1. Which of the following is an open standard for storing a system image?
a) OVF
b) PPF
c) VOF
d) Compliance
Explanation: OVF stands for the pen Virtualization Format.
2. _________ is used by Amazon Web Services to store copies of a virtual machine.
a) AMI
b) EMI
c) IMI
d) Application services
Explanation: AMI stands for Amazon Machine Image.
3. AMI imaging service is provided by Amazon for ______________
a) private use
b) public use
c) pay-per-use
d) all of the mentioned
Explanation: An AMI can be for public use under a free distribution license, for pay-per-use with operating systems such as Windows, or shared by an EC2 user with other users who are given the privilege of access.
4. Which of the following runs on Xen Hypervisor?
a) Azure
b) AWS EC2
c) AWS EC3
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: The term virtual appliance is meant to differentiate the software image from an operating virtual machine.
5. Which of the following vendor is offering optimization appliances for VMware infrastructure?
a) Expand Networks
b) Certeon
c) Replify
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Most virtual appliances are used to run a single application and are configurable from a Web page.
6. Point out the correct statement.
a) Virtual appliances are a relatively new paradigm for application deployment
b) External network virtualization cannot be done using network switches and VLAN software
c) All imaging programs can take snapshots of systems
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Cloud computing is the major reason for the interest in them and for their adoption.
7. Simple Cloud API is useful for applications written in ____________
a) PHP
b) Python
c) Scala
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Other methods may be needed to make applications easily portable.
8. The __________ solution creates a virtual application appliance as an architectural layer between the Windows or the UNIX operating system and applications.
a) AppOne
b) AppZero
c) AppSoft
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: The running application in AppZero changes none of the registry entries or any of the files on the Windows Server.
9. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Cloud computing applications have the ability to run on virtual systems
b) Systems (VMs running applications), storage, and network assets cannot be virtualized
c) Applications that run in data centers are captive to the operating systems and hardware platforms that they run on
d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: VMs running applications have sufficient flexibility to give acceptable distributed WAN application performance.
10. _______ creates a container that encapsulates the application and all the application’s dependencies within a set of files.
a) VAA
b) VAS
c) VSA
d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Dependencies include DLL, service settings, necessary configuration files, registry entries, and machine and network settings.