Management Questions

Multiple choice

What does the 'User self-provisioning' service provide in Cloud management for the SaaS vendor?

  1. It provides the allocation of the resources on pay-per-use basis to the customers.

  2. The customers contract in advance a predetermined amount of resources, which are prepared in advance of service.

  3. In this, the customers purchase cloud services directly from the provider, typically through a web form or console interface.

  4. The customer does not pay on a per-transaction basis.

  5. It works on data storage.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is known as 'User self-provisioning' in cloud management.

Multiple choice

Which of the following techniques is adopted in Unmanaged Cloud Storage service for managing the clouds remotely?

  1. It determines the inaccessibility of such storage.

  2. It offers online storage space on demand.

  3. This cloud storage system presents what appears to the user to be a raw disk that the user can partition and format.

  4. This storage is suitable for many systems.

  5. It provides resource pooling.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Unmanaged Cloud Storage means that the storage is preconfigured for the consumer. The consumer cannot format nor the consumer can install own file system or change drive properties.

Multiple choice

What is the task of the Resource Manager?

  1. To support some non-code resources.

  2. To provide a consistent and non-intrusive mechanism for signaling users.

  3. To share data among applications.

  4. To limit application resources.

  5. Options 1 and 4.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It supports non-code resources like strings and graphics to be externalised.

Multiple choice

Which of the following service models in cloud computing provides access to fundamental resources such as physical machines, virtual machines, virtual storage etc?

  1. Platform As A Service (PAAS)

  2. Software As A Service (SAAS)

  3. Infrastructure As A Service (IAAS)

  4. Platform Neutral

  5. Object-Oriented
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This service model in cloud computing provides access to fundamental resources such as physical machines, virtual machines, virtual storage, etc.

Multiple choice

Which of the following PaaS benefits allows consumer to not bother much about the administration because it is the responsibility of the cloud provider?

  1. Lower total cost of ownership

  2. Scalable solutions

  3. Lower administrative overhead

  4. More current system software

  5. Run-time polymorphism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This benefit of PaaS allows consumer to not bother much about the administration because it is the responsibility of the cloud provider.

Multiple choice

Which of the following business apps supported by cloud computing offers an e-mail publishing platform and it is widely employed by businesses to design and send their e-mail campaigns?

  1. Chatter

  2. MailChimp

  3. Google Apps for Business

  4. Quickbooks

  5. Box.com
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This type of business app supported by cloud computing offers an e-mail publishing platform and it is widely employed by businesses to design and send their e-mail campaigns.

Multiple choice

Which of the following types of hardware virtualisation in cloud computing is the one in which the virtual machine simulates the hardware and hence becomes independent of it?

  1. Full virtualisation

  2. Emulation virtualisation

  3. Paravirtualisation

  4. Hypervisor

  5. System virtualisation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This type of hardware virtualisation in cloud computing is the one in which the virtual machine simulates the hardware and hence becomes independent of it.