1. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a distributed network using virtualized resources.
a) Distributed
b) Cloud
c) Soft
d) Parallel
Explanation: Cloud Computing applications are accessed by common Internet protocols and networking standards.
2. Point out the wrong statement.
a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the popularization of the Internet
b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems are deployed
c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with a pay-as-you-go, infinitely scalable, universally available system
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Cloud Computing is distinguished by the notion that resources are virtual and limitless and that details of the physical systems on which software runs are abstracted from the user
3. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry itself.
a) Model
b) Computing
c) Software
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Cloud computing takes the technology, services, and applications that are similar to those on the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility.
4. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud?
a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Cloud computing abstracts the details of system implementation from users and developers.
5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud
b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast
c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is evolutionary
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Issues with latency, transaction control, and in particular security and regulatory compliance are of particular concern.
6. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources?
a) Polymorphism
b) Abstraction
c) Virtualization
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Applications run on physical systems that aren’t specified, data is stored in locations that are unknown, administration of systems is outsourced to others, and access by users is ubiquitous.
7. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud computing.
a) Internet
b) Softwares
c) Web Service
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: The Internet offers abstraction, runs using the same set of protocols and standards, and uses the same applications and operating systems.
8. Which of the following can be identified as cloud?
a) Web Applications
b) Intranet
c) Hadoop
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: When an intranet becomes large enough that a diagram no longer wishes to differentiate between individual physical systems, the intranet too becomes identified as a cloud.
9. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical resources and presenting them as a ________ resource.
a) real
b) virtual
c) cloud
d) none of the mentioned
Explanation: Cloud Computing is a new model for provisioning resources, for staging applications, and for platform-independent user access to services
10. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?
a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: One of the most successful cloud-based businesses is Amazon Web Services, which is an Infrastructure as a Service offering that lets you rent virtual computers on Amazon’s own infrastructure.