Certified Cloud Technology Associate

Welcome to your Certified Cloud Technology Associate

Instructions

All 40 questions should be attempted.
All answers are to be marked on the question paper itself.
You have 1 hour to complete this paper
You must achieve 26 or more out of possible 40 marks (65%) to pass this exam

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What is not a valid reason for the customer asking a Cloud provider where their servers are located?

The number of sites tells you something about disaster recovery possibilities.

Geographical location may tell something about network latency.

The geographical location may tell something about legislation.

When a server breaks down, the customer wants to send a technician to fix the problem as soon as possible.

None

What top threat to Cloud computing refers to components that may not have been developed for multi-tenant architecture and may cause security issues?

Denial of Service (DoS)

Shared Technology Vulnerabilities

Malicious Insiders

Account or Service Traffic Hijacking

None

8. Which service model allows the customer to choose more layers in the Computing architecture?

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

There is no difference between the service models.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

None

Which process is not covered by ISOIEC 20000?

Configuration management

Service level management

People management

Supplier management

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7. The ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 standard requires that ISO/IEC 20000 processes are documented. Who needs to show that they are familiar with the processes and adhere to the procedures and working instructions?

Only the Cloud service provider, because they take over all responsibility.

Both the organization and the Cloud service provider, because they share responsibility.

Only the organization, because they are responsible for the processes.

Neither the organization, nor the Cloud service provider, because the processes within Cloud computing are outside the scope of ISO/IEC 20000.

None

4. What is a benefit of Cloud Computing for IT staff?

less knowledge needed: Cloud Computing does not require special skills

higher payment of IT staff involved in Cloud Computing

lower stress levels: less worry about normal daily activities like making back-ups

less interruption of work caused by users asking for support

None

15. Why are standards used in Cloud Computing?

Standards provide security.

Standards provide compliance.

Standards provide location independence.

Standards provide portability.

None

12. Which question do you not have to ask when moving your local Cloud network to a hybrid environment?

What will my customers notice from the move?

What happens to my data when I’m not using it?

How do I test if my provider has everything under control?

How well is my data protected against theft?

None

17. What is an important limitation of Cloud Computing?

privacy

shared resources

automation

increased costs

None

10.

What is the purpose of the HIPAA Privacy Rule?

to protect private information in HTML documents

to protect personal financial and accounting information

to protect personal health information

to have the Hypervisor protect private data

None

11.

11. What is the benefit of storage availability in the Cloud?

Storage in the Cloud has a higher availability than storage devices in the Local Area Network (LAN).

Storage in the Cloud has shorter access times than storage in the LAN.

Storage in the Cloud is easier to protect against intrusion.

Additional storage does not require budget for new large storage devices.

None

12.

9. What is an example of a single purpose environment?

interface to a large computer

any application on any server

Mainframe

interface to large storage

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13.

14. Why is a trial period needed when considering to use Software as a Service (SaaS)?

to have time to accommodate the local network to use of the new services

to evaluate whether the cloud services will be useful

to establish the required bandwidth for using the cloud services

to find out whether the vendor will meet the Service level agreement (SLA)

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14.

What can be done to make maximum use of the interoperability principle of Cloud Computing?

Only use cloud providers located in Europe.

Use hardware and software of a single vendor.

Employ multiple system integrators to build your private cloud.

Use standard protocols.

None

15.

3. Where did the Internet begin?

the Department of Defense of the USA

the CIA

a cluster of cooperating universities in the USA

computer hobbyists

None

16.

16. What is a major limitation in using applications on mobile platforms?

there is no enterprise applications available for the mobile platforms

limited memory of mobile phones

lack of applications available for mobile platforms

not all applications are available for all mobile platforms.

None

17.

What are the main hardware components of a local Cloud environment?

Blade server, virtual desktop, Local Area Network (LAN), load balancer

Blade server, Local Area Network (LAN), load balancer, storage

Virtual desktop, Local Area Network (LAN), load balancer, storage

Virtual desktop, blade server, load balancer, storage

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18.

18. In a cloud environment, consumers become dependent upon providers for products and services. What is a term used to describe the difficulties in migrating a software application from one provider to another?

Loyalty program

Marketing strategy

Vendor lock-in

Data conversion plan

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19.

What is a risk of providing Cloud based services?

virtualization

self-service

elasticity

data continuity

None

20.

What is a big benefit of Cloud based services for a small Internet based business starting up?

the service level agreement (SLA)

the high Operational Expenditure (OPEX)

the short implementation time

the data security and privacy

None

21.

1. What is an important concern for the customer in multi-tenant environments?

Availability

Network latency

Network bandwidth

Security

None

22.

6. What is Multi-tenancy?

The act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (But not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), Storage device or computer network resources.

An architecture in which each customer has their own software instance.

An architecture in which a single instance of a software application serves multiple customers.

A way of thinking in terms of services and service-based development and the outcomes Of services.

None

23.

Why did virtualization boost the emergence of Cloud Computing?

Virtual machines have greater performance than their physical counterparts.

Virtualization made it easier and cheaper to share resources between users.

Virtualization leads to better network utilization.

A virtual machine is more secure than a physical machine.

None

24.

Why is it beneficial to businesses that Cloud computing involves managed services?

Cloud services automatically comply with the national and international legislation.

The business own IT department can shift the focus away from operational issues.

The business does not have to worry about the performance of Cloud services.

All services are managed, even when a Cloud provider goes out of business.

None

25.

You are a small business owner who wants to move all of your IT to the Cloud.

You are growing and want dynamic scaling. You expect the desktops of your employees

to be virtualized. You discuss some policy-based services with the Cloud provider.

What type of service model will you be discussing?

SaaS

XaaS

IaaS

PaaS

None

26.

Failover is the capacity to switch automatically to another system or resource in the event of a failure. Which Cloud property makes failover easier to scale in the Cloud than on physical servers?

Internet connection

multi-purpose

multi-tenancy

virtualization

None

27.

2. Virtualization is a key architectural feature of Cloud computing. What is another one of these key characteristics of Cloud computing?

the use of Service Level Agreements

the use of the Internet

the use of standard protocol

the use of secured access

None

28.

What risk is minimized by proper HR vetting procedures?

shared technology vulnerabilities

insecure application interfaces

account, service, and traffic hijacking

malicious insiders

None

29.

What is information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single Person or can be used with other sources to uniquely identify a single individual?

Enterprise Architecture (EA)

Single sign-on (SSO)

Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

None

30.

What is an important benefit of Cloud Computing?

small bandwidth

independency from the Internet

highly protected data

reduced cost

None

31.

20. What is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?

a secured connection for remote access to a Local Area Network (LAN)

a secured private cloud for a single user

a virtual network device for private purposes

an operating system for private network systems

None

32.

13. What is Abuse of Cloud Services?

An intolerable system slowdown leaves all of the legitimate service users confused And angry as to why the service isn’t responding.

Cloud provider may not only host your data and applications, but also malicious software.

Some of the cloud providers staff or sub-contractor staff may be untrustworthy.

Compliance to legislation and regulations during external audits.

Moving into the Cloud may make it more difficult for organizations to prove their

None

33.

How does Cloud Computing change the relationship between provider and customer?

more focus on training

increased focus on Service level agreements (SLAs)

less focus on SLAs

less compliance to standards

None

34.

What is not a mitigating measure against data loss?

encryption

authentication and authorization

Storage area network (SAN)

audits

None

35.

What is an important requirement for applications to be accessible in the Cloud?

The application should use the same programming language as the clients.

The application should be compatible with the browser of the user's computer.

The user should know on which server the application is located.

The user's identity should be known by the application.

None

36.

10. What is Federation in Identity management?

systems in the Cloud sharing information about the identity of users

cloud-based Identity management enabling single sign-on (SSO) for multiple systems

the identity of a group of users sharing the same cloud resources

the cloud of all systems accessible by a single user

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37.

Authentication means asking: “Who are you?” Authorization means asking:

“What are you allowed to do?”

What does the Accounting characteristic from triple-A ask?

What are you going to do?

What resources will you need?

What did you do?

How much money do you need to pay?

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38.

5. What is a correct description of a Thin Client?

a Client computer without a screen

a user terminal without a processor

a mobile phone with access to the Internet

a Personal Computer without a hard drive

None

39.

19. What is a staffing benefit of Cloud Computing?

higher recruitment

managed services

self-service

fewer IT-staff

None

40.

What is a correct definition of Cloud Computing?

a service architecture based on thin clients

a large pool of usable and accessible virtualized resources

a service offered by a Service provider, not limited by a Service level agreement (SLA)

a network of globally interconnected client computers

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