c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the

technology it is built on is evolutionary

d) None of the mentioned
“Introduction to Cloud Computing”.
1. _________ computing refers to applications and Answer: a
services that run on a distributed network using Explanation: Issues with latency, transaction control,
virtualized resources. and in particular security and regulatory compliance are
a) Distributed of particular concern.
b) Cloud 6. Which of the following cloud concept is related to
c) Soft pooling and sharing of resources ?
d) Parallel a) Polymorphism
b) Abstraction
Answer: b c) Virtualization
Explanation: Cloud Computing applications are d) None of the mentioned
accessed by common Internet protocols and networking
standards. Answer: c
2. Point out the wrong statement : Explanation: Applications run on physical systems that
a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was aren’t specified, data is stored in locations that are
enabled by the popularization of the Internet unknown, administration of systems is outsourced to
b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in others, and access by users is ubiquitous.
the way in which systems are deployed 7. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is
c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of now being called cloud computing.
utility computing possible with a pay-as-you-go, a) Internet
infinitely scalable, universally available system b) Softwares
d) All of the mentioned c) Web Service
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Cloud Computing is distinguished by the Answer: a
notion that resources are virtual and limitless and that Explanation: The Internet offers abstraction, runs using
details of the physical systems on which software runs the same set of protocols and standards, and uses the
are abstracted from the user. same applications and operating systems.
3. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the 8. Which of the following can be identified as cloud ?
beginning of the computing industry itself. a) Web Applications
a) Model b) Intranet
b) Computing c) Hadoop
c) Software d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Answer: b Explanation: When an intranet becomes large enough
Explanation: Cloud computing takes the technology, that a diagram no longer wishes to differentiate
services, and applications that are similar to those on between individual physical systems, the intranet too
the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility. becomes identified as a cloud.
4. Which of the following is essential concept related to 9. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the
Cloud ? notion of pooling physical resources and presenting
a) Reliability them as a ________ resource.
b) Productivity a) real
c) Abstraction b) virtual
d) All of the mentioned c) cloud
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing abstracts the details of Answer: b
system implementation from users and developers. Explanation: Cloud Computing is a new model for
5. Point out the wrong statement : provisioning resources, for staging applications, and for
a) All applications benefit from deployment in the platform-independent user access to services.
cloud 10. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by
b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and Amazon ?
become big very fast a) Azure
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b) AWS 5. Point out the wrong statement :
c) Cloudera a) Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models
d) All of the mentioned b) Amazon has built a worldwide network of
datacenters to service its search engine
Answer: b c) Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run
Explanation: One of the most successful cloud-based over the Internet
businesses is Amazon Web Services, which is an d) None of the mentioned
Infrastructure as a Service offering that lets you rent
virtual computers on Amazon’s own infrastructure. Answer: b
Explanation: Google has built mega data centres for its
. search engine.
. 6. Which of the following is best known service
model ?
a) SaaS
b) IaaS
“Cloud Types” c) PaaS
1. _________ model consists of the particular types of d) All of the mentioned
services that you can access on a cloud computing
platform. Answer: d
a) Service Explanation: The best-known service models are
b) Deployment Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and
c) Application Infrastructure as a Service—the SPI model.
d) None of the mentioned 7. The __________ model originally did not require a
cloud to use virtualization to pool resources.
Answer: a a) NEFT
Explanation: Service models describe the type of b) NIST
service that the service provider is offering. c) NIT
2. Point out the correct statement : d) All of the mentioned
a) The use of the word “cloud” makes reference to the
two essential concepts Answer: b
b) Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and Explanation: NIST stands for National Institute of
sharing resources Standards and Technology.
c) cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet 8. _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud
d) All of the mentioned network based on four dimensional factors.
a) Cloud Square
Answer: b b) Cloud Service
Explanation: Abstraction and Virtualization are the two c) Cloud Cube
essential concepts. d) All of the mentioned
3. ________ refers to the location and management of
the cloud’s infrastructure. Answer: c
a) Service Explanation: Cloud Cube model is mainly used for
b) Deployment secure collaboration.
c) Application 9. How many types of dimensions exists in Cloud Cube
d) None of the mentioned Model ?
a) 1
Answer: b b) 2
Explanation: The deployment model tells you where c) 3
the cloud is located and for what purpose. d) 4
4. Which of the following is deployment model ?
a) public Answer: d
b) private Explanation: There are four types of dimensions in
c) hybrid Cloud Cube.
d) all of the mentioned 10. Which of the following dimension is related to
organization’s boundaries ?
Answer: d a) Physical location of data
Explanation: Public, private, community, and hybrid b) Ownership
clouds are deployment models. c) Security boundary
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d) All of the mentioned b) A community cloud may be managed by the
constituent organization(s) or by a third party
Answer: a c) Private clouds may be either on- or off-premises
Explanation: Internal (I) / External (E) determines your d) None of the mentioned
organization’s boundaries.
Answer: a
. Explanation: The public cloud infrastructure is
. available for public use alternatively for a large
industry group.
6. Which of the following is related to service provided
by Cloud ?
“Cloud Types-2”. a) Sourcing
1. How many types of security boundary values exist in b) Ownership
Cloud Cube model ? c) Reliability
a) 1 d) AaaS
b) 2
c) 3 Answer: a
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: Insourced or Outsourced means whether
the service is provided by the customer or the service
Answer: b provider.
Explanation: There are two types depending upon 7. ________ dimension corresponds to two different
network firewall. states in the eight possible cloud forms.
2. Point out the correct statement : a) Physical location of data
a) A deployment model defines the purpose of the b) Ownership
cloud and the nature of how the cloud is located c) Security boundary
b) Service model defines the purpose of the cloud and d) None of the mentioned
the nature of how the cloud is located
c) Cloud Square Model is meant to show is that the Answer: d
traditional notion of a network boundary being the Explanation: The sourcing dimension addresses the
network’s firewall no longer applies in cloud deliverer of the service.
computing 8. The ________ cloud infrastructure is operated for
d) All of the mentioned the exclusive use of an organization.
a) Public
Answer: a b) Private
Explanation: Four types of deployment models exist. c) Community
3. Which of the following is provided by ownership d) All of the mentioned
dimension of Cloud Cube Model ?
a) Proprietary Answer: b
b) Owner Explanation: The cloud may be managed by that
c) P organization or a third party.
d) All of the mentioned 9. __________ cloud is one where the cloud has been
organized to serve a common function or purpose.
Answer: b a) Public
Explanation: P stands for Proprietary ownership. b) Private
4. __________is a measure of whether the operation is c) Community
inside or outside the security boundary or network d) All of the mentioned
firewall.
a) Per Answer: c
b) P Explanation: A community cloud may be managed by
c) Pre the constituent organization(s) or by a third party.
d) All of the mentioned 10. A hybrid cloud combines multiple clouds where
those clouds retain their unique identities, but are
Answer: d bound together as a unit.
Explanation: Per stands for Perimeterised. a) Public
5. Point out the wrong statement : b) Private
a) Public cloud may be managed by the constituent c) Community
organization(s) or by a third party
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d) Hybrid d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d Answer: c
Explanation: A hybrid cloud may offer standardized or Explanation: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a form
proprietary access to data and applications, as well as of cloud computing that provides virtualized computing
application portability. resources over the Internet.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
. a) A PaaS service adds integration features,
. middleware, and other orchestration and choreography
services to the IaaS model
Cloud Computing Questions for Entrance Exams - b) XaaS or ‘anything as a service’ is the delivery of IT
as a Service through hybrid Cloud computing
This set of Cloud Computing Questions & Answers for c) Monitoring as a Service (MaaS) is at present still an
entrance exams focuses on “Cloud Types”. emerging piece of the Cloud jigsaw
1. Which of the following is owned by an organization d) None of the mentioned
selling cloud services ?
a) Public Answer: d
b) Private Explanation: Monitoring as a Service provides the
c) Community option to offload a large majority of those costs by
d) Hybrid having it run as a service as opposed to a fully invested
in house tool.
Answer: a 6. _______ is a complete operating environment with
Explanation: The public cloud infrastructure is applications, management, and the user interface.
available for public use alternatively for a large a) IaaS
industry group. b) SaaS
2. Point out the wrong statement : c) PaaS
a) Everything from the application down to the d) All of the mentioned
infrastructure is the vendor’s responsibility
b) In the deployment model, different cloud types are Answer: b
an expression of the manner in which infrastructure is Explanation: In the SaaS model, the application is
deployed provided to the client through a thin client interface.
c) AaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, 7. How many types of service model are mainly present
applications, services, development frameworks, in Cloud ?
transactions, and control structures a) 1
d) All of the mentioned b) 2
c) 3
Answer: c d) 4
Explanation: PaaS provides virtual machines, operating
systems, applications, services, development Answer: c
frameworks, transactions, and control structures. Explanation: Three types of Service model exist.
3. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage, 8. The three different service models is together known
virtual infrastructure, and other hardware assets as the _____ model of cloud computing.
a) IaaS a) SPI
b) SaaS b) SIP
c) PaaS c) CPI
d) All of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a Answer: a
Explanation: The IaaS service provider manages all the Explanation: Many other service models are also
infrastructure, while the client is responsible for all present.
other aspects of the deployment. 9. CaaS stands for _____________ as service.
4. Which of the following provides development a) Compliance
frameworks and control structures ? b) Computer
a) IaaS c) Community
b) SaaS d) Communication
c) PaaS

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Answer: d Answer: a
Explanation: Communication as a Service (CaaS), Explanation: A cloud service provider creates resources
enables the consumer to utilize Enterprise level VoIP, that are pooled together in a system that supports multi-
VPNs, PBX and Unified Communications without the tenant usage.
costly investment of purchasing, hosting and managing 4. The _____ is something that you can obtain under
the infrastructure. contract from your vendor.
10. Which of the following is IaaS service provider ? a) PoS
a) EC2 b) QoS
b) EC1 c) SoS
c) EC10 d) All of the mentioned
d) Hybrid
Answer: b
Answer: a Explanation: Depending upon the type of service being
Explanation: On Amazon EC2, a client would offered, you may find that you do not require hardware
provision a computer in the form of a virtual machine or software licenses to implement your service.
image. 5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Internet consumes roughly 1 percent of the world’s
. total power
,. b) The cost advantages of cloud computing have
enabled new software vendors to create productivity
Cloud Computing Advantages & Disadvantages applications
c) A client can provision computer resources without
“Benefits and Drawbacks of Cloud Computing”. the need for interaction with cloud service provider
1. Which of the following was one of the top 5 cloud personnel
applications in 2010 ? d) None of the mentioned
a) Cloud backup
b) Web applications Answer: a
c) Business applications Explanation: Data centers have been sited to have
d) All of the mentioned access to low cost power.
6. All cloud computing applications suffer from the
Answer: d inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their WAN
Explanation: Cloud computing has shifted the connectivity.
economics of software delivery in a manner similar to a) propagation
the way that music downloads have shifted the delivery b) latency
of commercial music. c) noise
2. Point out the correct statement : d) all of the mentioned
a) Google’s cloud includes perhaps some 10 data
centers worldwide Answer: b
b) Flipkart.com’s infrastructure was built to support Explanation: While cloud computing applications excel
elastic demand so the system could accommodate peak at large-scale processing tasks, if your application
traffic needs large amounts of data transfer, cloud computing
c) Data centers have been sited to optimize the overall may not be the best model for you.
system latency 7. Cloud computing is a _______ system and it is
d) All of the mentioned necessarily unidirectional in nature.
a) stateless
Answer: c b) stateful
Explanation: Datacenter can Keep land costs modest c) reliable
and occupation unobtrusive. d) all of the mentioned
3. Which of the following benefit is related to creates
resources that are pooled together in a system that Answer: a
supports multi-tenant usage ? Explanation: Cloud computing is a stateless system, as
a) On-demand self-service is the Internet in general.
b) Broad network access 8. Which of the following is most important area of
c) Resource pooling: concern in cloud computing ?
d) All of the mentioned a) Security
b) Storage
c) Scalability
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d) All of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: Because it is based on the paradigm of a
Answer: a shared multi-tenant utility.
Explanation: When your data travels over and rests on 3. Applications that work with cloud computing that
systems that are no longer under your control, you have have low margins and usually low risk are :
increased risk due to the interception and malfeasance a) high touch
of others. b) low touch
9. You can’t count on a cloud provider maintaining c) moderate touch
your _____ in the face of government actions. d) all of the mentioned
a) scalability
b) reliability Answer: b
c) privacy Explanation: The “high touch” applications that come
d) none of the mentioned with high margins require committed resources and
pose more of a risk.
Answer: c 4. A service that concentrates on hardware follows the
Explanation: Cloud computing industry continues to _________ as a Service model.
address security concerns. a) IaaS
10. Which of the following architectural standards is b) CaaS
working with cloud computing industry ? c) PaaS
a) Service-oriented architecture d) All of the mentioned
b) Standardized Web services
c) Web-application frameworks Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: Amazon web service follows PaaS model.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
Answer: a a) A cloud is defined as the combination of the
Explanation: These standards help to enable different infrastructure of a datacenter with the ability to
business models that cloud computing vendors can provision hardware and software
support, most notably Software as a Service (SaaS), b) High touch applications are best done on-premises
Web 2.0 applications, and utility computing. c) The Google App Engine follows IaaS
d) None of the mentioned
.
. Answer: c
Explanation: The Google App Engine follows PaaS.
Attributes - 6. When you add a software stack, such as an operating
system and applications to the service, the model shifts
“Attributes of Cloud Computing”. to _____ model.
1. Which of the following is one of the unique attribute a) SaaS
of Cloud Computing ? b) PaaS
a) utility type of delivery c) IaaS
b) elasticity d) All of the mentioned
c) low barrier to entry
d) all of the mentioned Answer: a
Explanation: Microsoft’s Windows Azure Platform is
Answer: d best described as currently using SaaS model.
Explanation: These attributes change how applications 7. Which of the following is most refined and
are created, priced, and delivered. restrictive service model ?
2. Point out the correct statement : a) IaaS
a) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is small aspect of b) CaaS
cloud computing c) PaaS
b) Cloud computing does not have impact on software d) All of the mentioned
licensing
c) Cloud computing presents new opportunities to users Answer: C
and developers Explanation: When the service requires the client to use
d) All of the mentioned a complete hardware/software/application stack, it is
using the most refined and restrictive service model.
8. _______ is a pay-as-you-go model matches
resources to need on an ongoing basis.
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a) Utility d) All of the mentioned
b) Elasticity
c) Low barrier to entry Answer: b
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: This is the case for Microsoft’s Windows
Azure Platform.
Answer: a 3. A _____ is a facility that is a self-contained
Explanation: This eliminates waste and has the added semiconductor assembly line.
benefit of shifting risk from the client. a) fab
9. _______ feature allows you to optimize your system b) touch
and capture all possible transactions. c) rep
a) scalability d) all of the mentioned
b) reliability
c) elasticity Answer: a
d) none of the mentioned Explanation: Companies such as TSMC (Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) have come
Answer: c along that provides fabrication based on customer
Explanation: You have the ability to right-size designs, spreading their risk and optimizing their
resources as required. operation.
10. _______ enables batch processing, which greatly 4. How many laws exist for Cloudonomics by
speeds up high-processing applications. Weinman?
a) Scalability a) 4
b) Reliability b) 5
c) Elasticity c) 10
d) Utility d) 15

Answer: a Answer: c
Explanation: This feature obviates the need for Explanation: Joe Weinman of AT&T Global Services
planning and provisioning. has concisely stated the advantages that cloud
computing offers over a private or captured system.
. 5. Point out the wrong statement :
. a) Google App Engine allows a developer to scale an
application immediately
Cloudonomics Laws b) The customer relationship management provider
SalesForce.com has a development platform called
“Laws of Cloudonomics”. Force.com that is an IaaS offering
1. _______ blurs the differences between a small c) A cloud computing provider can become a hub
deployment and a large one because scale becomes tied master at the center of many ISVs offerings
only to demand. d) None of the mentioned
a) Leading
b) Pooling Answer: b
c) Virtualization Explanation: For Google, its office applications can be
d) All of the mentioned rolled out quickly and to large audiences.
6. Cutting latency in half requires ______ times the
Answer: b number of nodes in a system.
Explanation: The virtualization of pooled resources— a) two
processors or compute engines, storage, and network b) three
connectivity—optimizes these investments and allows c) four
the cloud provider to pass along these economies to d) all of the mentioned
customers.
2. Point out the correct statement : Answer: c
a) A branded cloud computing platform cannot extend Explanation: Latency, or the delay in getting a response
customer relationships by offering additional service to a request, requires both large-scale and multi-site
options deployments that are a characteristic of cloud
b) A cloud computing platform extends the company’s providers.
products and defends their franchise 7. Weinman argues that a large cloud’s size has the
c) The economies of scale cannot make a profitable ability to repel ______ and DDoS attacks better than
business smaller systems do.
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a) sniffers Answer: a
b) botnets Explanation: For cloud computing, the pay-as-you-go
c) trojan horse usage model allows for costs to be applied to individual
d) all of the mentioned accounts directly.
2. Point out the correct statement :
Answer: b a) Except for tightly managed SaaS cloud providers,
Explanation: Superiority in numbers is the most the burden of resource management is still in the hands
important factor in the result of a combat. of the user
8. The reliability of a system with n redundant b) Cloud computing vendors run very reliable networks
components and a reliability of r is : c) The low barrier to entry cannot be accompanied by a
a) 1-(1-r)n low barrier to provisioning
b) 1-(1+r)n d) All of the mentioned
c) 1+(1-r)n
d) All of the mentioned Answer: b
Explanation: Often, cloud data is load-balanced
Answer: a between virtual systems and replicated between sites.
Explanation: Therefore, when a datacenter achieves a 3. ________ captive requires that the cloud
reliability of 99 percent, two redundant data centers accommodate multiple compliance regimes.
have a reliability of 99.99 percent (four nines) and a) Licensed
three redundant data centers can achieve a reliability of b) Policy-based
99.9999 percent (six nines). c) Variable
9. A __________ site is one that is environmentally d) All of the mentioned
friendly: locations that are on a network backbone.
a) greenfield Answer: b
b) redfield Explanation: Compliance with laws and policies varies
c) greenful by geographical area.
d) none of the mentioned 4. Security methods such as private encryption, VLANs
and firewalls comes under __________ subject area
Answer: a a) Accounting Management
Explanation: Private data centers tend to be located in b) Compliance
places where the company or unit was founded or c) Data Privacy
acquired. d) All of the mentioned
10. The peak of the sum is never ________ than the
sum of the peaks. Answer: c
a) smaller Explanation: To ensure data privacy in the cloud,
b) greater additional security methods such as private encryption,
c) equal to VLANs, firewalls, and local storage of sensitive data is
d) none of the mentioned necessary.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
Answer: b a) Large cloud providers with geographically dispersed
Explanation: A cloud can deploy less capacity because sites worldwide, therefore, achieve reliability rates that
the peaks of individual tenants in a shared system are are hard for private systems to achieve
averaged over time by the group of tenants. b) Private data centers tend to be located in places
where the company or unit was founded or acquired
. c) A network backbone is a very low-capacity network
. connection
d) None of the mentioned
Cloud Challenges & Obstacles
Answer: c
“Challenges and Obstacles to Cloud Computing”. Explanation: On the Internet, an Internet backbone
1. Which of the following subject area deals with pay- consists of the high-capacity routes and routers that are
as-you-go usage model? typically operated by an individual service provider
a) Accounting Management such as a government or commercial entity.
b) Compliance 6. Which of the following captive area deals with
c) Data Privacy monitoring?
d) All of the mentioned a) Licensed
b) Variable but under control
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c) Low CostCLOUD))
d) All of the mentioned b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue +
CostCLOUD))
Answer: b c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue –
Explanation: For private systems, any monitoring CostCLOUD))
system the organization wishes to deploy can be d) All of the mentioned
brought to bear.
7. Network bottlenecks occur when ______ data sets Answer: c
must be transferred. Explanation: Unit cost is usually defined as the cost of
a) large a machine instance per hour or another resource.
b) small 2. Point out the correct statement :
c) big a) Cloud resource pricing doesn’t always scale linearly
d) all of the mentioned based on performance
b) Depending upon the service model type, other
Answer: a resources add additional unit costs
Explanation: This is the case for staging, c) Typical efficiency in data centers are between 10 and
8. The reputation for cloud computing services for the 55 percent
quality of those services is shared by _________ d) All of the mentioned
a) replicas
b) shards Answer: a
c) tenants Explanation: Different cloud providers charge different
d) all of the mentioned amounts for these resources, some resources are free
for one provider and charged for another, and there are
Answer: c almost always variable charges based on resource
Explanation: Clouds often have higher reliability than sizing.
private systems. 3. The costs associated with resources in the cloud
9. Cloud ________ are standardized in order to appeal computing model _______ can be unbundled to a
to the majority of its audience. greater extent than the costs associated with
a) SVAs CostDATACENTER.
b) SLAs a) CLOUD
c) SALs b) CostCLOUD
d) None of the mentioned c) CCLOUD
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: Custom SLAs that allow for multiple data Answer: b
sources are difficult to obtain or enforce. Explanation: The CostDATACENTER consists of the
10. ___________ is a function of the particular summation of the cost of each of the individual systems
enterprise and application in an on-premises with all the associated resources.
deployment. 4. Security methods such as private encryption, VLANs
a) Vendor lock and firewalls comes under __________ subject area.
b) Vendor lock-in a) CostDATACENTER =
c) Vendor lock-ins 1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER / (Revenue –
d) None of the mentioned (CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn
b) CostDATACENTER =
Answer: b 1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER x (Revenue –
Explanation: Vendor lock-in for a cloud computing (CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn
solution in a PaaS model is very high. c) CostDATACENTER =
1nΣ(UnitCostDATACENTER x (Revenue +
. (CostDATACENTER/Utilization))SYSTEMn
. d) All of the mentioned

Cloud Computing Costs Answer: b

Explanation: Sum includes terms for System 1, System
“Cloud computing costs-1”. 2, System 3, and so on.
1. The cost of a cloud computing deployment is 5. Point out the wrong statement :
roughly estimated to be : a) Data center operates under average loads
a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue – b) Private cloud doesn’t pooling of resources that a

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cloud computing provider can achieve b) high
c) Private cloud doesn’t employ the same level of c) moderate
virtualization d) none of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Answer: c Explanation: This is often the case with legacy
Explanation: Capacity of the datacenter is fixed by the applications and systems where maintaining the system
assets it has. capabilities is a significant cost.
6. For a server with a four-year lifetime, you would
therefore need to include an overhead roughly equal to .
___ percent of the system’s acquisition .
cost.
a) 10 Cloud Computing Questions and Answers for
b) 20 Freshers -
c) 25
d) All of the mentioned This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers for freshers focuses on “Cloud
Answer: c Computing Costs”.
Explanation: The costs of a system in a datacenter must 1. ______-sizing is possible when the system load is
also include the overhead associated with power, cyclical or in some cases when there are predictable
cooling, and the physical plant. bursts or spikes in the load.
7. The overhead associated with ____ staff is a major a) Left
cost. b) Right
a) Data Center c) Top
b) IT d) All of the mentioned
c) Non IT
d) All of the mentioned Answer: b
Explanation: You encounter cyclical loads in many
Answer: b public facing commercial ventures with seasonal
Explanation: It is not uncommon for the burden cost of demands, when the load is affected by time zones.
a system in a datacenter to be 150 percent of the cost of 2. Point out the correct statement :
the system itself. a) A standard machine instance (virtual computer)
8. Moving expenses onto the _____ side of a budget might cost $0.10 or less an hour
allows an organization to transfer risk to their cloud b) A typical storage charge might be $0.10 per
computing provider. GB/month
a) Dex c) Outsourcing shifts the burden of capital expenditures
b) OpEx onto the service provider
c) Pex d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Answer: b Explanation: In reality, the major cloud providers
Explanation: The conversion of real assets to virtual provide machine instances in small slices that can be
ones provides a measure of protection against too much added within five minutes or less.
or too little infrastructure. 3. _____ is a financial estimate for the costs of the use
9. ________ is surely an impediment to established of a product or service over its lifetime.
businesses starting new enterprises. a) TCO
a) Proposition b) TOC
b) Capitalization c) COT
c) Globalization d) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: b Explanation: TCO stands for total Cost of Ownership.
Explanation: Capitalization may be the single largest 4. The Microsoft ____ Platform ROI wizard provides a
reason that new businesses fail. quick and dirty analysis of your TCO for a cloud
10. Cloud computing is also a good option when the deployment on Windows Azure in an attractive report
cost of infrastructure and management is ______ format.
a) low a) AWS
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b) EC2 a) operating
c) Azure b) service
d) All of the mentioned c) local
d) none of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: A better metric for enterprises is captured Answer: a
by a Return on Investment or ROI calculation. Explanation: Cloud computing changes the nature of
5. Point out the wrong statement : the service provider and its relationship to its client.
a) TCO must account for the real costs of items, but 10. Which of the following service is used for backing
frequently they do not up a licensed computer ?
b) A system consumes resources such as space in a a) CarbonT
datacenter or portion of your site, power, cooling, and b) Karbonite
management c) Carbonite
c) Microsoft maintains an economics page for its d) None of the mentioned
Windows Azure Platform
d) None of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing applications rarely use
Answer: d machine licenses when the application is meant to be
Explanation: When you account for monitoring and ubiquitous.
management of systems, you must account for the
burdened cost of an IT employee, the cost of the .
hardware and software that is used for management, To practice all areas of Cloud Computing for
and other hidden costs. Freshers, .
6. A ________ Level Agreement (SLA) is the contract
for performance negotiated between you and a service Cloud Connection
provider.
a) Service “Connecting to the Cloud”.
b) Application 1. Which of the following is one of the property that
c) Deployment differentiates cloud computing ?
d) All of the mentioned a) scalability
b) virtualization
Answer: a c) composability
Explanation: In the early days of cloud computing, all d) all of the mentioned
SLAs were negotiated between a client and the
provider. Answer: c
7. Which of the following is specified parameter of Explanation: Composability is the ability to build
SLA ? applications from component parts.
a) Response times 2. Point out the correct statement :
b) Responsibilities of each party a) Cloud computing is a natural extension of many of
c) Warranties the design principles, protocols, plumbing, and systems
d) All of the mentioned b) Platforms are used to create more easy software
c) All SLAs are enforceable as contracts
Answer: d d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Some SLAs are enforceable as contracts.
8. When you purchase shrink-wrapped software, you Answer: a
are using that software based on a licensing agreement Explanation: Cloud computing describes some new
called ________ capabilities that are architected into an application
a) EULA stack and are responsible for the programmability,
b) EUL scalability, and virtualization of resources.
c) ELA 3. A _________ is a cloud computing service that is
d) All of the mentioned both hardware and software.
a) service
Answer: a b) platform
Explanation: EULA stands for End User License c) model
Agreement. d) all of the mentioned
9. Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures into
________ expenditures.
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Answer: b 9. A ________ cloud requires virtualized storage to
Explanation: Virtual appliances are an important support the staging and storage of data.
example of a platform. a) soft
4. Cloud computing doesn’t require that ________ and b) compute
software be composable. c) local
a) cloud d) none of the mentioned
b) database
c) hardware Answer: b
d) all of the mentioned Explanation: From a user’s perspective, it is important
that the resources appear to be infinitely scalable, that
Answer: c the service be measurable, and that the pricing be
Explanation: It is a highly desirable characteristic from metered.
a developer or user’s standpoint. 10. A _______ system uses components to assemble
5. Point out the wrong statement : services that can be tailored for a specific purpose
a) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important using standard parts.
standard cloud computing deployment object a) reliable
b) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols b) scalable
c) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed c) composable
to manage interprocess communications d) none of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Answer: d Explanation: Applications built in the cloud often have
Explanation: Many of these protocols are standard the property of being built from a collection of
Internet protocols. components, a feature referred to as composability.
6. The most commonly used set of protocols uses
______ as the messaging format. .
a) XML .
b) JSON
c) BSON Cloud Computing Stack
d) All of the mentioned
“Cloud Computing Stack-1”.
Answer: a 1. A _______ service provider gets the same benefits
Explanation: Cloud computing builds on the from a composable system that a user does.
architecture developed for staging large distributed a) CaaS
network applications on the Internet. b) AaaS
7. Which of the following language is used to manage c) PaaS
transactions ? d) All of the mentioned
a) WSDL
b) XML Answer: c
c) SOAP Explanation: If you are a PaaS or SaaS service provider
d) All of the mentioned and your task is to create the platform or service
presented to the developer, reseller, or user, the notion
Answer: a of working with a composable system is still a very
Explanation: WSDL is an XML format for describing powerful one.
network services as a set of endpoints operating on 2. Point out the correct statement :
messages containing either document-oriented or a) Cloud architecture can couple software running on
procedure-oriented information. virtualized hardware in multiple locations to provide an
8. Which of the architectural layer is used as backend on-demand service
in cloud computing ? b) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed
a) client to manage interprocess communications
b) cloud c) Platforms are used to create more complex software
c) soft d) All of the mentioned
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: d
Answer: b Explanation: The most commonly used services uses a
Explanation: The cloud creates a system where set of discovery and description protocols based on
resources can be pooled and partitioned as needed. WSDL.
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3. Which of the following is the property of 8. Which of the architectural layer is used as front end
composable component ? in cloud computing ?
a) stateful a) client
b) stateless b) cloud
c) symmetric c) soft
d) all of the mentioned d) all of the mentioned

Answer: b Answer: a
Explanation: A transaction is executed without regard Explanation: Cloud computing may be differentiated
to other transactions or requests. from older models by describing an encapsulated
4. From the standpoint of an ________, it makes no information technology service that is often controlled
sense to offer non-standard machine instances to through an Application Programming Interface (API).
customers. 9. Which of the following benefit is provided by PaaS
a) CaaS service provider ?
b) AaaS a) A larger pool of qualified developers
c) PaaS b) More reliable operation
d) IaaS c) A logical design methodology
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: Because those customers are almost Answer: d
certainly deploying applications built on standard Explanation: The essence of a service oriented design
operating systems such as Linux, Windows, Solaris, or is that services are constructed from a set of modules
some other well-known operating system. using standard communications and service interfaces.
5. Point out the wrong statement : 10. Communication between services is done widely
a) A cloud cannot be created within an organization’s using _______ protocol.
own infrastructure or outsourced to another datacenter a) REST
b) A composable component must be modular b) SOAP
c) A composable component must be stateless c) RESTful
d) None of the mentioned d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a Answer: b
Explanation: While resources in a cloud can be real Explanation: There are alternative sets of standards as
physical resources, more often they are virtualized well.
resources because virtualized resources are easier to
modify and optimize. .
6. A service provider reselling an ____ may have the .
option to offer one module to customize the
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Answer: d 1. Which of the following provider rely on virtual
Explanation: Modifications are generally severely machine technology to deliver servers ?
limited. a) CaaS
7. Which of the following is highest degree of b) AaaS
integration in cloud computing ? c) PaaS
a) CaaS d) IaaS
b) AaaS
c) PaaS Answer: d
d) SaaS Explanation: Most large Infrastructure as a Service
(IaaS) providers rely on virtual machine technology
Answer: d that can run applications.
Explanation: An SaaS vendor such as Quicken.com or 2. Point out the correct statement :
Salesforce.com is delivering an application as a service a) Virtual machines are containers that are assigned
to a customer. specific resources
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b) Applications need not be mindful of how they use 7. Amazon Machine Images are virtual appliances that
cloud resources have been packaged to run on the grid of ____ nodes.
c) When a developer creates an application that uses a a) Ben
cloud service, the developer cannot attach to the b) Xen
appropriate service c) Ken
d) All of the mentioned d) Zen

Answer: a Answer: b
Explanation: The software that runs in the virtual Explanation: You run across virtual appliances in IaaS
machines is what defines the utility of the cloud systems such as Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud.
computing system. 8. Which of the following offers virtual appliances,
3. Which of the following component is called including ones based on Windows, all of which run on
hypervisor ? VMware Player ?
a) VMM a) Bagvapp
b) VMc b) Jcinacio
c) VMM c) HelpdeskLive
d) All of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c Answer: a
Explanation: VMM component is also called Explanation: Virtual appliances have begun to affect
hypervisor. the PC industry in much the same way that application
4. Applications such as a Web server or database server stores have affected the cell phone industry.
that can run on a virtual machine image are referred to 9. ________ offers various Linux distributions upon
as : which you can build a virtual machine.
a) virtual server a) Bagvapp
b) virtual appliances b) Jcinacio
c) machine imaging c) HelpdeskLive
d) all of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b Answer: b
Explanation: The name virtual appliance is a little Explanation: Jcinacio has Ubuntu appliances.
misleading because it conjures up the image of a 10. __________ is a CPU emulator and virtual machine
machine that serves a narrow purpose. monitor.
5. Point out the wrong statement : a) Imaging
a) Platforms represent nearly the full cloud software b) Parallels
stack c) QEMU
b) A platform in the cloud is a software layer that is d) None of the mentioned
used to create higher levels of service
c) Platforms often come replete with tools and utilities Answer: c
to aid in application design and deployment Explanation: Parallels hosts a variety of appliances that
d) None of the mentioned includes Linux distros, server software, and other
products.
Answer: d
Explanation: Most platforms begin by establishing a .
developer community to support the work done in the .
environment.
6. _________ allows different operating systems to run IaaS Interview
in their own memory space.
a) VMM “IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service”.
b) VMc 1. Which of the following is a virtual machine
c) VMM technology now owned by Oracle that can run various
d) All of the mentioned operating systems ?
a) Vmachines
Answer: c b) VirtualBox
Explanation: VMM manages I/O for the virtual c) ThoughtPolice
machines. d) None of the mentioned

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Answer: b d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: VirtualBox serves as a host for a variety
of virtual appliances. Answer: c
2. Point out the correct statement : Explanation: PaaS provides a model that can be used to
a) JumpIt is an open-source virtual appliance create or augment complex applications such as
installation and management service Customer Relation Management (CRM) or Enterprise
b) Converting a virtual appliance from one platform to Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
another is easy proposition 7. _________ is a cloud computing service model in
c) Nearly all major virtualization platform vendors which hardware is virtualized in the cloud.
support OVF, notably VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, and a) IaaS
Citrix b) CaaS
d) All of the mentioned c) PaaS
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: c
Explanation: Efforts are underway to create file format Answer: a
standards for these types of objects that make the task Explanation: In this particular model, the service
easier. vendor owns the equipment: servers, storage, network
3. Which of the following lets a Web service advertise infrastructure, and so forth.
itself in terms of a collection of endpoints ? 8. Which of the following is fundamental unit of
a) WSDL virtualized client in an IaaS deployment ?
b) VMc a) workunit
c) SOAP b) workspace
d) All of the mentioned c) workload
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: The most commonly used model for Answer: c
discovery and description used with SOAP messaging Explanation: A workload simulates the ability of a
is the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). certain type of real or physical server to do an amount
4. Which of the following is a specification for of work.
multicast discovery on a LAN ? 9. How many types of virtual private server instances
a) WS-Agent are partitioned in an IaaS stack ?
b) WS-Discovery a) one
c) WS-SOAP b) two
d) All of the mentioned c) three
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: WS-Discovery stands for Web Services Answer: c
Dynamic Discovery specification. Explanation: The three workloads require three
5. Point out the wrong statement : different sizes of computers: small, medium, and large.
a) Cloud computing arises from services available over 10. Which of the following correctly represents cloud
the Internet communicating computing ecosystem ?
b) XML-RPC uses platform-independent XML data to a)
encode program calls that are transported over HTTP Business Process
c) SOAP uses JSON for its messages and uses RPC and Application Services
HTTP for message passing Platform Services
d) None of the mentioned Infrastructure Services
b)
Answer: c
Application Process
Explanation: SOAP forms the basis for most of the
Web services stacks. Business Services
6. _________ as a Service is a cloud computing Platform Services
infrastructure that creates a development environment Infrastructure Services
upon which applications may be build. c)
a) Infrastructure Application Process
b) Service Infrastructure Services
c) Platform Platform Services
Infrastructure Services
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d) d) All of the mentioned
Business Process
Application Services Answer: b
Infrastructure Services Explanation: SIMPLE is an open standard protocol.
Platform Services 4. Which of the following is a a third-party VPN based
on Google’s GoogleTalk ?
a) Hotspot VPN
Answer: a
b) Gbridge
Explanation: You can broadly partition cloud
c) AnchorFree Hotspot Shield
computing into four layers that form a cloud computing
d) All of the mentioned
ecosystem.
Answer: b
.
Explanation: Gbridge is an interesting solution that
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5. Point out the wrong statement :
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for experienced focuses on “IaaS”.
c) The impact of cloud computing on network
1. Which of the following content is allowed as per
communication is to discourage the use of open-
virtual appliance block diagram shown below ?
network protocols in place of proprietary protocols
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Microsoft’s ADO.NET Data Services
Framework is another system for transferring data
using a RESTful transaction and standard HTTP
commands.
6. Which of the following is classic example of an IaaS
service model ?
a) AWS
a) Table b) Azure
b) Image c) Cloudera
c) Documents d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: d Explanation: AWS has several data centers in which
Explanation: Content can be structured or unstructured servers run on top of a virtualization platform (Xen).
in virtual appliance. 7. _________ is designed specifically to run connected
2. Point out the correct statement : to the cloud as a dedicated cloud client.
a) WS-+ services carried over XML messages using the a) Harvera Tablet OS
SOAP protocol access remote server applications b) Fedora Netbook OS
b) REST stands for Representational State Transfer c) Jolicloud Netbook OS
c) A transaction following the rules of SOAP is d) None of the mentioned
considered to be RESTful
d) All of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: Jolicloud concentrates on building a
Answer: b social platform with automatic software updates and
Explanation: REST assigns a global identifier to a installs.
resource so there is a uniform method for accessing 8. Which of the following is management console in
information sources. AWS ?
3. Which of the following is based on the IETF Session a) CSC
Initiation Protocol ? b) CCS
a) WSDL c) CSS
b) SIMPLE d) All of the mentioned
c) SOAP
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Answer: b 3. Which of the following is associated with
Explanation: Pods are managed by a Cloud Control considerable vendor lock-in ?
System (CCS). a) PaaS
9. A group of users within a particular instance is called b) IaaS
: c) CaaS
a) suser d) SaaS
b) pod
c) superuser Answer: a
d) all of the mentioned Explanation: The difficulty with PaaS is that it locks
the developer (and the customer) into a solution that is
Answer: b dependent upon the platform vendor.
Explanation: Sizing limitations for pods need to be 4. _________ serves as a PaaS vendor within Google
accounted for if you are building a large cloud-based App Engine system.
application. a) Google
10. Pods are aggregated into pools within an IaaS b) Amazon
region or site called an _________ zone. c) Microsoft
a) restricted d) All of the mentioned
b) unavail
c) availability Answer: a
d) none of the mentioned Explanation: Google offers many of its Web service
applications to customers as part of this service model.
Answer: c 5. Point out the wrong statement :
Explanation: In very large cloud computing networks, a) The customer takes no responsibility for maintaining
when systems fail, they fail on a pod-by-pod basis, and the hardware, the software, or the development of the
often on a zone-by-zone basis. applications
b) The vendor is responsible for all the operational
. aspects of the service
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PaaS Interview Answer: c

Explanation: The customer is responsible only for his
“PaaS – Platform as a Service”. interaction with the platform.
1. ______ offering provides the tools and development 6. Which of the following can be considered PaaS
environment to deploy applications on another offering ?
vendor’s application. a) Google Maps
a) PaaS b) Gmail
b) IaaS c) Google Earth
c) CaaS d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: b Explanation: The vendor of the PaaS solution is in most
Explanation: PaaS tool is a fully integrated cases the developer, who is offering a complete
development environment. solution to the customer.
2. Point out the correct statement : 7. __________ is the most refined and restrictive
a) Platforms cannot be based on specific types of service model.
development languages, application frameworks, or a) IaaS
other constructs b) CaaS
b) PaaS systems offer a way to create user interfaces c) PaaS
c) In a CaaS model, customers may interact with the d) All of the mentioned
software to enter and retrieve data
d) All of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: When the service requires the client to use
Answer: b a complete hardware/software/application stack, it is
Explanation: PaaS systems support standards such as using the most refined and restrictive service model.
HTML, JavaScript, or other rich media technologies. 8. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage,
virtual infrastructure, and other hardware assets.
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a) IaaS d) All of the mentioned
b) SaaS
c) PaaS Answer: d
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: SaaS can be accessed globally over the
Internet, most often in a browser.
Answer: a 3. Which of the following aspect of the service is
Explanation: The IaaS service provider manages all the abstracted away ?
infrastructure, while the client is responsible for all a) Data escrow
other aspects of the deployment. b) User Interaction
9. Amazon Web Services offers a classic Service c) Adoption drivers
Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to : d) None of the mentioned
a) IaaS
b) SaaS Answer: b
c) PaaS Explanation: With the exception of the user interaction
d) All of the mentioned with the software, all other aspects of the service are
abstracted away.
Answer: c 4. Which of the following SaaS platform is with an
Explanation: In AWS, the CCS is the AWS exposed API ?
Management Console. a) salesforce.com
10. Rackspace Cloud Service is an example of : b) amazon.com
a) IaaS c) flipkart.com
b) SaaS d) all of the mentioned
c) PaaS
d) All of the mentioned Answer: a
Explanation: SaaS does not necessarily mean that the
Answer: a software is static or monolithic.
Explanation: Unlike other cloud providers, Rackspace 5. Point out the wrong statement :
only offers managed solutions. a) SaaS applications come in all shapes and sizes
b) Every computer user is familiar with SaaS systems
. c) SaaS software is not customizable
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SaaS Interview Answer: d

Explanation: Every computer user is familiar with SaaS
“SaaS – Software as a Service”. systems, which are either replacements or substitutes
1. Which of the following is most complete cloud for locally installed software.
computing service model ? 6. Which of the following is a SaaS characteristic ?
a) PaaS a) The typical license is subscription-based or usage-
b) IaaS based and is billed on a recurring basis
c) CaaS b) The software is available over the Internet globally
d) SaaS through a browser on demand
c) The software and the service are monitored and
Answer: d maintained by the vendor
Explanation: The most complete cloud computing d) All of the mentioned
service model is one in which the computing hardware
and software, as well as the solution itself, are provided Answer: d
by a vendor as a complete service offering. Explanation: There may be executable client-side code,
2. Point out the correct statement : but the user isn’t responsible for maintaining that code
a) Platforms can be based on specific types of or its interaction with the service.
development languages, application frameworks, or 7. _________ applications have a much lower barrier to
other constructs entry than their locally installed competitors.
b) SaaS is the cloud-based equivalent of shrink- a) IaaS
wrapped software b) CaaS
c) Software as a Service (SaaS) may be succinctly c) PaaS
described as software that is deployed on a hosted d) None of the mentioned
service

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Answer: d b) SaaS will eventually replace all locally installed
Explanation: Such applications feature automated software
upgrades, updates, and patch management and much c) The establishment and proof of an identity is a
faster rollout of changes. central network function
8. SaaS supports multiple users and provides a shared d) All of the mentioned
data model through _________ model.
a) single-tenancy Answer: d
b) multi-tenancy Explanation: An identity service is one that stores the
c) multiple-instance information associated with a digital entity in a form
d) all of the mentioned that can be queried and managed for use in electronic
transactions.
Answer: b 3. Which of the following group is dedicated to support
Explanation: The alternative of software virtualization technologies that implement enterprise mashups ?
of individual instances also exists, but is less common. a) Open Alliance Apache
9. Open source software used in a SaaS is called b) Open Mashup Alliance
_______ SaaS. c) Open Tech Alliance
a) closed d) None of the mentioned
b) free
c) open Answer: b
d) all of the mentioned Explanation: This group predicts that the use of
mashups will grow by a factor of 10 within just a few
Answer: c years.
Explanation: A considerable amount of SaaS software 4. Which of the following attribute should be unique ?
is based on open source software. a) identity
10. The componentized nature of SaaS solutions b) digital identity
enables many solutions to support a feature called : c) mashup
a) workspace d) all of the mentioned
b) workloads
c) mashups Answer: b
d) all of the mentioned Explanation: A digital identity is those attributes and
metadata of an object along with a set of relationships
Answer: c with other objects that makes an object identifiable.
Explanation: A mashup is an application that can 5. Point out the wrong statement :
display a Web page that shows data and supports a) Distributed transaction systems such as
features from two or more sources. internetworks or cloud computing systems magnify the
difficulties faced by identity management systems
. b) Services that provide digital identity management as
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“IDaaS – Identify as a Service”. Answer: c

1. Salesforce.com is the largest ______ provider of Explanation: The name servers that run the various
CRM software. Internet domains are IDaaS servers.
a) PaaS 6. __________ authentication requires the outside use
b) IaaS of a network security or trust service
c) CaaS a) SSO
d) SaaS b) Singlefactor
c) Multi Factor
Answer: d d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Salesforce.com extended its SaaS offering
to allow developers to create add-on applications. Answer: c
2. Point out the correct statement : Explanation: More secure authentication requires the
a) Mashups are an incredibly useful hybrid Web use of at least two-factor authentication.
application
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7. ________ is assignment of a network identity to a
specific MAC address that allows systems to be found
on networks.
a) Internet Hardware Addresses
b) Ethernet Software Addresses
c) Ethernet Hardware Addresses
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Network interfaces are identified uniquely
by Media Access Control (MAC) addresses, which b)
alternatively are referred to as Ethernet Hardware
Addresses.
8. _________ is one of the more expensive and
complex areas of network computing.
a) Multi-Factor Authentication
b) Fault tolerance
c) Identity protection
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Ticket or token providing services, c)
certificate servers, and other trust mechanisms all
provide identity services that can be pushed out of
private networks and into the cloud.
9. Which of the following is provided by Identity as a
Service ?
a) Identity governance
b) Provisioning
c) Risk and event monitoring
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Identity as a Service or the related hosted d)
(managed) identity services may be the most valuable
Answer: a
and cost effective distributed service types you can
Explanation: Cloud computing IDaaS applications must
subscribe to.
rely on a set of developing industry standards to
10. Which of the following figure fully represent
provide interoperability.
standards needed by IDaaS applications for
interoperability ?
.
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Answers for experienced people focuses on “IDaaS”
1. Any software application that complies with the
standard accepts an _______ that is authenticated by a
trusted provider.
a) a) OpenID
b) OpenUser
c) OpenSSD
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: When an identity is created in an OpenID
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system, that information is stored in the system of any d) All of the mentioned
OpenID service provider and translated into a unique
identifier. Answer: c
2. Point out the wrong statement : Explanation: The Identity Governance Framework
a) XML checks the ID request against its policies and (IGF) is a standards initiative of the Liberty Alliance.
either allows or denies the request 7. _______ is a Microsoft software client that is part of
b) SPML in most instances operates as a reply/request the company’s Identity Metasystem and built into the
mechanism Web Services Protocol Stack.
c) User centric authentication takes place usually in the a) IHA
form of knowledge cards b) EHA
d) All of the mentioned c) CardSpace
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: In SAML, a service provider passes a Answer: c
statement or set of statements (called assertions) to an Explanation: CardSpace was introduced with .NET
identity provider that must be evaluated. Frameworks 3.0 and can be installed on Windows XP,
3. Which of the following allows a distributed ID Server 2003, and later.
system to write and enforce custom policy 8. The _______ Open Source Identity Framework is
expressions ? used to create a vendor-neutral cloud-based
a) XACML authentication service.
b) XML a) Higgins
c) SOAP b) Hughes
d) None of the mentioned c) Hinges
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: This is a general-purpose authorization Answer: a
policy language. Explanation: The Higgins Open Source Identity
4. _________ is a standard of OASIS’s PSTC that Framework uses an i-Card metaphor.
conforms to the SOA architecture. 9. Which of the following is authorization markup
a) XACML language ?
b) SPML a) eXtensible Access Control Markup Language
c) SML b) intrinsic Access Control Markup Language
d) All of the mentioned c) hypertext Access Control Markup Language
d) all of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: SPML is an XML request/response Answer: a
language that is used to integrate and interoperate Explanation: A policy in XACML describes a subject
service provisioning requests. element that requests an action from a resource.
5. Point out the wrong statement : 10. Which of the following should come in place of
a) Distributed transaction systems such as question mark for the following figure ?
internetworks or cloud computing systems magnify the
difficulties faced by identity management systems
b) The Distributed Audit Service provides
accountability for users accessing a system
c) The OpenID and CardSpace specifications support
authentication type of data object
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: OpenID is a developing industry standard
for authenticating “end users” by storing their digital a) Policy Enforcement Point
identity in a common format. b) Policy Decision Point
6. Which of the following standard is concerned with c) Policy Insertion Point
the exchange and control of identity information ? d) All of the mentioned
a) IGK
b) IDF Answer: b
c) IGF Explanation: SAML integrates with XACML to

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implement a policy engine in a Service Oriented 5. Point out the correct statement :
Architecture to support identity services authorization. a) Cloud computing by its very nature spans same
jurisdictions
. b) SaaS is much more than simply providing an
To practice all areas of Cloud Computing for anonymous service token to an identity
experienced people attending interviews, . c) A Compliance as a Service application would need
to serve as a trusted third party
CaaS Interview d) All of the mentioned

“CaaS – Communication as a Service”. Answer: c

1. Which of the following is example of vertical cloud Explanation: CaaS may need to be architected as its
that advertise CaaS capabilities ? own layer of a SOA architecture in order to be trusted.
a) FedCloud 6. Which of the following can be used for banking
b) ClearPoint PCI industry ?
c) Rackserve PCI a) athenahealth
d) All of the mentioned b) bankserve
c) bankingsol
Answer: d d) all of the mentioned
Explanation: It’s much easier to envisage a CaaS
system built inside a private cloud where the data is Answer: b
under the control of a single entity. Explanation: Athenahealth is used for the medical
2. Point out the wrong statement : industry.
a) SPML is used to prepare Web services and 7. ________ as a Service is a hosted application that is
applications for use the cloud equivalent of a traditional desktop
b) With SPML, a system can provide automated user application.
and system access a) Software
c) Without a provisioning system, a cloud computing b) Platform
system can be very efficient and potentially reliable c) Analytics
d) All of the mentioned d) Compliance

Answer: c Answer: a
Explanation: Without a provisioning system, a cloud Explanation: Most of the cloud computing compliance
computing system can be very inefficient and systems to date have been built using private clouds.
potentially unreliable. 8. Which of the following is a PCI CaaS service ?
3. Which of the following allows a distributed ID a) FedCloud
system to write and enforce custom policy b) ClearSoln
expressions ? c) Rackserve PCI
a) XACML d) All of the mentioned
b) XML
c) SOAP Answer: c
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: FedCloud is used for government.
9. _________ is used for merchant transactions under
Answer: a the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Explanation: This is a general-purpose authorization a) ClearPoint PCI
policy language. b) ClearSoln
4. Which of the following is a man-in-the-middle type c) Rackserve PCI
of service ? d) All of the mentioned
a) CaaS
b) IaaS Answer: a
c) AaaS Explanation: Organizations can manage PCI
d) All of the mentioned compliance risk more effectively with the help of
ClearPoint PCI.
Answer: a 10. ________ as a Service is a development
Explanation: A CaaS would need to be able to manage environment that builds upon an existing cloud
cloud relationships, understand security policies and computing application infrastructure.
procedures. a) Software
b) Platform
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c) Analytics d) All of the mentioned
d) Compliance
Answer: c
Answer: b Explanation: Several important cloud computing
Explanation: Service types are models upon which approaches use a strictly hardware-based approach to
distributed applications are created and hosted. abstraction.
3. Which of the following type of virtualization is also
. characteristic of cloud computing ?
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“Virtualization Technologies”. Explanation: To enable these characteristics, resources
1. Which of the following correctly represents different must be highly configurable and flexible.
types of mobile patterns ? 4. The technology used to distribute service requests to
resources is referred to as :
a) load performing
b) load scheduling
c) load balancing
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Load balancing is an optimization
a) technique.
5. Point out the correct statement :
a) A client can request access to a cloud service from
any location
b) A cloud has multiple application instances and
directs requests to an instance based on conditions
c) Computers can be partitioned into a set of virtual
machines with each machine being assigned a
b) workload
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Alternatively, systems can be virtualized
through load-balancing technologies.
6. Which of the following software can be used to
implement load balancing ?
a) Apache mod_balancer
c) b) Apache mod_proxy_balancer
d) All of the mentioned c) F6’s BigIP
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: You can define the features in software Answer: b
and hardware that enables flexibility as conforming to Explanation: Load balancing can be used to increase
one or more of the mobility patterns. utilization and throughput, lower latency, reduce
2. Point out the wrong statement : response time, and avoid system overload.
a) Abstraction enables the key benefit of cloud 7. Which of the following network resources can be
computing: shared, ubiquitous access load balanced ?
b) Virtualization assigns a logical name for a physical a) Connections through intelligent switches
resource and then provides a pointer to that physical b) DNS
resource when a request is made c) Storage resources
c) All cloud computing applications combine their d) All of the mentioned
resources into pools that can be assigned on demand to
users
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Answer: d
Explanation: Load balancing provides the necessary
redundancy to make an intrinsically unreliable system
reliable through managed redirection.
8. Which of the following is a more sophisticated load
balancer ?
a) workload managers
b) workspace managers
c) rackserve managers
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: They determine the current utilization of
the resources in their pool.
9. An ______ is a combination load balancer and a) Type 1
application server that is a server placed between a b) Type 2
firewall or router. c) Type 3
a) ABC d) All of the mentioned
b) ACD
c) ADC Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: :A hypervisor running on bare metal is a
Type 1 VM or native VM.
Answer: c 2. Point out the wrong statement :
Explanation: An Application Delivery Controller is a) Load balancing virtualizes systems and resources by
assigned a virtual IP address (VIP) that it maps to a mapping a logical address to a physical address
pool of servers based on application specific criteria. b) Multiple instances of various Google applications
10. Which of the following should be replaced with the are running on different hosts
question mark in the following figure ? c) Google uses hardware virtualization
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: Google performs server load balancing to
distribute the processing load and to get high utilization
rates.
3. Which of the following is another name for system
virtual machine ?
a) hardware virtual machine
a) Abstraction b) software virtual machine
b) Virtualization c) real machine
c) Mobility Pattern d) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: b
Explanation: Some virtual machines are designed to
Explanation: Virtualization is a key enabler of the first
run only a single application or process and are referred
four of five key attributes of cloud computing.
to as process virtual machines.
4. Which of the following provide system resource
.
access to virtual machines ?
.
a) VMM
b) VMC
Hypervisors -
c) VNM
d) All of the mentioned
“Hypervisors-1”.
1. Which type of Hypervisor is shown in the following
Answer: a
figure ?
Explanation: VMM is another name for Hypervisor.
5. Point out the correct statement :
a) A virtual machine is a computer that is walled off
from the physical computer that the virtual machine
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is running on
b) Virtual machines provide the capability of running
multiple machine instances, each with their own
operating system
c) The downside of virtual machine technologies is that
having resources indirectly addressed means there is
some level of overhead
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: This makes virtual machine technology
very useful for running old versions of operating
systems, testing applications in what amounts to a
sandbox.
6. An operating system running on a Type __ VM is a
full virtualization.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3 a) Host Operating System
d) All of the mentioned b) Software
c) VM
Answer: a d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: Because it is a complete simulation of the
hardware that it is running on. Answer: a
7. Which of the following is Type 1 Hypervisor ? Explanation: Examples of Type 2 Virtual Machine
a) Wind River Simics Monitors are Containers, KVM, Microsoft Hyper V
b) Virtual Server 2005 R2 and Parallels Desktop for Mac.
c) KVM
d) LynxSecure .
.
Answer: d
Explanation: Type 1 VMs have no host operating Cloud Computing Test -
system because they are installed on a bare system.
8. Which of the following is Type 2 VM ? This set of Cloud Computing Test focuses on
a) VirtualLogix VLX “Hypervisors”.
b) VMware ESX 1. What does the following figure represent ?
c) Xen
d) LynxSecure

Answer: c
Explanation: Xen is used by Amazon Web Services to
provide Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs).
9. Which of the following will be host operating system
for Windows Server ?
a) VirtualLogix VLX
b) Microsoft Hyper-V
c) Xen
d) All of the mentioned
a) vSquare cloud infrastructure
Answer: b
b) vCube cloud infrastructure
Explanation: Type 2 virtual machines are installed over
c) vSphere cloud infrastructure
a host operating system.
d) None of the mentioned
10. Which of the following should be placed in second
lowermost layer for the following figure ?
Answer: c
Explanation: vSphere is the branding for a set of
management tools and a set of products previously
labeled VMware Infrastructure.
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2. Point out the wrong statement : Answer: b
a) Some hypervisors are installed over an operating Explanation: All operating systems in full virtualization
system and are referred to as Type 2 or hosted VM communicate directly with the VM hypervisor.
b) All CPUs support virtual machines 7. Which of the following operating system support
c) On a Type 2 VM, a software interface is created that operating system virtualization ?
emulates the devices with which a system would a) Windows NT
normally interact b) Sun Solaris
d) All of the mentioned c) Windows XP
d) Compliance
Answer: b
Explanation: Not all CPUs support virtual machines, Answer: b
and many that do require that you enable this support in Explanation: This type of virtualization creates virtual
the BIOS. servers at the operating system or kernel level.
3. Which of the following type of virtualization is 8. Which of the following is a service that aggregates
found in hypervisor such as Microsoft’s Hyper-V ? servers into an assignable pool ?
a) paravirtualization a) VMware vStorage
b) full virtualization b) VMware vNetwork
c) emulation c) VMware vCompute
d) none of the mentioned d) Application services

Answer: a Answer: c
Explanation: It is the host operating system that is Explanation: VMware vSphere is a management
performing the I/O through a para-API. infrastructure framework that virtualizes system,
4. In _______ the virtual machine simulates hardware, storage, and networking hardware to create cloud
so it can be independent of the underlying system computing infrastructures.
hardware. 9. _________ is a service that creates and manages
a) paravirtualization virtual network interfaces.
b) full virtualization a) VMware vStorage
c) emulation b) VMware vNetwork
d) none of the mentioned c) VMware vCompute
d) Application services
Answer: c
Explanation: A guest operating system using emulation Answer: b
does not need to be modified in any way. Explanation: VMware vStorage is a service that
5. Point out the wrong statement : aggregates storage resources into an assignable pool.
a) Full virtualization requires that the host operating 10. Which of the following allows a virtual machine to
system provide a virtual machine interface for the guest run on two or more physical processors at the same
operating system and that the guest access hardware time ?
through that host VM a) Virtual SMP
b) Guest operating systems in full virtualization b) Distributed Resource Scheduler
systems are generally faster than other virtualization c) vNetwork Distributed Switch
schemes d) Storage VMotion
c) A process virtual machine instantiates when a
command begins a process Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: The virtualization layer that abstracts
processing, memory, and storage uses the VMware
Answer: a ESX or ESXi virtualization server.
Explanation: An operating system running as a guest
on a paravirtualization system must be ported to work .
with the host interface. To practice all areas of Cloud Computing for various
6. In a ____________ scheme, the VM is installed as a tests, .
Type 1 Hypervisor directly onto the hardware.
a) paravirtualization Machine Imaging -
b) full virtualization
c) emulation “Machine Imaging”.
d) none of the mentioned 1. Which of the following product migrate files from
one datastore to another datastore ?
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a) vNetwork Distributed Switch d) All of the mentioned
b) Storage VMotion
c) VMotion Answer: b
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: Instantiating a virtual machine is a very
fast process, typically only a few seconds in length.
Answer: b 6. A _______ image makes a copy or a clone of the
Explanation: :Virtual machine uses the datastore entire computer system inside a single container such
continues to run. as a file.
2. Point out the wrong statement : a) system
a) A part of the DRS called the distributed power b) software
management (DPM) module can manage the power c) hardware
consumption of systems d) none of the mentioned
b) DMS monitors network connections, provides
firewall services, and enables the use of third-party Answer: a
switches Explanation: The system imaging program is used to
c) Physical computers can be standalone hosts or a set make this image and can be used later to restore a
of clustered systems system image.
d) All of the mentioned 7. Which of the following is open standard for storing a
system image ?
Answer: b a) OVF
Explanation: DVS has capability to maintain a network b) PPF
runtime state for virtual machines as they are migrated c) VOF
from one physical system to another. d) Compliance
3. ________ virtualization abstracts networking
hardware and software into a virtual network that can Answer: a
be managed. Explanation: OVF stands for pen Virtualization
a) Storage Format.
b) Network 8. _________ is used by Amazon Web Services to
c) Software store copies of a virtual machine.
d) None of the mentioned a) AMI
b) EMI
Answer: b c) IMI
Explanation: The key feature that makes virtual d) Application services
infrastructure so appealing for organizations
implementing a cloud computing solution is Answer: a
flexibility. Explanation: AMI stands for Amazon Machine Image.
4. Which of the following visualization is most 9. AMI imaging service is provided by Amazon for :
commonly achieved through a mapping mechanism a) private use
where a logical storage address is translated into a b) public use
physical storage address ? c) pay-per-use
a) Storage d) all of the mentioned
b) Network
c) Software Answer: d
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: An AMI can be for public use under a
free distribution license, for pay-per-use with operating
Answer: a systems such as Windows, or shared by an EC2 user
Explanation: Block-based storage such as those used in with other users who are given the privilege of access.
SANs use a feature called a Logical Unit Identifier 10. Which of the following runs on Xen Hypervisor ?
(LUN) with specific addresses stored in the form of an a) Azure
offset called the Logical Block Address (LBA). b) AWS EC2
5. Point out the wrong statement : c) AWS EC3
a) A virtual network can create virtual network d) All of the mentioned
interfaces
b) Instantiating a virtual machine is a very slow process Answer: b
c) You can make machine images of systems in the Explanation: The term virtual appliance is meant to
configuration that you want to deploy or take snapshots differentiate the software image from an operating
of working virtual machines virtual machine.
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 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
Porting Applications -
Answer: b
“Porting Applications”. Explanation: VMs running applications have sufficient
1. Which of the following vendor is offering flexibility to give acceptable distributed WAN
optimization appliances for VMware infrastructure? application performance.
a) Expand Networks 6. _______ creates a container that encapsulates the
b) Certeon application and all the application’s dependencies
c) Replify within a set of files.
d) None of the mentioned a) VAA
b) VAS
Answer: b c) VSA
Explanation: Most virtual appliances are used to run a d) None of the mentioned
single application and are configurable from a Web
page. Answer: a
2. Point out the correct statement : Explanation: Dependencies include DLL, service
a) Virtual appliances are a relatively new paradigm for settings, necessary configuration files, registry entries,
application deployment and machine and network settings.
b) External network virtualization cannot be done using 7. Which of the following layer serves as the mediator
network switches and VLAN software for file I/O, the memory I/O, and application calls and
c) All imaging programs can take snapshots of systems response to DLLs?
d) All of the mentioned a) application
b) client
Answer: a c) virtualization
Explanation: Cloud computing is the major reason for d) None of the mentioned
the interest in them and for their adoption.
3. Simple Cloud API is useful for applications written Answer: c
in : Explanation: The running application in AppZero
a) PHP changes none of the registry entries or any of the files
b) Python on the Windows Server.
c) Scala 8. Which of the following application delivery
d) None of the mentioned platform’s main focus is on desktop installations?
a) Microsoft App-V
Answer: a b) Microsoft Hyper
Explanation: Other methods may be needed to make c) Amazon EC2
applications easily portable. d) All of the mentioned
4. The __________ solution creates a virtual
application appliance as an architectural layer between Answer: a
the Windows or the UNIX operating system and Explanation: Installations can be done over the network
applications. after the AppZero application appliance is installed.
a) AppOne 9. Which of the following is the most widely used
b) AppZero technique for abstraction?
c) AppSoft a) Load balancing
d) None of the mentioned b) Load scheduling
c) Load scaling
Answer: b d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: The running application in AppZero
changes none of the registry entries or any of the files Answer: a
on the Windows Server. Explanation: With load balancing, system requests are
5. Point out the wrong statement : directed to appropriate systems on demand.
a) Cloud computing applications have the ability to run 10. Which of the following is a potent cloud-building
on virtual systems technology?
b) Systems (VMs running applications), storage, and a) vSphere
network assets cannot be virtualized b) HyperCube
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c) vCube 3. What is the relation of capacity attribute to
d) All of the mentioned performance ?
a) same
Answer: a b) different
Explanation: vSphere can create virtual machines, c) similar
virtual datastores, and virtual networks, and move these d) None of the mentioned
resources about while the system is active.
Answer: b
. Explanation: With capacity, you are concerned about
. how much work a system can do, whereas with
performance, you are concerned with the rate at which
Capacity Planning - work gets done.
4. What does L in LAMP stands for ?
“Capacity Planning”. a) Lamp
1. Which of the following correctly describes the b) Linux
following figure ? c) Lone
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: LAMP stacks based on Red Hat Linux are
more common than the other distributions.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Network capacity is one of the easiest factors to
determine
b) A system uses resources to satisfy cloud computing
demands that include processor, memory, storage, and
network capacity
c) Scaling a system can be done by scaling up
vertically to more powerful systems
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Network performance is affected by
network I/O at the server, network traffic from the
a) Capacity Planning cloud to Internet service providers, and over the last
b) Performance Planning mile from ISPs to homes and offices.
c) Network Planning 6. Which of the following is one of the major
d) None of the mentioned categories of Amazon Machine Instances that you can
create on the Amazon Web Service ?
Answer: a a) WAMP
Explanation: Capacity planning measures the b) XAMPP
maximum amount of work that can be done using the c) LAMP
current technology and then adds resources to do more d) None of the mentioned
work as needed.
2. Point out the correct statement : Answer: c
a) Capacity planning seeks to match demand to Explanation: On Amazon Web Services, machine
available resources instances are offered for both Red Hat Linux and for
b) Capacity planning examines what systems are in Ubuntu.
place, measures their performance, and determines 7. Which of the following is used as substitute for PHP
patterns in usage that enables the planner to predict as scripting language in LAMP ?
demand a) Scala
c) Resources are provisioned and allocated to meet b) Perl
demand c) Ruby
d) All of the mentioned d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Explanation: Performance tuning and optimization is
not a primary goal of capacity planners.
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Answer: b b) System Baseline
Explanation: Either Perl or Python is often substituted c) System Parameters
for PHP as the scripting language used. d) All of the mentioned
8. Which of the following RDBMS is used by LAMP ?
a) SQL Server Answer: a
b) DB2 Explanation: A machine instance (physical or virtual) is
c) MySQL primarily defined by four essential resources.
d) All of the mentioned 2. Point out the correct statement :
a) Page views or hits on the Web site, as measured in
Answer: c transactions per second
Explanation: MySQL is the database server developed b) Transactions completed on the database server, as
by the Swedish company MySQL AB, owned by measured by hits per second
Oracle Corporation through its acquisition of Sun c) Performance logs are a primary source of data that
Microsystems. everyone should have available for planning purposes
9. Which of the following is critical step in capacity d) All of the mentioned
planning ?
a) Predict the future based on historical trends and Answer: c
other factors Explanation: There are two important overall workload
b) Load the system until it is overloaded metrics in the LAMP system.
c) Deploy or tear down resources to meet your 3. Which of the following command is used to display
predictions the level of CPU activity in Linux ?
d) All of the mentioned a) sep
b) sav
Answer: b c) sar
Explanation: Knowing when systems fail under load d) None of the mentioned
and what factor(s) is responsible for the failure is the
critical step in capacity planning. Answer: c
10. Which of the following is hardest factor to Explanation: sar is installed in Linux as part of the
determine ? sysstat package.
a) Network performance 4. Which of the following tool captures time-dependent
b) Network capacity performance data from resources such as a CPU load ?
c) Network delay a) RBTool
d) All of the mentioned b) RRDTool
c) Perfmon
Answer: b d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: It is the goal of a capacity planner to
identify the critical resource that has this resource Answer: b
ceiling and add more resources to move the bottleneck Explanation: RRDTool stands for Round Robin
to higher levels of demand. Database tool.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
. a) The total workload might be served by a single
. server instance in the cloud
b) Performance logs are the only source of performance
Baseline Measurements - measurements
c) The amount of resources to be deployed depends
“Baseline Measurements”. upon the characterization of the Web servers involved,
1. Which of the following is another name for their potential utilization rates, and other factors
resources mentioned in the following figure ? d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Performance logs are not the only source
of performance measurements.
6. Which of the following tool is used for Web site
monitoring service in LAMP ?
a) Alertra
b) Cacti
c) Collectd
a) System Metrics
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d) None of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a Answer: b
Explanation: Cacti is RRDTool graphing module. Explanation: Depending upon a server’s configuration,
7. Which of the following is used as Open source any resource can have a bottleneck removed, and the
distributed monitoring system ? resource ceiling then passes onto another resource.
a) Dstat 2. Point out the wrong statement :
b) GraphClick a) Load testing software is a large product category
c) Ganglia with software and hardware products
d) None of the mentioned b) Cloud computing offers virtual solutions
c) Load testing is useful in testing the performance of
Answer: c only Web servers
Explanation: GraphClick is a digitizer that can create a d) All of the mentioned
graph from an image.
8. Which of the following is not a commercial third- Answer: c
party Web site performance monitor ? Explanation: Load testing is useful in testing the
a) Keynote performance of not only Web servers, but also
b) Munin application servers, database servers, network
c) Gomez throughput, load balancing servers, and applications
d) All of the mentioned that rely on client-side processing.
3. Which of the following application can replay
Answer: b requests to Web servers ?
Explanation: Munin is open source network resource a) HTTPerf
monitoring tool. b) Perfmon
9. Which of the following is available as both open c) Autobench
source and commercial version ? d) None of the mentioned
a) Zabbix
b) ZenOSS Answer: a
c) SiteUpTime Explanation: This tool run the requests from a single
d) All of the mentioned client, which can be a resource limitation of its own.
4. Which of the following is often a bottleneck in Web
Answer: b servers ?
Explanation: ZenOSS is used to monitor operations. a) Network I/O
10. Which of the following testing seeks to answer b) RAM
maximum load that my current system can support ? c) Disk
a) Load d) None of the mentioned
b) Security
c) Navigation Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: Network I/O (D) reaches its maximum
100-percent utilization at about 50 percent of the tested
Answer: a load, and this factor is the current system resource
Explanation: Load testing is also referred to as ceiling.
performance testing, reliability testing, stress testing, 5. Point out the correct statement :
and volume testing. a) Most load balancers allow you to weight the requests
going to a specific server with the goal of serving more
. requests to less powerful systems and fewer requests to
. more powerful systems
b) Most load balancers allow you to weight the requests
Resource Ceilings - going to a specific server with the goal of serving more
requests to more powerful systems and fewer requests
“Resource Ceilings”. to less powerful systems
1. Which of the following resource(s) represents the c) Most load balancers allow you to weight the requests
bottleneck in the current system that limits the system’s going to a specific server with the goal of serving fewer
performance ? requests to more powerful systems and more requests
a) ROM to less powerful systems
b) Resource ceiling d) All of the mentioned
c) Resource Parameters
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Answer: b c) sum over all the Web servers
Explanation: When you have multiple virtual servers d) all of the mentioned
that are part of a server farm and have a load balancer
in front of them, you can use your load balancer to test Answer: b
your servers’ resource ceilings. Explanation: In this equation, WSnP represents the
6. Which of the following resource has following graph workload of your physical server(s) and WSnV is the
structure for web servers ? workload of the virtual servers (cloud-based server
instances) of your infrastructure.
9. A master/slave MySQL replication architectural
scheme is used for ________ database applications.
a) medium size
b) large
c) smaller
d) all of the mentioned

Answer: c
Explanation: As sites grow and the number of
transactions increases, developers tend to deploy
databases in a federated architecture.
a) CPU 10. Which of the following performance analysis tool
b) RAM lets you save its state for Windows ?
c) Disk a) MMS
d) None of the mentioned b) CloudWatch
c) Microsoft Management Console
Answer: a d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Web sites prefer to scale out using many
low-powered servers instead of scaling up with fewer Answer: c
but more powerful servers. Explanation: In the Amazon Web Service, the statistics
7. Which of the following resource has following graph monitoring tool is called Amazon CloudWatch, and
structure for web servers ? you can create a performance monitoring console from
the statistics it collects.

.
.

Server & Instance Types -

“Server and Instance types”.

1. Which of the following type is missing in the
following figure ?

a) Network I/O
b) RAM
c) Disk
d) None of the mentioned

Answer: d a) High-CPU
Explanation: Whatever performance measurement tool b) High-Disk
you use, the goal is to create a set of resource c) High-ROM
utilization curves. d) All of the mentioned
8. What does WnsP represents in the following formula
? Answer: a
WT = Σ(WSnP WSnV) Explanation: In cloud computing, you can often
a) workload of the virtual servers increase capacity on demand quickly and efficiently.
b) workload of your physical server
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2. Point out the correct statement :
a) Use of different machine instance sizes is an attempt
to create standard servers
b) Reducing the variability between servers makes it
easier to troubleshoot problems and simpler to deploy
and configure new systems
c) A server with the same set of software, system
configuration, and hardware should perform similarly if
given the same role in an infrastructure
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: As much as possible, you also should
assign servers standardized roles and populate those a)
servers with identical services.
3. Which of the following instance has 68.4GB of
memory and 26 EC2 Compute Units ?
a) High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance
b) Small Instance
c) Micro Instance
d) High-CPU Extra Large Instance

Answer: a
Explanation: I/O Performance is high and API name is
m2.4xlarge.
4. Which of the following instance is used by default in
AMI ?
a) High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance
b) Small Instance b)
c) Micro Instance
d) High-CPU Extra Large Instance

Answer: b
Explanation: Small Instance has 1.7GB memory and 1
EC2 compute unit.
5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) In practice, there is less performance variability in
cloud machine instances
b) Capacity planning seeks to compare the capability of
one system against another system
c) Capacity planning provides the service with the best
operational parameters at the lowest cost
d) All of the mentioned
c)
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: This variability may be due to your
Answer: a
machine instances or storage buckets being moved
Explanation: This type of graph allows you to add the
from one system to another system.
appropriate server type to your infrastructure while
6. Which of the following graph correctly describes
performing a cost analysis of the deployment.
relative costs and efficiencies of different physical and
7. Which of the following instance has API name:
virtual servers ?
m2.4xlarge ?
a) High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance
b) Small Instance
c) Micro Instance
d) High-CPU Extra Large Instance

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Answer: d given the same role in an infrastructure
Explanation: High-CPU Extra Large Instance has 7GB d) All of the mentioned
of memory and 20 EC2 Compute Units.
8. EC2 Compute Unit is the equivalent of a _____ GHz Answer: a
2007 Opteron or 2007 Xeon processor. Explanation: Cloud vendor moves virtual systems
a) 1 around on physical systems or reconfigure its network
b) 2 pathways on the fly to accommodate demand.
c) 4 3. Which of the following is not the aspect considered
d) All of the mentioned for network capacity ?
a) Network traffic from the cloud to the network
Answer: a interface
Explanation: We may add or substitute measures that b) Network traffic to and from the network interface at
go into the definition of an EC2 Compute Unit. the server
9. Which of the following instance has lowest c) Network traffic from the cloud through your ISP to
performance in AMI ? your local network interface
a) Auto Bench d) All of the mentioned
b) Auto Scaling
c) Auto Performance Answer: d
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: It may be a physical or virtual interface or
server.
Answer: b 4. Which of the following utility is used to monitor
Explanation: Not all cloud computing infrastructures traffic in Windows ?
automatically manage your capacity. a) Microsoft Network Monitor
10. Which of the following cloud computing b) Microsoft Performance Monitor
infrastructures automatically manage your capacity ? c) Microsoft Perfmon
a) High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance d) None of the mentioned
b) Small Instance
c) High-CPU Extra Large Instance Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: To measure network traffic at a server’s
network interface, you need to employ network
Answer: b monitor.
Explanation: API name for small instance is m1.small. 5. Point out the wrong statement :
a) Tools are available that can monitor a cloud
. network’s performance at geographical different points
. and over different third-party ISP connections
b) Apparent Networks company makes WAN network
Network Capacity - monitoring software
c) Network Capacity is easy to measure in a reliable
“Network Capacity”. way
1. How many aspects needs to be considered while d) All of the mentioned
assessing network capacity ?
a) one Answer: c
b) two Explanation: Network Capacity isn’t easy to measure in
c) three a reliable way.
d) all of the mentioned 6. Which of the following packet sniffer was formerly
called Ethereal ?
Answer: c a) TCPdump
Explanation: There are three aspects to assessing b) Wireshark
network capacity. c) Ntop
2. Point out the correct statement : d) None of the mentioned
a) For a cloud-based virtual computer, the network
interface may be a highly variable resource Answer: b
b) Increasing the variability between servers makes it Explanation: Regardless of which of these tools you
easier to troubleshoot problems and simpler to deploy use, the statistics function of these tools provides a
and configure new systems measurement of network capacity as expressed by
c) A server with the different set of software, system throughput.
configuration, and hardware should perform similarly if
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7. Which of the following factor can be considered to Answer: b
determine WAN Capacity ? Explanation: PaaS IDEs run the gamut from a tool that
a) Routing and switching protocols requires a dedicated programming staff to create and
b) Overall system traffic run to point-and-click graphical interfaces.
c) Network interconnect technologies 2. Point out the correct statement :
d) All of the mentioned a) Drupal is used in major Web sites and organizes vast
amounts of information
Answer: d b) Fourspace is often associated with blogging tools
Explanation: These factors are highly variable and c) FourSquare works with photos, imports information
unlike. from other social tools, and allows very attractive Web
8. __________ scaling allows you to use a virtual sites to be created by average users
system to run more virtual machines d) All of the mentioned
a) Horizontal
b) Vertical Answer: a
c) Out Explanation: Drupal is extensively used and has broad
d) All of the mentioned industry impact, and it is a full-strength developer tool.
3. Which of the following is based on the notion of
Answer: b information management and organization ?
Explanation: Vertical Scaling run more daemons on the a) CMS
same machine instance, or take advantage of more b) DMS
RAM (memory) and faster compute times. c) MIS
9. Which of the following is used to evaluate your own d) All of the mentioned
cloud application’s network performance ?
a) Path Cloud Answer: a
b) PathView Cloud Explanation: Notion of a Web site as a CMS adds a
c) View Cloud number of special features to the concept that includes
d) All of the mentioned rich user interaction, multiple data sources and
extensive customization.
Answer: b 4. Which of the following environment best describes
Explanation: It can also create scorecard of a cloud WorkXpress ?
network. a) 3GL
10. Scaling _____ indefinitely leads you to an b) 4GL
architecture with a large number of servers. c) 5GL
a) out d) None of the mentioned
b) in
c) vertically Answer: c
d) all of the mentioned Explanation: 5GL environments have no programming
requirement and you can host your application
Answer: a anywhere.
Explanation: Horizontal scaling allows you to run 5. Point out the wrong statement related to common
distributed applications more efficiently and is characteristics of SOA :
effective in using hardware more efficiently. a) They separate data-handling from presentation (user
interface)
. b) They support the incorporation of business rules,
. logic, and actions
c) They support packaging and deployment of
PaaS Application Frameworks applications
d) None of the mentioned
“PaaS Application Frameworks-1”.
1. Application frameworks provide a means for Answer: d
creating ________ hosted applications using IDE. Explanation: These services differ in which language
a) PaaS they use, support for different rendering technologies,
b) SaaS and in other features.
c) CaaS 6. Which of the following module feature is provided
d) All of the mentioned by Drupal CMS ?
a) Traffic management
b) OpenID authentication
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c) User interface creation tools characteristics that are important in developing
d) All of the mentioned robust,scalable, and hopefully portable applications.

Answer: d .
Explanation: The Drupal core by itself contains a .
number of modules.
7. Which of the following programming language Cloud Computing Quiz -
solves problems by acting on constraints and inputs ?
a) 3GL This set of Cloud Computing Quiz focuses on “PaaS
b) 4GL Application Frameworks”.
c) 5GL 1. Which of the following layer of Wolf platform
d) None of the mentioned architecture is depicted in the following figure ?

Answer: c
Explanation: Force.com uses 4GL programming a) upper
language environment. b) middle
8. ___________ PaaS application delivery platform c) lower
creates SOA applications that work on several different d) all of the mentioned
IaaS vendors.
a) AppOne Answer: c
b) Eccentex AppBase Explanation: In Wolf, the data and transaction
c) Ez Publish management conforms to the business rules you create.
d) All of the mentioned 2. Point out the correct statement :
a) SquareSpace is used in major Websites and
Answer: b organizes vast amounts of information
Explanation: Eccentex is a Culver City, California, b) LongJump creates browser-based Web applications
company founded in 2005 that has a PaaS development that are database-enabled
platform for Web applications. c) LongJump extends Python and uses a Model-View-
9. Which of the following AppBase tool allows you to Controller architecture (MVC) for its framework
assign access rights to different objects in the system ? d) All of the mentioned
a) Security Roles Management
b) Dashboard Designer Answer: b
c) Report Builder Explanation: LongJump comes with an Object Model
d) All of the mentioned Viewer.
3. Which of the following instrumentation tool displays
Answer: a the real-time parameters of your application in a visual
Explanation: Security roles can be assigned in groups form in AppBase?
without users, and users can be added later as the a) Security Roles Management
application is deployed. b) Dashboard Designer
10. Which of the following should be replaced with c) Report Builder
question mark in the figure ? d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Applications that you create are deployed
with the AppBase Application Revision Management
console.
4. Which of the following lets you sort, aggregate,
display, and format report information based on the
data in your application?
a) CaaS a) Presentation Builder
b) SaaS b) Dashboard Designer
c) IaaS c) Report Builder
d) None of the mentioned d) Business Objects Build

Answer: b Answer: c
Explanation: A good PaaS system has certain desirable Explanation: The applications you create in AppBase

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may be integrated with Amazon S3 Web Services Answer: c
(storage). Explanation: With it, you can manage workflow,
5. Point out the wrong statement: integrate modules, create rules, and validate data.
a) LongJump comes with a security policy engine that 10. Which of the following architecture is shown in the
has user and group privileges following figure ?
b) Squarespace lets you create beautiful hosted
Websites with a variety of capabilities with visual tools
alone
c) LongJump is WYSIWYG editor
d) None of the mentioned a) AppOne
b) AppBase
Answer: c c) AppSquare
Explanation: The applications are built using visual d) All of the mentioned
tools and deployed on the hosted infrastructure.
6. Which of the following object database has the Answer: b
ability to create rich data objects and create Explanation: AppBase includes a set of different tools
relationships between them? for building applications.
a) Presentation Builder
b) Business Objects Build .
c) Business Process Designer To practice all areas of Cloud Computing for quizzes, .
d) All of the mentioned
Google Web Services
Answer: b
Explanation: Presentation builder allows you to drag “Google Web Services”.
and drop visual controls for creating Web forms and 1. Which of the following algorithm is used by Google
data entry screens and to include the logic necessary to to determine the importance of a particular page ?
automate what the user sees. a) SVD
7. Which of the following technologies are used in b) PageRank
LongJump’s PaaS? c) FastMap
a) REST d) All of the mentioned
b) SOAP
c) Java Answer: b
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: Content on pages is scanned up to a
certain number of words and placed into an index.
Answer: d 2. Point out the correct statement :
Explanation: Its development environment is based on a) With PaaS, the goal is to create hosted scalable
Java and uses REST/SOAP APIs. applications that are used in a Software as a Service
8. Which of the following is a WYSIWYG web model
builder? b) Applications built using PaaS tools need to be
a) WaveMaker standards-based
b) Eccentex AppBase c) In Wolf, the data and transaction management
c) Ez Publish conforms to the business rules you create
d) All of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a Answer: d
Explanation: WaveMaker is a visual rapid application Explanation: Wolf lets you work with Adobe Flash or
development environment for creating Java-based Web Flex or with Microsoft Silverlight.
and cloud Ajax applications. 3. Which of the following figure correctly describe
9. ___________ tool is used to create business logic for major features provided by Google App Engine ?
your application.
a) Presentation Builder
b) Business Objects Build
c) Business Process Designer
d) All of the mentioned

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 d) None of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: Wolf has architected its platform so
applications can be built without the need to write
technical code.
6. Which of the following protocol lets a Web site list
in an XML file information ?
a) Sitemaps
b) Mashups
a) c) Hashups
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a
Explanation: Sitemaps can be useful in allowing
content that isn’t browsable to be crawled.
7. Which of the following is not provided by “Deep
Web” ?
a) Database generated Web pages
b) Private or limited access Web pages
c) Pages without links
b) d) All of the mentioned

Answer: d
Explanation: Online content that isn’t indexed by
search engines belongs to what has come to be called
the “Deep Web”.
8. Dynamic content presented in Google _______
crawling isn’t normally indexed.
a) AJAX
b) Java
c) Javascript
c) d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: d Explanation: Google now has a procedure that helps
Explanation: For an application to run on GAE, it must the Google engine crawl this information.
comply with Google’s platform standards, which 9. Which of the following google product sends you
narrows the range of applications that can be run and periodic email alerts based on your search term ?
severely limits those applications’ portability. a) Alerts
4. Based on PageRank algorithm, Google returns b) Blogger
__________ for a query that is parsed for its keywords. c) Calendar
a) SEP d) All of the mentioned
b) SAP
c) SERP Answer: a
d) Business Objects Build Explanation: By creating a Google Alert, you can get
email notifications any time Google finds new results
Answer: c on a topic that interests you.
Explanation: SERP stands for Search Engine Results 10. Which of the following is a payment processing
Page. system by Google ?
5. Point out the wrong statement: a) Paytm
a) Wolf Frameworks uses a C# engine and supports b) Checkout
both Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL database c) Code
b) Applications built in Wolf are 50-percent browser- d) All of the mentioned
based and support mashable and multisource overlaid
content Answer: b
c) Google applications are cloud-based applications Explanation: Google Checkout was an online payment
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processing service provided by Google aimed at buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons
simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. of the ocean.
5. Point out the wrong statement:
. a) Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant
. Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice
of query or topic
Google Application Portfolio b) Google Analytics makes it easy to improve your
results online
“Google Application Portfolio”. c) Google Base is Google search technology focused
1. Which of the following creates a custom search on blogs
utility for a particular Web site ? d) None of the mentioned
a) Desktop
b) Directory Answer: c
c) Custom Search Explanation: Blog Search is Google search technology
d) None of the mentioned focused on blogs.
6. Which of the following indexes content on your
Answer: c local drive for fast searches ?
Explanation: Custom Search lets you programmatically a) Desktop
build and manage custom search engines for your site. b) Code
2. Point out the correct statement : c) Hash
a) Yahoo search is the most popular search engine on d) All of the mentioned
the Web
b) Google Ad Planner is a free media planning tool that Answer: a
can help you identify websites your audience is likely Explanation: Google Desktop is a computer program
to visit so you can make better-informed advertising with desktop search capabilities, created by Google for
decisions Linux, Apple Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows
c) Google AdSense is a free media planning tool that systems.
can help you identify websites your audience is likely 7. Google _______ is collection of applications and
to visit so you can make better-informed advertising utilities under development and testing.
decisions a) Code
d) All of the mentioned b) Labs
c) Hash
Answer: b d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Google search is the most popular search
engine on the Web. Answer: b
3. Which of the following product searches Web by Explanation: Google Labs was a page created by
topics ? Google to demonstrate and test new projects.
a) Desktop 8. Which of the following is photo-editing and
b) Directory management software ?
c) Custom Search a) iGoogle
d) None of the mentioned b) Earth
c) GOOG-411
Answer: b d) Picasa
Explanation: The Google Web Directory integrates
Google’s search technology with OpenDirectoryProject Answer: d
pages to create a tool for finding information on the Explanation: Organize and edit your photos using
web. Picasa.
4. Which of the following is an online atlas and 9. Which of the following product allows users to
mapping service with mashups ? create 3D models and share them with others ?
a) iGoogle a) Toolbar
b) Earth b) Blogger
c) GOOG-411 c) SketchUp
d) Knol d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b Answer: c
Explanation: Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Explanation: SketchUp is 3D modeling software that’s
Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D easy to learn and incredibly fun to use.
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10. Which of the following gives statistical information a) Google Site Search
on different search terms ? b) Google Big Search
a) Trends c) Google Search Appliance
b) Stats d) Google Mini
c) Tool
d) All of the mentioned Answer: d
Explanation: Google sells its search engine customized
Answer: a for enterprises under the Google Site Search service
Explanation: Google Trends is a public web facility of banner.
Google Inc. based on Google Search. 5. Point out the wrong statement:
a) With Google Custom Search Engine and Subscribed
. Links, you can create a search engine tailored to your
. needs
b) Google Currents is a social magazine app by Google
Google Cloud Toolkit c) Google Correlate is a social magazine app by Google
d) None of the mentioned
“Google Toolkit”.
1. Which of the following is a search service for online Answer: c
retailers that markets their products in their site Explanation: Google Correlate find search patterns that
searches with a number of navigation ? correlate with real-world data.
a) Google Site Search 6. Which of the following is a targeted ad service based
b) Google Commerce Search on matching advertisers and their keywords to users
c) Google Search Appliance and their search profiles ?
d) Google Mini a) Ads
b) AdSense
Answer: b c) AdWords
Explanation: As Google has built out its portfolio, it d) All of the mentioned
has released special versions of its products for the
enterprise. Answer: c
2. Point out the correct statement : Explanation: This service transformed Google from a
a) Google Bookmarks is a detailed 3D model of the competent search engine into an industry giant and is
human body responsible for the majority of Google’s revenue
b) Google Base is an online service that lets you save stream.
your favorite sites and attach labels and comments 7. Google __________ is the most widely used Web
c) The Chromium projects include Chromium and traffic analysis tool on the Internet.
Chromium OS a) BigAnalytics
d) All of the mentioned b) Analytics
c) Biglytics
Answer: c d) All of the mentioned
Explanation: Google Chrome Sync is a Google Tool
that Syncs your Google Chrome bookmarks across Answer: b
multiple computers. Explanation: It is offered as a free service and has been
3. Which of the following can be deployed within an adopted by many Web sites.
organization to speed up both local (Intranet) and 8. Which of the following system was replaced with
Internet searching ? Google Translate ?
a) Google Site Search a) SYSTRANSMIT
b) Google Commerce Search b) SYSTRAN
c) Google Search Appliance c) SYSTRANFER
d) Google Mini d) None of the mentioned

Answer: c Answer: b
Explanation: The three versions of the Google Search Explanation: Translate uses what is referred to as a
Appliance can store an index of up to 300,000 (GB- corpus linguistics approach to translation.
1001), 10 million (GB-5005), or 30 million (GB-8008) 9. Which of the following service that provides offline
documents. access to online data ?
4. Which of the following is the smaller version of the a) Gears
GSA that stores 300,000 indexed documents ? b) Blogger
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c) Offline d) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Answer: a Explanation: Through hardware virtualization on Xen
Explanation: Google Gears includes a database engine hypervisors, Amazon.com has made it possible to
installed on the client that caches data and synchronizes create private virtual servers that you can run
it. worldwide.
10. Which of the following is an open-source platform 3. Which of the following is an edge-storage or
that has been used to create Google Wave and Google content-delivery system that caches data in different
AdWords ? physical locations ?
a) GWT a) Amazon Relational Database Service
b) GET b) Amazon SimpleDB
c) GTW c) Amazon Cloudfront
d) All of the mentioned d) Amazon Associates Web Services

Answer: a Answer: c
Explanation: GWT allows developers to create AJAX Explanation: Cloudfront is similar to systems such as
applications using Java or with the GWT compiler Akamai.com, but is proprietary to Amazon.com and is
using JavaScript. set up to work with Amazon Simple Storage
System (Amazon S3).
. 4. Which of the following allows you to create
. instances of the MySQL database to support your Web
sites ?
AWS - Amazon Web Services Interview a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
b) Amazon Simple Queue Service
This set of Interview Questions & Answers focuses on c) Amazon Relational Database Service
“AWS – Amazon Web Services”. d) Amazon Simple Storage System
1. Which of the following should be used considering
factors shown in the figure ? Answer: c
Explanation: RDS provides features such as automated
software patching, database backups, and automated
database scaling via an API call.
5. Point out the correct statement:
a) Amazon Elastic Cloud is a system for creating
virtual disks(volume)
b) SimpleDB interoperates with both Amazon EC2 and
Amazon S3
c) EC3 is an Analytics as a Service provider
d) None of the mentioned

a) SimpleDB Answer: b
b) RDS Explanation: Amazon SimpleDB stores data in
c) Amazon EC2 “buckets” and without requiring the creation of a
d) All of the mentioned database schema.
6. Which of the following is a structured data store that
Answer: b supports indexing and data queries to both EC2 and
Explanation: Use RDS when you have an existing S3 ?
MySQL database that could be ported and you want to a) CloudWatch
minimize the amount of infrastructure and b) Amazon SimpleDB
administrative management required. c) Amazon Cloudfront
2. Point out the wrong statement: d) All of the mentioned
a) Amazon Machine Instances are sized at various
levels and rented on a computing/hour basis Answer: b
b) The metrics obtained by CloudWatch may be used to Explanation: SimpleDB isn’t a full database
enable a feature called Auto Scaling implementation.
c) A Number of tools are used to support EC2 services 7. Which of the following is the machinery for
interacting with Amazon’s vast product data and
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eCommerce catalog function ?
a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
b) Amazon Associates Web Services
c) Alexa Web Information Service
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: This service, which was called Amazon
E-Commerce Service (ECS), is the means for vendors
to add their products to the Amazon.com site
and take orders and payments.
8. Which of the following is a billing and account
management service ? a)
a) Amazon Elastic MapReduce
b) Amazon Mechanical Turk
c) Amazon DevPay
d) Multi-Factor Authentication

Answer: c
Explanation: DevPay provides a developer API that
eliminates the need for application developers to build
order pipelines.
9. Which of the following is a means for accessing
human researchers or consultants to help solve
problems on a contractual or temporary basis ?
a) Amazon Elastic MapReduce
b) Amazon Mechanical Turk b)
c) Amazon DevPay
d) Multi-Factor Authentication

Answer: b
Explanation: Problems solved by this human workforce
have included object identification, video or audio
recording, data duplication, and data research.
10. Which of the following is built on top of a Hadoop
framework using the Elastic Compute Cloud ?
a) Amazon Elastic MapReduce
b) Amazon Mechanical Turk
c) Amazon DevPay
d) Multi-Factor Authentication c)
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: a
Explanation: Amazon Elastic MapReduce is an Answer: a
interactive data analysis tool for performing indexing. Explanation: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud is the
central application in the AWS portfolio.
. 2. Point out the wrong statement:
To practice all interview questions on Amazon Web a) Virtual private servers can provision virtual private
Services, . clouds connected through virtual private networks
b) Amazon Web Services is based on SOA standards
Cloud Computing MCQs - c) Starting in 2012, Amazon.com made its Web service
platform available to developers on a usage-basis
“Amazon Web Service Components and Services”. model
1. Which of the following correctly describes d) All of the mentioned
components roughly in their order of importance from
top to down ? Answer: c
Explanation: Through hardware virtualization on Xen
hypervisors, Amazon.com has made it possible to

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create private virtual servers that you can run Answer: b
worldwide. Explanation: Autoscaling is part of Amazon
3. Which of the following is the central application in Cloudwatch and available at no additional charge.
the AWS portfolio ? 8. Which of the following is a Web service that can
a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud publish messages from an application and deliver them
b) Amazon Simple Queue Service to other applications or to subscribers ?
c) Amazon Simple Notification Service a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
d) Amazon Simple Storage System b) Amazon Simple Queue Service
c) Amazon Simple Notification Service
Answer: a d) Amazon Simple Storage System
Explanation: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud enables
the creation, use, and management of virtual private Answer: c
servers running the Linux or Windows operating Explanation: SNS provides a method for triggering
system over a Xen hypervisor. actions, allowing clients or applications to subscribe to
4. Which of the following is a message queue or information (like RSS), or polling for new or changed
transaction system for distributed Internet-based information or perform updates.
applications ? 9. Which of the following metrics are used to support
a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Elastic Load Balancing ?
b) Amazon Simple Queue Service a) CloudWatch
c) Amazon Simple Notification Service b) Amazon Elastic Block Store
d) Amazon Simple Storage System c) AWS Import/Export
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Explanation: In a loosely coupled SOA system, a Answer: a
transaction manager is required to ensure that messages Explanation: Amazon Machine Instances (AMIs) in
are not lost when a component isn’t available. EC2 can be load balanced using the Elastic Load
5. Point out the correct statement: Balancing.
a) SQL Server is having enormous impact in cloud 10. Which of the following is an online backup and
computing storage system ?
b) Amazon.com’s services represent the largest pure a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) b) Amazon Simple Queue Service
c) EC2 is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) market c) Amazon Simple Notification Service
d) None of the mentioned d) Amazon Simple Storage System

Answer: b Answer: d
Explanation: EC2 is estimated to run on over 40,000+ Explanation: A high speed data transfer feature called
servers worldwide divided into six availability zones. AWS Import/Export can transfer data to and from
6. Which of the following is a system for creating block AWS using Amazon’s own internal network to portable
level storage devices that can be used for Amazon storage devices.
Machine Instances in EC2 ?
a) CloudWatch .
b) Amazon Elastic Block Store .
c) AWS Import/Export
d) All of the mentioned Amazon Machine Images

Answer: b “Amazon Machine Images”.

Explanation: The Load Balancing feature can detect 1. Which of the following provides a bridge between a
when an instance is failing and reroute traffic to a company’s existing network and the AWS cloud ?
healthy instance, even an instance in other AWS zones. a) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
7. Which of the following feature is used for scaling of b) AWS Premium Support
EC2 sites ? c) Amazon Fulfillment Web Services
a) Auto Replica d) All of the mentioned
b) Auto Scaling
c) Auto Ruling Answer: a
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: VPC connects your network resources to
a set of AWS systems over a Virtual Private Network

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(VPN) connection and extends security d) All of the mentioned
systems.
2. Point out the wrong statement: Answer: c
a) Between FBA and FWS, you can create a nearly Explanation: FPS is a payments-transfer infrastructure.
virtual store on Amazon.com 7. Which of the following uses an authentication device
b) Amazon plans to extend the capabilities of VPC to ?
integrate with other systems in the Amazon cloud a) Amazon Elastic MapReduce
computing portfolio b) Amazon Mechanical Turk
c) FPS is exposed as an API that sorts transactions into c) Amazon DevPay
packages called Quick Starts that makes it easy to d) Multi-Factor Authentication
implement
d) None of the mentioned Answer: d
Explanation: Multi-Factor Authentication gives you
Answer: b two layers of protection: your user id and password.
Explanation: Merchant inventory is prepositioned in 8. _________ is a virtual server platform that allows
Amazon’s fulfillment centers. users to create and run virtual machines on Amazon’s
3. Which of the following is Amazon’s technical server farm.
support and consulting business ? a) EC2
a) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud b) Azure
b) AWS Premium Support c) EC5
c) Amazon Fulfillment Web Services d) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: a
Answer: b Explanation: You can add or subtract virtual servers
Explanation: Through AWS Premium Support, elastically as needed.
subscribers to AWS can get help building or supporting 9. AMIs are operating systems running on the _____
applications that use EC2. virtualization hypervisor.
4. Which of the following allows merchants to fill a) Yen
orders through Amazon.com fulfillment service ? b) Xen
a) Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud c) Ben
b) Amazon Fulfillment Web Services d) Multi-Factor Authentication
c) Amazon Relational Database Service
d) Amazon Simple Storage System Answer: b
Explanation: Each virtual private server is accorded a
Answer: b size rating called its EC2 Compute Unit.
Explanation: There is no charge for using Amazon 10. Which of the following instance class is best used
FWS. for applications that are processor- or compute-
5. Point out the correct statement: intensive ?
a) With EC2, you can launch and run server instances a) Standard Instances
called Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) running b) High Memory Instances
different operating systems such as Red Hat Linux c) High CPU Instances
b) A machine image is the software and operating d) None of the mentioned
system running on top of the instance
c) A machine image may be thought of as the contents Answer: c
of a boot drive Explanation: Applications of this type include
d) All of the mentioned rendering, encoding, data and others.

Answer: d .
Explanation: A machine image should be composed of Here is complete set of 1000+ Multiple Choice
a hardened operating system. Questions and
6. Which of the following provides access for Answers.
developers to charge Amazon’s customers for their
purchases ? Amazon S3 - Simple Storage Systems Interview
a) FWS
b) FAS This set of Interview Questions & Answers focuses on
c) FPS “Amazon S3 – Simple Storage Services”.

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1. Which of the following is a method for bidding on Answer: d
unused EC2 capacity based on the current spot price ? Explanation: Hundreds of free and paid AMIs can be
a) On-Demand Instance found on AWS.
b) Reserved Instances 6. How many EC2 service zones or regions exist ?
c) Spot Instance a) 1
d) All of the mentioned b) 2
c) 3
Answer: c d) 4
Explanation: This feature offers a significantly lower
price, but it varies over time or may not be available Answer: d
when there is no excess capacity. Explanation: There are four different EC2 service
2. Point out the wrong statement: zones or regions.
a) The standard instances are not suitable for standard 7. Amazon ______ cloud-based storage system allows
server applications you to store data objects ranging in size from 1 byte up
b) High memory instances are useful for large data to 5GB.
throughput applications such as SQL Server databases a) S1
and data caching and retrieval b) S2
c) FPS is exposed as an API that sorts transactions into c) S3
packages called Quick Starts that makes it easy to d) S4
implement
d) None of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: In S3, storage containers are referred to as
Answer: a buckets.
Explanation: The standard instances are deemed to be 8. Which of the following can be done with S3 buckets
suitable for standard server applications. through the SOAP and REST APIs ?
3. Which of the following instance has hourly rate with a) Upload new objects to a bucket and download them
no long-term commitment ? b) Create, edit, or delete existing buckets
a) On-Demand Instance c) Specify where a bucket should be stored
b) Reserved Instances d) All of the mentioned
c) Spot Instance
d) All of the mentioned Answer: d
Explanation: The REST API is preferred to the SOAP
Answer: a API, because it is easier to work with large binary
Explanation: Pricing varies by zone, instance, and objects with REST.
pricing model. 9. Which of the following operation retrieves the
4. Which of the following is a batch processing newest version of the object ?
application ? a) PUT
a) IBM sMash b) GET
b) IBM WebSphere Application Server c) POST
c) Condor d) COPY
d) Windows Media Server
Answer: b
Answer: c Explanation: Versioning also can be used for
Explanation: Condor is a powerful, distributed batch- preserving data and for archiving purposes.
processing system that lets you use otherwise idle CPU 10. Which of the following statement is wrong about
cycles in a cluster of workstations. Amazon S3 ?
5. Point out the correct statement: a) Amazon S3 is highly reliable
a) Security can be set through passwords, Kerberos b) Amazon S3 provides large quantities of reliable
tickets, or certificates storage that is highly protected
b) Secure access to your EC2 AMIs is controlled by c) Amazon S3 is highly available
passwords, Kerberos, and 509 Certificates d) None of the mentioned
c) Most of the system image templates that Amazon
AWS offers are based on Red Hat Linux Answer: c
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: S3 excels in applications where storage is
archival in nature.

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To practice all interview questions on Amazon S3 can have a volume up to 1TB
services, . c) You cannot mount multiple volumes on a single
instance
Amazon EBS - Elastic Block Store Interview d) All of the mentioned

This set of Interview Questions & Answers focuses on Answer: b

“Amazon EBS – Elastic Block Store”. Explanation: EBS is similar in concept to a Storage
1. Which of the following tool is used for measuring Area Network or SAN.
I/O of your systems to estimate these transaction 6. Data stored in __________ domains doesn’t require
costs ? maintenance of a schema.
a) EBS a) SimpleDB
b) IOSTAT b) SQL Server
c) ESW c) Oracle
d) All of the mentioned d) RDS

Answer: b Answer: a
Explanation: EBS is a service priced on the amount of Explanation: To create a high performance “simple”
storage space used. database, the data store created is flat; that is, it is non-
2. Point out the wrong statement: relational and joins are not supported.
a) The cost of creating an EBS volume is lesser than 7. Which of the following is relational database service
creating a similarly sized S3 bucket provided by Amazon ?
b) An EBS volume can be used as an instance boot a) SimpleDB
partition b) SQL Server
c) EBS boot partitions can be stopped and started, and c) Oracle
they offer fast AMI boot times d) RDS
d) None of the mentioned
Answer: d
Answer: a Explanation: Amazon offers two different types of
Explanation: The cost of creating an EBS volume is database services.
also greater than creating a similarly sized S3 bucket. 8. Which of the following can be considered as
3. Which of the following is also referred to edge distributed caching system ?
computing ? a) CND
a) CloudWave b) CDN
b) CloudFront c) CWD
c) CloudSpot d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Answer: b Explanation: Amazon CloudFront is referred to as a
Explanation: In edge computing, content is pushed out content delivery network (CDN), and sometimes called
geographically so the data is more readily available to edge computing.
network clients and has a lower latency when 9. Amazon Relational Database Service is a variant of
requested. the _______ 5.1 database system.
4. CloudFront supports ______ data by performing a) Oracle
static data transfers and streaming content from one b) MySQL
CloudFront location to another. c) SQL Server
a) table caching d) All of the mentioned
b) geocaching
c) index caching Answer: b
d) windows Media Server Explanation: The purpose of RDS is to allow database
applications that already exist to be ported to RDS and
Answer: b placed in an environment that is relatively automated
Explanation: A user requesting data from a CloudFront and easy to use.
site is referred to the nearest geographical location. 10. Which of the following database should be used for
5. Point out the correct statement: a solution that has a very high availability ?
a) A volume is mounted on a particular instance and is a) SimpleDB
available to all instances b) RDS
b) The advantages of an EBS boot partition are that you c) Amazon EC2
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d) None of the mentioned Answer: b
Explanation: Azure is a virtualized infrastructure to
Answer: a which a set of additional enterprise services has been
Explanation: Use SimpleDB for the lowest layered on top.
administrative overhead. 5. Point out the correct statement:
a) The Windows Azure service itself is a hosted
. environment of virtual machines enabled by a fabric
To practice all interview questions on Amazon EBS called Windows Azure ApplicationFab
services, . b) Windows Azure service is a Compliance as a
Service offering
Microsoft Cloud Services c) Windows Live Services is a collection of
applications and services that run on the Web
“Microsoft Cloud Services”. d) All of the mentioned
1. Which of the following service creates an application
hosting environment ? Answer: c
a) EBS Explanation: Some of these applications called
b) Azure AppFabric Windows Live Essentials are add-ons to Windows and
c) ESW downloadable as applications.
d) All of the mentioned 6. ________ Live Services can be used in applications
that run in the Azure cloud.
Answer: b a) Microsoft
Explanation: AppFabric is a cloud-enabled version of b) Windows
the .NET Framework. c) Yahoo
2. Point out the wrong statement: d) Ruby
a) Microsoft’s approach is to view cloud applications
as software plus service Answer: b
b) Microsoft calls their cloud operating system the Explanation: Windows Live Services is a collection of
Windows Platform services that runs on Windows Live.
c) Azure is a combination of virtualized infrastructure 7. Which of the following is based on Microsoft
to which the .NET Framework has been added as a set Dynamics ?
of .NET Services a) Static CRM
d) None of the mentioned b) Social CRM
c) Dynamics CRM
Answer: d d) None of the mentioned
Explanation: In SaaS model, the cloud is another
platform and applications can run locally and access Answer: c
cloud services or run entirely in the cloud and be Explanation: Dynamics CRM is an xRM (Anything
accessed by browsers using standard Service Oriented Relations Management) service.
Architecture (SOA) protocols. 8. Which of the following is based on Microsoft
3. Which of the following is also known as Compute ? Sharepoint ?
a) set of virtual machine instances a) Sharepoint Services
b) set of replicas b) .NET Services
c) set of commodity servers c) Windows Services
d) all of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: a Answer: a
Explanation: Azure and its related services were built Explanation: A document and collaboration service
to allow developers to extend their applications into the based on SharePoint is called SharePoint Service.
cloud. 9. Azure is Microsoft’s ___________ as a Service Web
4. Database marketplace based on SQL Azure Database hosting service.
is code-named ________ . a) Platform
a) Akamai b) Software
b) Dallas c) Infrastructure
c) Denali d) All of the mentioned
d) None of the mentioned

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Answer: c 4. Which of the following web applications can be
Explanation: Windows Azure Platform is a competitor deployed with Azure ?
to Google’s App Engine. a) ASP.NET
10. Which of the following is a pure infrastructure b) PHP
play ? c) WCF
a) Azure d) All of the mentioned
b) Google App Engine
c) AWS Answer: d
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: Microsoft also has released SDKs for both
Java and Ruby to allow applications written in those
Answer: c languages to place calls to the Azure Service Platform
Explanation: Microsoft has a very different vision for API to the AppFabric Service.
cloud services than either Amazon or Google does. 5. Point out the correct statement:
a) The Windows Azure service it The Windows Azure
. Platform allows a developer to modify his application
. so it can run in the cloud on virtual machines hosted in
Microsoft datacenters
Windows Azure Interview b) Windows Azure serves as a cloud operating system
c) With Azure’s architecture, an application can run
This set of Interview Questions & Answers focuses on locally, run in the cloud, or some combination of both
“Microsoft Azure Platform”. d) All of the mentioned
1. Which of the following standard does Azure use ?
a) REST Answer: d
b) XML Explanation: Applications on Azure can be run as
c) HTML applications, as background processes or services, or as
d) All of the mentioned both.
6. A _________ role is a virtual machine instance
Answer: d running Microsoft IIS Web server that can accept and
Explanation: The Azure Windows Services Platform respond to HTTP or HTTPS requests.
API uses the industry standard REST, HTTP, and XML a) Web
protocols that are part of any Service Oriented b) Server
Architecture cloud infrastructure to allow applications c) Worker
to talk to Azure. d) Client
2. Point out the wrong statement:
a) An Amazon Machine Image can be provisioned with Answer: a
an operating system, an enterprise application, or Explanation: Worker roles can communicate with
application stack Azure Storage or through direct connections to clients.
b) AWS is a deployment enabler 7. Which of the following element allows you to create
c) Google Apps lets you create a scalable cloud-based and manage virtual machines that serve either in a Web
application role and a Worker role ?
d) None of the mentioned a) Compute
b) Application
Answer: d c) Storage
Explanation: Google application can only work within d) None of the mentioned
the Google infrastructure, and the application is not
easily ported to other environments. Answer: a
3. What does IPsec in Azure platform refers to ? Explanation: Compute is the load-balanced Windows
a) Internet Protocol Security protocol suite server computation and policy engine.
b) Internet Standard 8. Which of the following element is a non-relational
c) Commodity servers storage system for large-scale storage ?
d) All of the mentioned a) Compute
b) Application
Answer: a c) Storage
Explanation: IPsec refers to the Internet Protocol d) None of the mentioned
Security protocol suite for creating a secure Internet
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Answer: c c) service agents
Explanation: Azure Storage Service lets you create d) all of the mentioned
drives, manage queues, and store BLOBs.
9. Azure Storage plays the same role in Azure that Answer: a
______ plays in Amazon Web Services. Explanation: Each namespace is assigned a
a) S3 management key that is part of the security mechanism.
b) EC2 4. Which of the following was formerly called
c) EC3 Microsoft .NET Services ?
d) All of the mentioned a) AppFabric
b) PHP
Answer: a c) WCF
Explanation: For relational database services, SQL d) All of the mentioned
Azure may be used.
10. Which of the following element in Azure stands for Answer: a
management service ? Explanation: AppFabric manages the transaction to
a) config ensure that it is completed and that a response is sent to
b) application the client.
c) virtual machines 5. Point out the correct statement:
d) none of the mentioned a) Azure AppFabric is a Service Bus and Access
Control facility
Answer: a b) Azure AppFabric supports the standard Service
Explanation: Virtual machines are instances of Oriented Architecture (SOA) protocols such as REST
Windows that run the applications and services that are and SOAP and the WS-protocols
part of a particular deployment. c) The function of a service bus in an SOA is to expose
distributed services as an endpoint with a specific URI
. d) All of the mentioned
To practice all interview questions on Microsoft Azure,
. Answer: d
Explanation: Azure AppFabric manages requests by
Windows Azure AppFabric locating the service.
6. The _________ portion of Azure AppFabric is a
“Windows Azure AppFabric”. claims access control system that provides a token-
1. Which of the following is a version of Hyper-V that based trust mechanism for identity management.
runs on Windows Server 2008 ? a) Web Control
a) Fabric b) Server Control
b) Application c) Access Control
c) Virtual Machines d) All of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: c
Answer: a Explanation: The Access Control examines the request,
Explanation: The Windows Azure Platform extends and if it finds it to be valid, it grants a security token to
applications running on other platforms to the cloud the client.
using Microsoft infrastructure and a set of enterprise 7. Which of the following is used to negotiate the
services. exchange of information between a client and the
2. Point out the wrong statement: service ?
a) Stored data can be read using GETs a) Compute Bus
b) Stored data can be written with RETRIEVE b) Application Bus
c) Stored data can be modified with POSTs c) Storage Bus
d) None of the mentioned d) Service Bus

Answer: b Answer: d
Explanation: Stored data can be written with PUTs. Explanation: Azure AppFabric acts as an SOA service
3. A particular set of endpoints and its associated bus.
Access Control rules for an application is referred to as 8. Which of the following can be used to create
the : distributed systems based on SOA ?
a) service namespace a) Passive Directory Federation Services
b) service rules b) Application Directory Federation Services
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d) None of the mentioned d) All of the mentioned

Answer: c Answer: a
Explanation: Access Control allows one application to Explanation: CDN is an edge network service that
trust the identity of another application. lowers latency and maximizes bandwidth by delivering
9. Windows Server AppFabric enables Web data content to users who are nearby.
caching for application data and provides managed 2. Point out the wrong statement:
services using ___________Foundation and the a) Any storage account can be enabled for CDN
Windows Communication. b) The CDN service searches that location and serves
a) Windowsflow the content
b) WindowsWorkflow c) Stored data can be removed with DELETE request
c) WindowsWorkflowApp d) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: d
Answer: b Explanation: If the content isn’t found, the CDN
Explanation: Azure AppFabric Access Control enables retrieves the Blob from the Blob service, caches the
secure application requests through a token mechanism. content, and then serves it to the user.
10. Which of the following access control step shown 3. SQL Azure is a cloud-based relational database
in the following figure is incorrect ? service that is based on:
a) Oracle
b) SQL Server
c) MySQL
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: SQL Azure Database supports Transact-
SQL statements.
4. Which of the following was formerly called SQL
Server Data Service ?
a) AppFabric
b) SQL Azure
c) WCF
d) All of the mentioned

Answer: b
Explanation: An application that uses SQL Azure
Database can run locally on a server, PC, or mobile
a) Step 1 device, in a datacenter, or on Windows Azure.
b) Step 2 5. Point out the correct statement:
c) Step 3 a) Data stored in an SQL Azure database is accessed
d) None of the mentioned using the Columnar Data Stream (CDS) protocol
b) There is a current limit of 1TB for each SQL Azure
Answer: a Database
Explanation: Access Control allows one application to c) Queries against a multiple databases are unified
trust the identity of another application. d) All of the mentioned
. Answer: b
. Explanation: If the storage size exceeds the limit, then
data must be partitioned into logical sets and queries
Windows Azure Content Delivery Network need to be structured to account for this partitioning.
6. Azure data is replicated ________ times for data
“Azure Content Delivery Network”. protection and writes are checked for consistency.
1. Which of the following is a worldwide content a) one
caching and delivery system for Windows Azure blob b) two
content ? c) three
a) CDN
b) CND
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d) all of the mentioned “Windows Live Service-1”.
1. Which of the following has core services shown in
Answer: c the following figure ?
Explanation: SQL Azure eventually will support the a) Google Live
Microsoft Sync Framework providing a facility for b) Windows Live
SQL Azure to synchronize their data with local c) Amazon Live
databases. d) None of the mentioned
7. SQL Azure Database looks like and behaves like a
local database with a few exceptions like: Answer: b
a) CLR Explanation: Windows Live is based around five core
b) CDN services.
c) WCF 2. Point out the wrong statement:
d) All of the mentioned a) Windows Live is a collection of cloud-based
applications and services
Answer: a b) Every Windows Live applications run as standalone
Explanation: CLR stands for Common Language applications and are available to users directly through
Runtime. a browser
8. Which of the following Azure edition has storage up c) Microsoft has rolled out Windows Live in sets of
to 10GB database ? releases they describe as four waves
a) Web d) None of the mentioned
b) Business
c) Standard Answer: b
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: The first wave was a rebranding of
several Microsoft MSN applications and services in
Answer: b late 2005.
Explanation: Web Editions has storage up to 1GB 3. Which of the following is a management utility for a
database. domain using SOAP and RPC ?
9. Microsoft offers a _______ calculator for the a) Alerts
Windows Azure Platform. b) Contact
a) TCO c) Admin centre
b) TOC d) All of the mentioned
c) OCT
d) All of the mentioned Answer: c
Explanation: Alerts enables Windows Live Alerts from
Answer: a an RSS feed.
Explanation: SQL Azure charges are based on two 4. Which of the following was formerly called
different programs. Windows Live Dev ?
10. The connection between storage and Microsoft’s a) Live Services
Content Delivery Network is stated to be at least b) Windows Live Messenger Connect
_______ percent uptime. c) Windows Control Foundation
a) 90 d) All of the mentioned
b) 95
c) 99.9 Answer: b
d) None of the mentioned Explanation: Developers access the services for
Windows Live Services through a collection of APIs
Answer: c and controls called Windows Live Messenger Connect.
Explanation: In the Windows Azure Service Level 5. Point out the correct statement:
Agreement, Microsoft states that it guarantees an a) Messenger Connect was released as part of the
external connectivity between two or more role Windows Live Wave 2
instances that are located in different Azure domains of b) There is a current limit of 1 GB for each SQL Azure
at least 99.95 percent uptime. Database
c) Queries against single database are unified
. d) All of the mentioned
.
Answer: c
Windows Live - Explanation: Messenger Connect was released as part
of the Windows Live Wave 4 at the end of June 2010.
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6. Which of the following way can be used to access Answer: c
Windows Live ? Explanation: Additional capabilities include features
a) By navigating to the service from the command on for creating and managing blogs, adding more content,
the navigation bar at the top of Windows Live and customizing the Windows Live Writer user
b) By directly entering the URL of the service interface.
c) By selecting the application from the Windows Live
Essentials folder on the Start menu .
d) All of the mentioned .

Answer: d Cloud Computing Multiple Choice

Explanation: If you haven’t signed into Windows Live
during your session, Windows Live requests that you “Windows Live”.
do so before allowing you to proceed. 1. Which of the following generates alerts sent to
7. ___________ is Management service for Windows email, mobile device, or Windows Messenger?
Live ID and relationships. a) Windows Live Calendar
a) Windows Live Account b) Windows Live Alerts
b) Windows Live Admin Center c) Windows Live Admin Center
c) Windows Live Management d) None of the mentioned
d) All of the mentioned
Answer: b
Answer: a Explanation: Windows Live Admin Center is used to
Explanation: Some Windows Live applications are provide email hosting for website owners.
client-side applications, many others are Web-based 2. Point out the wrong statement:
applications, some are mobile apps, and an important a) Windows Live is a collection of cloud-based
subset of these services is available to developers applications and services
through the Windows Live Messenger Connect APIs. b) Windows Live Essentials applications are a
8. Which of the following synchronizes information collection of server-side applications
obtained from RSS and ATOM sources ? c) Windows Live Essentials is available from the Start
a) FeedSync menu as a set of commands
b) Live Framework d) None of the mentioned
c) Alerts
d) None of the mentioned Answer: b
Explanation: Windows Live Essentials applications are
Answer: a a collection of client-side applications.
Explanation: Live Framework includes the Live Mesh 3. Which of the following is used for synchronization
tools from Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web and remote access service for files stored on PCs and
Developer Express Edition 2008. mobile devices?
9. Which of the following service use XML-RPC calls a) Windows Live Family Safety
to get and send Weblog data ? b) Windows Live Devices
a) Spaces c) Windows Live Essentials
b) Windows Live ID d) All of the mentioned
c) Photo Gallery
d) All of the mentioned Answer: b
Explanation: Windows Live Family Safety allows you
Answer: a to manage and monitor your children’s Internet activity
Explanation: Spaces integrates Windows Live Spaces, so they can surf the Web more safely.
Windows Live Events, Windows Live Photos, and 4. Which of the following has address book service
Windows Live Profile into applications. with synchronization feature?
10. Which of the following service allows applications a) Windows Live Calendar
to incorporate the features of the Windows Live b) Windows Live Alerts
Writer ? c) Windows Live Contacts
a) Spaces d) None of the mentioned
b) Windows Live ID
c) Writer Answer: c
d) All of the mentioned Explanation: Windows Live Calendar contains calendar
service with appointments, meetings, and events shared
with others.
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5. Point out the correct statement: 10. Which of the following is a photo storage and
a) Windows Live Suite is the central access page or sharing service?
portal for the Windows Live suite a) Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner
b) Windows Live House is the central access page or b) Windows Live ID
portal for the Windows Live suite c) Windows Live Movie Maker
c) Microsoft has a number of Windows Live services d) Windows Live Photos
that are specifically meant to be run on mobile devices
d) All of the mentioned Answer: d
Explanation: You can use the service to publish photos
Answer: c to third-party photo services.
Explanation: Some of these services run on the
Windows Mobile platform, some are Web-based .
applications that conform to the lightweight Wireless .
Application Protocol.
6. Which of the following adds an RSS feed to digital
photo frame devices?
a) Windows Live FrameIt
b) Windows Live Gallery
c) Windows Live Groups
d) Windows Live Hotmail

Answer: a
Explanation: Windows Live Gallery is a collection of
developer add-ons for Windows Live products.
7. ___________ is a personalization Web page and tool
for Windows Live with status information and
navigation features.
a) Windows Live Home
b) Windows Live Gallery
c) Windows Live Groups
d) Windows Live Hotmail

Answer: a
Explanation: Windows Live Groups is a group
discussion, collaboration, sharing, and coordination
tool.
8. Which of the following is Web-based free email
service with contacts and calendar?
a) Windows Live Home
b) Windows Live ID
c) Windows Live Groups
d) Windows Live Hotmail

Answer: d
Explanation: Windows Live ID is a sign-on service
shared by Windows Live applications.
9. Which of the following service allows you to create
beautiful, memorable movies?
a) Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner
b) Windows Live ID
c) Windows Live Movie Maker
d) Windows Live Photos

Answer: c
Explanation: Windows Live Movie Maker consists of a
PC scanner for viruses, spyware, and other malware.

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