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Cloud Computing Management

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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 technology

In the Operations Manager Operations console, a display of a filtered set of data from the OperationsManagerDB database.

  1. Views

  2. Tasks

  3. Rule

  4. Monitor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Views in the Operations Manager Operations console are filtered data displays that pull specific information from the OperationsManagerDB database. Unlike Tasks which are executable actions or Rules which define data collection, Views simply organize and present filtered data for administrative analysis.

Multiple choice technology

Which database is hosting all the configuration information regarding SCOM for long period of time?

  1. Maximum time

  2. Data base grooming

  3. Depends on SQL server.

  4. None of the Above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Database Grooming in SCOM is the automated process that manages long-term data retention by removing old historical data from the Operational Database. This prevents database bloat while preserving configuration information, and is essential for maintaining SCOM performance over extended periods.

Multiple choice technology

To expose data from Microsoft SQL Server 2005 through a Business Data List Web part in SharePoint, What configurations are required to support this:

  1. Upload a signed assembly to the global assembly cache.

  2. Create a new content source for the URL of the Microsoft SQL Server database.

  3. Install an application definition file.

  4. Add the URL of the sales application to the trusted file locations list.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Business Data List Web Part requires an Application Definition File (.xml) to configure the BDC connection to SQL Server 2005. This file defines the connection, entities, and methods needed to expose external data through the Business Data Catalog. The other options describe unrelated SharePoint operations.

Multiple choice technology

Select the correct Content Sources whjich can be indexed by Enterprise version of SharePoint 2007 OOB (Multiple Selection)

  1. Network File Share

  2. External Web Sites

  3. Data stores in Relational database exposed through BDC

  4. Data in Lotus Notes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B,C Correct answer
Explanation

SharePoint 2007 Enterprise can index network file shares through file protocol sources. External websites are indexed using HTTP/HTTPS content sources. BDC exposes relational database data for indexing. Lotus Notes requires additional connectors not available out-of-box.

Multiple choice technology

Select the correct statements about the WSS 3.0 Search(Multiple Selection)

  1. WSS can have indexer and Query server role on the different machines

  2. WSS uses both indexer and Query server role on the same machine

  3. WSS has the ability to index only local content which is stored in Content DB

  4. WSS has the ability to index content stored on external data source such as File Share, Lotus Notes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,C Correct answer
Explanation

WSS 3.0 Search has architectural limitations: (B) Both indexing and query services run on the same machine (no distributed search like MOSS), and (C) It can only index local content stored in the Content Database. Unlike MOSS, WSS cannot index external sources like file shares or Lotus Notes, and cannot separate indexer and query roles.

Multiple choice technology

Select the correct statements about the WSS 3.0 Search(Multiple Selection)

  1. WSS can have indexer and Query server role on the different machines

  2. WSS uses both indexer and Query server role on the same machine

  3. WSS has the ability to index only local content which is stored in Content DB

  4. WSS has the ability to index content stored on external data source such as File Share, Lotus Notes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B,C Correct answer
Explanation

WSS 3.0 (Windows SharePoint Services) has search limitations compared to MOSS: (B) It runs both indexer and query roles on the same machine (cannot separate them), and (C) It can only index local content stored in the Content Database. It cannot index external sources like file shares or Lotus Notes (that requires MOSS).

Multiple choice technology

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 adds the following features ?

  1. Live migration

  2. Dynamic virtual machine storage

  3. Enhanced processor support

  4. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Hyper-V R2 introduced three major capabilities: live migration for zero-downtime VM movement, Cluster Shared Volumes enabling multiple nodes to access the same VHD simultaneously, and processor compatibility mode allowing migration across CPU generations.

Multiple choice technology

The VMM Administrative console is the main console with which VMM administrators and delegated administrators managed the virtual Infrastructure components. Which of the following are included?

  1. Physical Servers

  2. Virtual Servers

  3. The VMM Library

  4. virtual Networks

  5. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The VMM Administrative Console manages all components of the virtual infrastructure: Physical Servers (the host machines), Virtual Servers (the VMs), the VMM Library (storage for ISOs, VHDs, profiles), and Virtual Networks (networking configuration). All components (E) are included.

Multiple choice technology

Integration components are required to

  1. Create the virtual Machine

  2. Move the virtual machine from one host to another

  3. to control the virtual machine access

  4. To accelerate the virtual machine hardware for smoother user access
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Integration components (like Hyper-V Integration Services) are installed in guest VMs to accelerate hardware access for smoother performance. They enable features like time sync, heartbeat, and data exchange. They are not required for creating VMs (A), moving them (B), or basic access control (C).

Multiple choice technology

what is the software from Microsoft used to distribute virtualized applications?

  1. Microsoft App-V

  2. Microsoft Desktop Optimization pack

  3. Microsoft RDS

  4. Windows deployment services
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) is the Microsoft technology specifically designed for virtualizing and distributing applications. It allows applications to run without being fully installed on the local machine. MDOP is a suite that includes App-V, RDS is for remote desktop sessions, and WDS is for OS deployment.

Multiple choice technology

what is minimum requirements to enable Hyper V role

  1. Should Support DEP

  2. should Support 64 Bit

  3. Hardware Assisted Virtualization

  4. A & B

  5. A, B & C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Hyper-V requires three hardware capabilities: 64-bit processor support (x64 architecture), Hardware-Assisted Virtualization (Intel VT-x or AMD-V), and Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX bit). All three must be present for the role to install. Option D is incomplete; E is the full correct set.

Multiple choice technology

To Monitor virtual machines performance which type of System Management suite you need?

  1. Operations Manager

  2. Configuration manager

  3. Data Protection Manager

  4. Virtual machine Manager
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is the monitoring and management suite in the System Center family. It provides performance monitoring, alerting, and health tracking for virtual machines and other infrastructure. Configuration Manager is for deployment, DPM for backup, and VMM for VM management.

Multiple choice technology operating systems

Ubuntu cloud create a private cloud on your own hardware?

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ubuntu Cloud (formerly Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud) was designed to help organizations build private clouds using Ubuntu Server on their own hardware, using Eucalyptus as the cloud computing platform initially. This allows running a cloud infrastructure similar to AWS but on private hardware. The statement is accurate.

Multiple choice technology

Can APIs be used to deploy, monitor, cluster application databases to a different server?

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

APIs are fundamental to modern DevOps and cloud infrastructure. They can be used to deploy applications, monitor system health, manage database clusters, and migrate workloads to different servers. REST APIs, GraphQL, and vendor-specific APIs (AWS API, Azure REST API, etc.) provide all these capabilities.