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
Which of the following is a business reason for IT outsourcing and cloud computing?
A. Improving cost structure
B. Improving customer satisfaction
C. Increasing control over IT systems
D. Decrease of security issues
Cloud computing has the greatest benefit for which of the following user populations?
A. User populations which steadily increase in size.
B. User populations that vary and are unpredictable.
C. User populations that are of fixed size.
D. User populations that vary in size on a seasonal basis.
Which of the following is an essential step in the start-up process of a virtual server?
A. Identify the location of the physical machine
B. Select identity providers
C. Select security credentials
D. Select the application set that will run on it
An organization subscribes to a public cloud. For which of the following does the subscriber NOT depend on the vendor?
A. Internet bandwidth and packet latency
B. Service Level Agreement
C. Data backups
D. Infrastructure availability
A company is using an Internet-based cloud service provided by a third party. Which of the following can the third party NOT guarantee when providing cloud resources?
A. Capacity
B. Scalability
C. Network path
D. Cost
Which of the following is true when mitigating risks in a cloud environment while avoiding impact to performance?
A. When securing cloud resources, only the most sensitive data should be secured.
B. When securing cloud resources, it is always a best practice to encrypt all data stored in the cloud.
C. When securing cloud resources, data security is not an issue.
D. When securing cloud resources, it is always a best practice to use the strongest security on the most sensitive data.
An organization wants to host a critical application on two redundant leased servers located at the ISP's datacenter. Which of the following is this an example of?
A. PaaS
B. IaaS
C. Public cloud
D. SaaS
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
Which of the following allows a company to extend their datacenter network into the cloud?
A. VPN
B. VLAN
C. P2V
D. MSP
E. LDAP