Cloud Computing Questions and Answers –

Virtualization Technologies
This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
“Virtualization Technologies”.

1. Which of the following correctly represents different types of mobile patterns?

a)

b)

c)
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: You can define the features in software and hardware that enables flexibility as
conforming to one or more of the mobility patterns.

2. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Abstraction enables the key benefit of cloud computing: shared, ubiquitous access
b) Virtualization assigns a logical name for a physical resource and then provides a pointer to
that physical resource when a request is made
c) All cloud computing applications combine their resources into pools that can be assigned on
demand to users
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Several important cloud computing approaches use a strictly hardware-based
approach to abstraction.

3. Which of the following type of virtualization is also characteristic of cloud computing?

a) Storage
b) Application
c) CPU
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: To enable these characteristics, resources must be highly configurable and flexible.
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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
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Answer: c
Explanation: Load balancing is an optimization 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 workload
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Alternatively, systems can be virtualized through load-balancing technologies.
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6. Which of the following software can be used to implement load balancing?

a) Apache mod_balancer
b) Apache mod_proxy_balancer
c) F6’s BigIP
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Load balancing can be used to increase utilization and throughput, lower latency,
reduce response time, and avoid system overload.

7. Which of the following network resources can be load balanced?

a) Connections through intelligent switches
b) DNS
c) Storage resources
d) All of the mentioned
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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
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Answer: a
Explanation: They determine the current utilization of the resources in their pool.

9. A ______ is a combination load balancer and application server that is a server placed
between a firewall or router.
a) ABC
b) ACD
c) ADC
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: An Application Delivery Controller is assigned a virtual IP address (VIP) that maps
to a pool of servers based on application specific criteria.
10. Which of the following should be replaced with the question mark in the following figure?

a) Abstraction
b) Virtualization
c) Mobility Pattern
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Virtualization is a key enabler of the first four of five key attributes of cloud
computing.

Cloud Computing MCQ (Multiple Choice

Questions)
Here are 1000 MCQs on Cloud Computing chapterwise.

1. What is Cloud Computing?

a) Cloud Computing means providing services like storage, servers, database, networking, etc
b) Cloud Computing means storing data in a database
c) Cloud Computing is a tool used to create an application
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud computing means providing services like storage, servers, database,
networking, etc. over the internet without the user managing it directly. The data stored can be
accessed by an authorized user anywhere anytime provided the user must have an internet
connection and a device.

2. Who is the father of cloud computing?

a) Sharon B. Codd
b) Edgar Frank Codd
c) J.C.R. Licklider
d) Charles Bachman
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Answer: c
Explanation: In the 1960s J.C.R. Licklider wanted to connect people and share data anytime
from anywhere, hence he invented Cloud Computing.

3. Which of the following is not a type of cloud server?

a) Public Cloud Servers
b) Private Cloud Servers
c) Dedicated Cloud Servers
d) Merged Cloud Servers
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Answer: d
Explanation: In Public Servers the users share the hardware, storage, and networks. Private
Servers provide high security to the data stored through firewalls and internal hosting. Also, in
the private cloud, the user can customize their servers with add-ons. In Dedicated Servers, the
server completely belongs to a particular organization or a company.

4. Which of the following are the features of cloud computing?

a) Security
b) Availability
c) Large Network Access
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: One of the important features is security, the data stored is secured and cannot be
accessed by unauthorized parties. In case the user exhausts the storage space allocated, the user
can buy extra storage for a less amount. The data stored can be accessed by any authorized user
anywhere anytime provided the user must have an internet connection and a device.

5. Which of the following is a type of cloud computing service?

a) Service-as-a-Software (SaaS)
b) Software-and-a-Server (SaaS)
c) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
d) Software-as-a-Server (SaaS)
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Software as a Service, is the most widely used choice for enterprises. SaaS makes
use of the internet to offer apps to consumers that are controlled by a third-party vendor.
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6. Which of the following is the application of cloud computing?

a) Adobe
b) Paypal
c) Google G Suite
d) All of the above
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Answer: d
Explanation: Adobe Creative Cloud is used in the art sector. Paypal is an online payment
application. Google G Suite is the best storage and backup application used by google.

7. Which of the following is an example of the cloud?

a) Amazon Web Services (AWS)
b) Dropbox
c) Cisco WebEx
d) All of the above
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Answer: d
Explanation: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dropbox, and Cisco WebEx are examples of cloud.

8. Applications and services that run on a distributed network using virtualized resources is
known as ___________
a) Parallel computing
b) Soft computing
c) Distributed computing
d) Cloud computing
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Answer: d
Explanation: Cloud computing refers to the delivery of services such as storage, servers,
databases, networking, and other functions through the internet without the need for the user to
manage them directly. These applications are accessed by common Internet protocols and
networking standards.

9. Which of the following is an example of a PaaS cloud service?

a) Heroku
b) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
c) Windows Azure
d) All of the above
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Answer: d
Explanation: PaaS stands for Platform-as-a-Service. In PaaS, the users receive hardware or
software tools from the users on the internet. AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Windows Azure, Heroku
are example of a PaaS service.

10. Which of the following is an example of an IaaS Cloud service?

a) DigitalOcean
b) Linode
c) Rackspace
d) All of the above
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Answer: d
Explanation: IaaS stands for Infrastructure-as-a-Service. In IaaS, the users receive computing
resources like software or hardware tools virtually over the internet. DigitalOcean, Linode,
Rackspace are the example of an IaaS service.

11. Which of the following is the correct statement about cloud computing?
a) Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources
b) Cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet
c) The use of the word “cloud” makes reference to the two essential concepts
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Abstraction and Virtualization are the two essential concepts.

12. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run over the Internet
b) Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models
c) Amazon has built a worldwide network of datacenters to service its search engine
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Google has built mega data centres for its search engine.

13. Which of the following model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four
dimensional factors?
a) Cloud Cube
b) Cloud Square
c) Cloud Service
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Cloud Cube model is mainly used for secure collaboration.

14. Which of the following is the correct statement about cloud types?
a) Cloud Square Model is meant to show is that the traditional notion of a network boundary
being the network’s firewall no longer applies in cloud computing
b) A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is
located
c) Service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is located
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Four types of deployment models exist.

15. Which architectural layer is used as a backend in cloud computing?

a) cloud
b) soft
c) client
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The cloud creates a system where resources can be pooled and partitioned as
needed.

16. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their
WAN connectivity.
a) noise
b) propagation
c) latency
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: While cloud computing applications excel at large-scale processing tasks, if your
application needs large amounts of data transfer, it may not be the best model for you.

17. Which of the following architectural standards is working with cloud computing industry?
a) Web-application frameworks
b) Service-oriented architecture
c) Standardized Web services
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: These standards help to enable different business models that cloud computing
vendors can support, most notably Software as a Service (SaaS), Web 2.0 applications, and
utility computing.

18. Which of the following is the correct statement?

a) Cloud computing presents new opportunities to users and developers
b) Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is small aspect of cloud computing
c) Cloud computing does not have impact on software licensing
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Because it is based on the paradigm of a shared multi-tenant utility.

19. What is the correct formula to calculate the cost of a cloud computing deployment?
a) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue + CostCLOUD))
b) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD / (Revenue – CostCLOUD))
c) CostCLOUD = Σ(UnitCostCLOUD x (Revenue – CostCLOUD))
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Unit cost is usually defined as the cost of a machine instance per hour or another
resource.

20. Which of the following is the wrong statement about cloud computing?
a) Private cloud doesn’t employ the same level of virtualization
b) Data center operates under average loads
c) Private cloud doesn’t pooling of resources that a cloud computing provider can achieve
d) Abstraction enables the key benefit of cloud computing: shared, ubiquitous access
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Answer: a
Explanation: Capacity of the datacenter is fixed by the assets it has.

21. Identify the wrong statement about cloud computing.

a) Virtualization assigns a logical name for a physical resource and then provides a pointer to
that physical resource when a request is made
b) Virtual appliances are becoming a very important standard cloud computing deployment
object
c) Cloud computing requires some standard protocols
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Many of these protocols are standard Internet protocols.

22. Identify the correct statement about cloud computing.

a) Cloud computing relies on a set of protocols needed to manage interprocess communications
b) Platforms are used to create more complex software
c) Cloud architecture can couple software running on virtualized hardware in multiple locations
to provide an on-demand service
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: The most commonly used services uses a set of discovery and description protocols
based on WSDL.

23. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Cloud services span the gamut of computer applications
b) The impact of cloud computing on network communication is to discourage the use of open
source network protocols in place of proprietary protocol
c) Atom is a syndication format that allows for HTTP protocols to create and update
informations
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Microsoft’s ADO.NET Data Services Framework is another system for transferring
data using a RESTful transaction and standard HTTP commands.

24. Which of the following is required by Cloud Computing?

a) That the identity be authenticated
b) That the authentication be portable
c) That you establish an identity
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: When applied to a number of users in a cloud computing system, these
requirements describe systems that must provision identities.

25. Cloud computing is a concept that involves pooling physical resources and offering them as
which sort of resource?
a) cloud
b) real
c) virtual
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing means providing services like storage, servers, database,
networking, etc. over the internet. It is a new model for provisioning resources, for staging
applications, and for platform-independent user access to services.

26. Which of the following is the Cloud Platform provided by Amazon?

a) AWS
b) Cloudera
c) Azure
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering that
allows users to rent virtual machines on Amazon’s own infrastructure, is one of the most
successful cloud-based enterprises.

27. Into which expenditures does Cloud computing shifts capital expenditures?
a) local
b) operating
c) service
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: The nature of the service provider and its connection with its client is changing as a
result of cloud computing.

28. Point out the wrong statement.

a) With a pay-as-you-go, endlessly expandable, and universally available system, cloud
computing realises the long-held goal of utility computing
b) The widespread use of the Internet enables the huge size of cloud computing systems
c) Soft computing represents a significant change in the way computers are delivered
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing is differentiated by the idea that resources are virtual and infinite,
and that the user is shielded from the specifics of the actual infrastructure on which software
operates.

29. Which of the following is the most essential element in cloud computing by CSA?
a) Virtualization
b) Multi-tenancy
c) Identity and access management
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Multi-tenancy refers to hosting shared among multiple customers. Multi-tenancy
introduces a variety of new security problems to cloud computing that must be addressed.

30. Which of the following monitors the performance of the major cloud-based services in real
time in Cloud Commons?
a) CloudWatch
b) CloudSensor
c) CloudMetrics
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: The Cloud Commons is a new online community founded by CA to promote
information exchange on cloud service and the SMI standard.

31. Which of the following model consists of the service that you can access on a cloud
computing platform?
a) Deployment
b) Service
c) Application
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: The sort of service that the service provider provides is described by the service
model. Three types of service provided are:
1) Platform-as-a-Service
2) Software-as-a-Service
3) Infrastructure-as-a-Service

32. Which of the following is the most important area of concern in cloud computing?
a) Scalability
b) Storage
c) Security
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: When your data goes to and is stored on systems that are no longer under your
control, you run the risk of it being intercepted or misused by outsiders. Only an authorized user
can access the save data.

33. Which of the following is the most refined and restrictive cloud service model?
a) PaaS
b) IaaS
c) SaaS
d) CaaS
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Answer: a
Explanation: The most refined and restrictive service model is when a service needs the client to
use the entire hardware/software/application stack.
34. Which of the following is not a property of cloud computing?
a) virtualization
b) composability
c) scalability
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Virtualization is achieved by creating a virtual environment of storage devices and
server operating systems. Composability is the ability to build applications from component
parts.

35. How many phases are there in Cloud Computing Planning?

a) 1
b) 5
c) 3
d) 6
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Answer: c
Explanation: Strategy Phase, Planning Phase, and Deployment Phase are the three phases of
Cloud Planning.

36. Which of the following is an example of a SaaS cloud service?

a) Google Workspace
b) Dropbox
c) Salesforce
d) All of the above
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Answer: d
Explanation: SaaS stands for Software-as-a-Service. In SaaS, the provider hosts the application
and is made available to the users. Google Workspace, Dropbox, Salesforce are examples of an
IaaS service.

37. Which is the most essential concept related to Cloud computing?

a) Abstraction
b) Reliability
c) Productivity
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The abstraction layer abstracts and controls resources using a reference object,
making it easier for users to transfer programs to multiple clouds. The details of system
implementation from users and developers are abstracted by Cloud computing.
38. In which of the following service models the hardware is virtualized in the cloud?
a) NaaS
b) PaaS
c) CaaS
d) IaaS
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Answer: d
Explanation: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is an acronym for Infrastructure-as-a-Service.
Users of IaaS get computer resources such as software or hardware tools through the internet. In
this model, the service vendor owns the equipment: servers, storage, network infrastructure, and
so forth.

39. Which of the following is the Virtual machine conversion cloud?

a) Amazon CloudWatch
b) AbiCloud
c) BMC Cloud Computing Initiative
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: BMC Cloud Computing Initiative is used for Cloud planning, lifecycle
management, optimization, and guidance.

40. Which of the following is a workflow control and policy based automation service by CA?
a) CA Cloud Compose
b) CA Cloud Insight
c) CA Cloud Optimize
d) CA Cloud Orchestrate
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Answer: d
Explanation: CA Cloud Orchestrate service is workflow control and policy-based automation
tool. It automates IT processes for cloud deployments, including provisioning and configuration
of infrastructure and applications, management of cloud resources, orchestration of workflows
across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and compliance enforcement through policy-based
automation..

41. An application that provides for transaction overflow in a reservation system is an example
of ____________
a) cloud bursting
b) cloud provisioning
c) cloud servicing
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Most systems built to perform cloud bursting have a simple underlying design

ple Choice Question of Cloud Computing

MCQ's based on the Basics of Cloud Computing

1) What type of computing technology refers to services and applications that typically run on a
distributed network through virtualized resources?

1. Distributed Computing
2. Cloud Computing
3. Soft Computing
4. Parallel Computing

2) Which one of the following options can be considered as the Cloud?

1. Hadoop
2. Intranet
3. Web Applications
4. All of the mentioned

3) Cloud computing is a kind of abstraction which is based on the notion of combining physical
resources and represents them as _______resources to users.

1. Real
2. Cloud
3. Virtual
4. none of the mentioned

4) Which of the following has many features of that is now known as cloud computing?

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 1. Web Service
2. Softwares
3. All of the mentioned
4. Internet

5) Which one of the following cloud concepts is related to sharing and pooling the resources?

1. Polymorphism
2. Virtualization
3. Abstraction
4. None of the mentioned

6) Which one of the following statements is not true?

1. The popularization of the Internet actually enabled most cloud computing systems.
2. Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility as a payment possible for you,
with an infinitely scalable, universally available system, pay what you use.
3. Soft computing addresses a real paradigm in the way in which the system is deployed.
4. All of the mentioned

7) Which one of the following can be considered as a utility is a dream that dates from the
beginning of the computing industry itself?

1. Computing
2. Model
3. Software
4. All of the mentioned

8) Which of the following is an essential concept related to Cloud?

1. Reliability
2. Abstraction
3. Productivity
4. All of the mentioned

9) Which one of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?

 1. Azure
2. AWS
3. Cloudera
4. All of the mentioned

10) Which of the following statement is not true?

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1. Through cloud computing, one can begin with very small and become big in a rapid
manner.
2. All applications benefit from deployment in the Cloud.
3. Cloud computing is revolutionary, even though the technology it is built on is
evolutionary.
4. None of the mentioned

Questions and Answers based on the "Planning"

1) In the Planning Phase, Which of the following is the correct step for performing the analysis?

1. Cloud Computing Value Proposition

2. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
3. Both A and B
4. Business Architecture Development

12) In which one of the following, a strategy record or Document is created respectively to the
events, conditions a user may face while applying cloud computing mode.

1. Cloud Computing Value Proposition

2. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
3. Planning Phase
4. Business Architecture Development

3) What is Business Architecture Development?

1. We recognize the risks that might be caused by cloud computing application from a
business perspective.
 2. We identify the applications that support the business processes and the technologies
required to support enterprise applications and data systems.
3. We formulate all kinds of plans that are required to transform the current business to
cloud computing modes.
4. None of the above

4) Which one of the following refers to the non-functional requirements like disaster recovery,
security, reliability, etc.

1. Service Development
2. Quality of service
3. Plan Development
4. Technical Service

5) Which one of the following is a phase of the Deployment process?

1. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider

2. IT Architecture Development
3. Business Architecture Development
4. Transformation Plan Development

6) This phase involves selecting a cloud provider based on the Service Level Agreement (SLA),
which defines the level of service the provider receives.

1. Maintenance and Technical Service

2. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

7) In which one of the following phases, IT Architecture Development came?

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1. Strategy Phase
2. Planning Phase
3. Deployment Phase
4. Development Phase
8) Which of the model involves the special types of services that users can access on a Cloud
Computing platform?

1. Service
2. Planning
3. Deployment
4. Application

9) Which one of the following is related to the services provided by Cloud?

1. Sourcing
2. Ownership
3. Reliability
4. PaaS

10) How many phases are present in Cloud Computing Planning?

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1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

This set of the following Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's)

focuses on the Cloud Computing Architecture.
1) Cloud computing architecture is a combination of?

1. service-oriented architecture and grid computing

2. Utility computing and event-driven architecture.
3. Service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.
4. Virtualization and event-driven architecture.
2) In how many parts we can broadly divide the architecture of the Cloud?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5

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3) Which one of the following refers to the user's part of the Cloud Computing system?

1. back End
2. Management
3. Infrastructure
4. Front End

4) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Front-end?

1. Web Browser
2. Google Compute Engine
3. Cisco Metapod
4. Amazon Web Services

25) By whom is the backend commonly used?

1. Client
2. User
3. Stockholders
4. service provider

6) Through which, the backend and front-end are connected with each other?

1. Browser
2. Database
3. Network
4. Both A and B
7) How many types of services are there those are offered by the Cloud Computing to the users?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 3
4. 5

8) The Foce.com and windows Azure are examples of which of the following?

1. IaaS
2. PaaS
3. SaaS
4. Both A and B

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9) Which of the following is one of the backend's built-in components of cloud computing?

1. Security
2. Application
3. Storage
4. Service

10) Which of the following provides the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interaction with the
cloud?

1. Client
2. Client Infrastructure
3. Application
4. Server

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) Based on the

"Technologies" used in the Cloud Computing.
1) Which one of the following a technology works behind the cloud computing platform?

1. Virtualization
 2. SOA
3. Grid Computing
4. All of the above

2) Which one of the following is a kind of technique that allows sharing the single physical
instance of an application or the resources among multiple organizations/customers?

1. Virtualization
2. Service-Oriented Architecture
3. Grid Computing
4. Utility Computing

3) Which one of the following statement is true about the Virtualization?

1. It provides a logical name for a physical resource, and on-demand provides an indicator
of that physical resource.
2. In Virtualization, we analyze the strategy related problems that customers may face.
3. In Virtualization, it is necessary to compile the Multitenant properly.
4. All of the above

4) In Virtualization, which architecture provides the virtual isolation between the several
tenants?

1. IT Architecture
2. Multitenant
3. Deployment
4. Business Architecture

5) On which one of the following utility computing is based?

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1. Grid Computing Model

2. SOA Model
3. virtual isolation Model
4. Pay-per-Use model
6) Which one of the following statement is true about the Service-Oriented Architecture?

1. It is possible to exchange data between applications from different vendors without using
additional programming.
2. It provides computational resources on-demand as a metered service.
3. Service-Oriented Architecture allows using the application as a service for other
applications.
4. Both A and C

7) In Grid Computing, which types of computer resources are there?

1. heterogeneous dispersed.
2. geographically dispersed.
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

8) Managed IT services are based on the concept of which one of the following?

1. Virtualization
2. Utility Computing
3. Grid Computing
4. SOA

9) Which one of the following refers to the Distributed Computing, in which several sets of
computers distributed on multiple geographical locations and are connected with each other to
achieve a common goal?

1. Virtualization
2. SOA
3. Grid Computing
4. Utility Computing

10) Which one of the following statement is true about Grid Computing?

1. Pieces combine small tasks into complex tasks

2. The subscription tier plays an important role in grid computing.
 3. Breaks complex tasks into small operations
4. Both A and C

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Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) based on the

"Hypervisors" used in the Cloud Computing.
1) Which one of the following given programs provides the isolation (abstraction) and
partitioning?

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1. System hypervisor
2. Software hypervisor
3. Hardware hypervisor
4. Virtualization hypervisor

2) On which one of the following hypervisor runs directly on the underlying host system, it is
also known as________?

1. Bare metal hypervisor

2. Hosted Hypervisor
3. Native Hypervisor
4. Both A and C

3) Which of the following behaves like the monitor's entry point and reroutes the instructions of
the virtual machine?

1. Dispatcher
2. Allocator
3. Interpreter
4. Both A and B

4) Which one of the following is also known as a Hypervisor?

1. VMA
 2. VMM
3. VMS
4. VMR

5) How many kinds of Hypervisor are there?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5

6) Which one of the following is not an example of the Type1-Hypervisor?

1. VMware ESXi
2. Citrix XenServer
3. Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor
4. VMware Player

7) How many main modules are needed to coordinate in order to emulate the underlying
hardware?

1. 3
2. 2
3. 4
4. 5

8) Which one of the following is used to call the allocator?

1. INTERPRETER
2. TYPE-2 Hypervisor
3. Both A and B
4. DISPATCHER

9) The Parallels Desktop can be considered as the example of which of the following?

1. TYPE-2 Hypervisor
 2. DISPATCHER
3. TYPE-1 Hypervisor
4. INTERPRETER

10) Which one of the following statements is not true?

1. Whenever a command begins a process, immediately the process virtual machine gets
instantiated.
2. Usually, the guest operating systems are mores faster in full virtualization as compared to
other virtualization schemes.
3. It is necessary for the full virtualization that the host OS (Operating System ) offers a
Virtual Machine Interface for the guest operating system by which the guest operating
system can access the hardware through the host VM.
4. All of the above

11) Which of the following statements is not true?

1. Load balancing virtualizes systems and resources by mapping a logical address to a

physical address
2. Multiple instances of various Google applications are running on different hosts
3. Google uses hardware virtualization
4. All of the above

12) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Type2 Virtual Machine
monitors?

1. KVM
2. Microsoft Hyper V
3. Parallels Desktop
4. All of the above

13) Which one of the following is a type of software that supports the virtual machine?

1. Kernel
2. Hypervisor
3. VMM
4. Both B and C
14) Which one of the following runs on Xen Hypervisor?

1. Azure
2. AWS EC2
3. C AWS EC3
4. All of the above

15) Which one of the following is the type of a service that manages and creates virtual network
interfaces?

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1. VMware vStorage
2. Application services
3. VMware vCompute
4. VMware vNetwork

16) In which one of the following, the virtual machine simulates hardware, through which it can
be independent of the underlying system hardware?

1. Para-virtualization
2. Full virtualization
3. Emulation
4. None of the above

17) Which one of the following will be the host operating system for Windows Server?

1. VirtualLogix VLX
2. Microsoft Hyper-V
3. Xen
4. All of the above

18) In Which Type of VM, full virtualization can be possible?

1. Type4
2. Type2
 3. Type3
4. Type1

19) Which one of the following can be considered as another name of Virtual Machine?

1. Software virtual machine

2. Real machine
3. process virtual machine
4. Virtualization hypervisor

MCQ's based on the SaaS

1) Which of the following is the correct full form of SaaS?

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1. Storage-as-a-Service
2. Server-as-a-Software
3. Software-as-a-Service
4. None of the above

2) Through which one of the following models, SaaS supports multiple users and offers a shared
data model?

1. single-tenancy
2. multiple-instance
3. multi-tenancy
4. None of the above

3) Which of the following is the SaaS's Characteristics?

1. Usually, the license is subscription-based or usage-based and is billed on a recurring

basis.
2. The software and the service are observed and maintained usually by the vendor.
3. Software mostly available over the internet across the world and can be provided
according to the demand through the browser.
4. All of the above
4) Which of the following is a characteristic of the SaaS applications?

1. SaaS applications are reliable

2. SaaS applications are not customizable
3. SaaS applications are customizable
4. Non-reliable

5) Which types of issues are associated with the SaaS?

1. Modest software tools

2. Multitenant solutions
3. Centralized management and data
4. Network dependence

6) Which one of the following statements can be considered as the true characteristics of
software as a Service (SaaS) model?

1. Software applications are generally maintained by the service provider (or vendor)
2. SaaS provides the best cost-effective applications because they do not need any
maintenance at the customer side.
3. They can easily scale up or scale down according to the conditions.
4. All of the above

7) Which one of the following is not the correct statement?

1. SaaS may be also be described as software deployed on a hosted service.

2. The platform can be based on the types of software development languages, frameworks,
and several other constructs.
3. SaaS is the cloud-based equivalent of shrink-wrapped software
4. All of the above

8) Which one of the following can be considered as the most complete cloud computing service
model?

1. PaaS
2. IaaS
 3. CaaS
4. SaaS

9) In SaaS, the used open-source software are also known as_____

1. Closed
2. Free
3. Open
4. all of the mentioned

10) Which one of the following statements is not true about SaaS?

1. SaaS applications are offered in all shapes and sizes.

2. All users with a little knowledge or know how to operate a computer also know about the
SaaS.
3. SaaS software is not customizable.
4. None of the above

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MCQ's based on the Paas (Platform as a service)

1) Which type of PaaS does not contains any type of license or technical dependencies on
specific SaaS applications?

1. Add-on development facilities

2. Application delivery-only environments
3. Open Platform as a service
4. Stand-alone development environments

2) Which one of the following is associated heavily with vendor lock-in?

1. DaaS
2. SaaS
3. IaaS
4. PaaS
3) Which one of the following is a type of PaaS that usually allows customizing the existing
SaaS platform?

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1. Stand-alone development environments

2. Add-on development facilities
3. Open Platform as a service
4. Application delivery-only environments

4) Which one of the following of PaaS type that involves on-demand scaling and application
security?

1. Stand-alone development environments

2. Open Platform as a service
3. Application delivery-only environments
4. Add-on development facilities

5) How many types of PaaS are there?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 5

6) Which one of the following can be considered as the benefit of PaaS?

1. Lower administrative overhead

2. Lower total cost of ownership
3. More current system software
4. All of the above

7) In AWS, which of the following is the AWS Management Console?

1. CAS
2. CDSS
3. CCS
4. CDA
8) Which of the following can be considered PaaS offering?

1. Youtube
2. Google Earth
3. Google Adsense
4. Google Maps

9) Which one of the following is not the correct statement?

1. The customer assumes no responsibility for maintaining the hardware, software or the
development of applications.
2. Google's App Engine platform is one of the IaaS offerings.
3. The vendor is usually responsible for all operational aspects of the services.
4. All of the above

10) Which one of the following statements is correct about the PaaS?

1. The platform as a service (or PaaS) systems usually support standards like JavaScript,
HTML, and several other rich media technologies.
2. Platform as a service provides the runtime environment for the applications.
3. The platform as a service is a completely integrated development environment.
4. All of the above

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MCQ's based on the IaaS

1) The terms "Iaas" stand for?

1. IT-as-a-Service
2. Infrastructure-as-a-Service
3. Internet-as-a-Service
4. Interoperability-as-a-Service

2) The resources like IP addresses and VLANs are provided to the end-users by which of the
following?
 1. Server virtualization.
2. Client virtualization.
3. End-user virtualization.
4. IaaS

3) Which one of the following is a kind of open standard protocol?

1. SOAP
2. WSDL
3. DHML
4. SIMPLE

4) In the virtual appliance, the content can be _____.

1. structured
2. unstructured
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

5) How many kinds of virtual private server instances are there partitioned in the IaaS stack?

1. 3
2. 2
3. 4
4. 5

6) Which of the following forms the basis for almost all web services stacks?

1. WSDL
2. SOAP
3. UDDI
4. VMCC. SOA

7) Which of the following is the most commonly used model for description and discovery and is
also used with SOAP messaging?
 1. DHML
2. VMC
3. WSDL
4. SOA

8) The Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) provides a type of isolated environment to each

customer individually by using_____.

1. renting
2. virtual machine sprawl
3. security vulnerabilities
4. hypervisor

9) IaaS usually shares issues with the ______.

1. PaaS
2. SaaS
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

10) Which of the following is an advantage of IaaS (Infrastructure as service)?

1. Efficient and flexible renting of computer hardware.

2. Portability, interoperability with legacy applications.
3. Complete control of the computing resources through administrative access to VMs.
4. All of the above

MCQ Based on the DIaaS

1) Which one of the following is not a correct statement?

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1. The Distributed Audit Service offers accountability for users accessing a system.
2. The CardSpace and OpenID specifications support the authentication type of data object.
3. Distributed transaction systems like as Cloud Computing Systems, Internetworks and
several others usually increases the obstacles faced by identity management systems.
4. All of the above
2) Which one of the following frameworks uses i-Card metaphor?

1. Higgins
2. Hughes
3. Hinges
4. XACML

3) Which of the following is a type of XML request or response language commonly used to
integrate and interrupt services that handle requests?

1. XACML
2. FIDM
3. SSP
4. SPML

4) In order to provide more secure authentication, which of the following is required at least?

1. three-factor authentication.
2. two -factor authentication.
3. four-factor authentication.
4. None of the above

5) Which one of the following groups is usually dedicated to supporting technologies that
implement enterprise mashups?

1. Open Mashup Alliance

2. Open Alliance Apache
3. Open Tech Alliance
4. None of the above

6) Which one of the following statements is correct about the FIDM?

1. SAML have access control

2. It typically uses the Security Markup Language (SAML) for packaging the user's security
credentials.
3. It describes the protocols and technologies.
 4. All of the above

7) Which of the following allows the users to login into a several different websites with the
same single account ?

1. OpenID
2. FIDM
3. SSO
4. Identity

8) Which one of the following statements is true about the SSO?

1. It has multiple authentication servers

2. It manages single accesses to other systems
3. In SSO, User sends the ticket to intranet server.
4. All of the above

9) Among the following, which one has the single authentication server and manages multiple
accesses to the other systems?

1. SOAP
2. IDaaS
3. SSO
4. SOA

10) The term "IDaaS" stands for?

1. ID-as-a-Service
2. Interoperability-as-a-Service
3. Intranet-as-a-service
4. Identity-as-a-Service

Multiple-choice Questions Based on the Cloud Type-1.

1) Which of the following can be referred to the location and management of the cloud's
infrastructure?
 1. Service
2. Deployment
3. Application
4. None of the mentioned

2) _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can access on a cloud
computing platform.

1. Service
2. Deployment
3. Application
4. None of the mentioned

3) Which one of the following statements is wrong?

1. The use of the word "cloud" makes reference to the two essential concepts.
2. Cloud computing abstracts systems by pooling and sharing resources
3. Cloud computing is nothing more than the Internet.
4. All of the mentioned

4) Which of the following is the deployment model?

1. Public
2. Private
3. Hybrid
4. All of the mentioned

5) Which one of the following statements is wrong?

1. Cloud Computing has two distinct sets of models.

2. Amazon has built a worldwide network of data centers to service its search engine.
3. Azure enables .NET Framework applications to run over the Internet.
4. None of the mentioned

6) Which one of the following is considered the best-known service model?

 1. SaaS
2. IaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

7) The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization to pool
resources.

1. NEFT
2. NIST
3. NIT
4. All of the mentioned

8) Which one of the following dimensions is related to the organization's boundaries?

1. The physical location of data

2. Ownership
3. Security boundary
4. All of the mentioned

9) How many types of dimensions exist in the Cloud Cube Model?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

10) _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four-dimensional factors.

1. Cloud Square
2. Cloud Service
3. Cloud Cube
4. All of the mentioned

Multiple-choice Questions Based on the Cloud Type-2.

1) A hybrid cloud combines multiple clouds where those clouds retain their unique identities but
are bound together as a unit.

1. Public
2. Private
3. Community
4. Hybrid

2) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

1. A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is
located.
2. The service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is
located.
3. Cloud Square Model is meant to show us that the traditional notion of a network
boundary being the network's firewall no longer applies in cloud computing.
4. All of the mentioned

3) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

1. Public Cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third party.

2. A community cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third
party.
3. Private clouds may be either on- or off-premises
4. None of the mentioned

4) How many types of security threshold values are actually present in the cloud cube model?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. None of the mentioned

5) Which of the following is offered by the ownership dimension of the Cloud Cube Model?

1. Proprietary
2. Owner
3. P
 4. All of the mentioned

6) Which of the following is a measure of knowing whether the operation is inside or outside the
security limits?

1. Per
2. P
3. Pre
4. All of the mentioned

7) Which one of the following is related to the services offered by the Cloud?

1. Sourcing
2. Ownership
3. Reliability
4. AaaS

8) Which one of the following dimensions corresponds to two different states in the possible
eight cloud forms?

1. The physical location of data

2. Ownership
3. Security boundary
4. None of the mentioned

9) Which one of the following options is correct cloud infrastructure operated for the exclusive
use of an organization?

1. Public
2. Private
3. Community
4. All of the mentioned

10) Which one of the following is a type of the Cloud that is organized in such a way to serve the
common purpose or the functions?
 1. Public
2. Private
3. Community
4. All of the mentioned

This set of Cloud Computing Questions & Answers for

entrance exams Based on "Cloud Types - 3".
1) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

1. Everything from application to infrastructure is the responsibility of the vendor.

2. AaaS provides several sources such as the applications, development frameworks,
operating systems, virtual machines, control structures, transactions, etc.
3. In the deployment model, different types of clouds are referred to as an expression of the
infrastructure's approach.
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: B

Explanation: It is the Paas (the Platform As A Services) that provides several sources or
services such as the applications, development frameworks, operating systems, virtual machines,
control structures, and transactions etc. not the AaaS (or the Application As A Service).

2) Which one of the following provides the resources or services such as the virtual
infrastructure, virtual machines, virtual storage, and several other hardware assets?

1. IaaS
2. SaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: The IaaS (or Infrastructure As A Service) service provider maintains all
infrastructure, while on the other hand client is responsible for several other deployment aspects.

3) Which one of the following offers the control structures and development frameworks?

1. IaaS
 2. SaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: The correct answer is the IaaS (the infrastructure As a Service) because it is a kind
of cloud computing that uniquely provides resources such as the virtualized computing over the
internet.

4) Which one of the following is the wrong statement?

1. The Platform as a service includes the integration features, middleware, and several other
orchestrations choreography services to the IaaS model.
2. Hybrid Cloud Computing offers xaas or "anything as a service" as the delivery of IT as a
service.
3. MaaS (or the Monitoring as a Service) is currently still an emerging piece of Cloud
Jigsaw.
4. None of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: Monitoring as a service (or MaaS) provides the option of unloading a large portion
of those costs from running as a service as opposed to a complete investment in-home tool.

5) Which one of the following was owned by an organization that sells cloud services?

1. Hybrid
2. Private
3. Community
4. Public

Answer: D

Explanation: The public Cloud is one of the cloud infrastructures that are available for public
use as the alternative for the large industry group.

6) Find out which one can be considered the complete operating environment with applications,
management?
 1. IaaS
2. SaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: B

Explanation: In the Software as a Service model (the SAAS), the application is usually provided
to the users through a thin client interface.

7) Which one of the following is considered a type of cloud computing model involving the three
different service models together?

1. CPI
2. SIP
3. SPI
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: SPI is actually an acronym( or we can say the Short form of any words) for the
most standard cloud computing services models, such as the infrastructure as a Service, Platform
as a Service, and Software as a Service.

8) The term "Caas" stands for_____ as a service?

1. Compliance as a service
2. Computer as a service
3. Community as a service
4. Communication as a service

Answer: D

Explanation: The term "CAAS" stands for Communication as a service, which enables the
clients to utilize resources like the Unified Communications, and Enterprise Level PBX, VPNs,
VoIP without the expense of hosting, purchasing, and maintaining the infrastructure.

9) Which one of the following is a type of infrastructure as a service?

1. EC2
 2. EC1
3. EC10
4. Hybrid

Answer: A

Explanation: Amazon EC2 stands for the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud that offers the
scalable computing capacity in the AWS (or Amazon Web Services) cloud to its clients. One can
eliminate his investment in hardware upfront using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and
boost the development and deployment application process.

Multiple-choice Questions based on the Advantages and

Disadvantages of Cloud Computing
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1) Which one of the following was one of the top 5 cloud applications in late 2010?

1. Cloud backup
2. Web applications
3. Business applications
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: D

Explanation: The economics of software delivery has been shifted in a significant manner, just
like the music downloads has been shifted the delivery of the music.

2) Which one of the following statements is not true?

1. Google's cloud involves approx ten data-centers in all over the world.
2. Data centers are sited in such a way that the overall system latency can be optimized.
3. The online shopping website, such as Flipkart.com, has the infrastructure built so that it
can support the elastic demand so the system will be capable of accommodating peak
traffic.
4. All of the above

Answer: B

Explanation: Data-centers can help lower land costs and reduce occupations.
3) Which of the following benefits is related to creating stored resources together in a system that
supports multi-tenant use?

1. On-demand self-service
2. Extensive network access
3. Resource pooling
4. All of the above

Answer: A

Explanation: The cloud service provider creates resources that support multi-tenant usage in a
system.

4) Which one of the following is something that a user can obtain it under the contract from
his/her vendor?

1. PoS
2. SoS
3. QoS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: Usually, it totally depends on the type of services being offered. One can find that
he/she does not require any software or hardware licensees in order to implement his/her
services.

5) All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their
WAN connectivity.

1. Propagation
2. Latency
3. Noise
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: B

Explanation: While cloud computing applications excel at large-scale processing tasks, if your
application needs large amounts of data transfer, cloud computing may not be the best model for
you.
6) Which of the following architectural standards is working with the cloud computing industry?

1. Service-oriented architecture
2. Standardized Web services
3. Web-application frameworks
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: These standards help to enable different business models that cloud computing
vendors can support, most notably Software as a Service (SaaS), Web 2.0 applications, and
utility computing. When your data travels over and rests on systems that are no longer under
your control, you have increased risk due to others' interception and malfeasance.

7) Which one of the following is the most important subject of concern in cloud computing?

1. Security
2. Storage
3. Scalability
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: When your data travels over and rests on systems that are no longer under your
control, you have increased risk due to others' interception and malfeasance.

8) You cannot rely on a cloud provider for maintaining its _____ in the event of government
work.

1. Scalability
2. Reliability
3. Privacy
4. None of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: The Cloud computing industry continues to address security concerns.

9) _______ enables batch processing, which greatly speeds up high-processing applications.

 1. Scalability
2. Reliability
3. Elasticity
4. Utility

Answer: A

Explanation: This feature obviates the need for planning and provisioning.

10) _______ feature allows you to optimize your system and capture all possible transactions.

1. Scalability
2. Reliability
3. Elasticity
4. none of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: You have the ability to right-size resources as required.

11) _______ is a pay-as-you-go model matches resources to need on an ongoing basis.

1. Utility
2. Elasticity
3. Low barrier to entry
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: This eliminates waste and has the added benefit of shifting risk from the client.

12) Which of the following is the most refined and restrictive service model?

1. IaaS
2. CaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: C
Explanation: When the service requires the client to use a complete
hardware/software/application stack, it is used the most refined and restrictive service model.

13) When you add a software stack, such as an operating system and applications to the service,
the model shifts to _____ model.

1. SaaS
2. PaaS
3. IaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: Microsoft's Windows Azure Platform is best described as currently using the SaaS
model.

14) Which one of the following is a false statement?

1. A cloud is defined as the combination of the infrastructure of a data-center with the

ability to provision hardware and software.
2. High touch applications are best done on-premises.
3. The Google App Engine follows IaaS.
4. None of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: The Google App Engine follows PaaS (or Platform as a service).

15) Service that generally focuses on the hardware follows which one of the following service
models?

1. IaaS
2. CaaS
3. PaaS
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: A

Explanation: Amazon web service follows the PaaS model.

16) Which of the following types of applications works with cloud computing that has low risks,
low margins?

1. High touch
2. Low touch
3. Moderate touch
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: B

Explanation: The "low touch" applications that come with low margins require committed
resources and pose less risk.

17) Which one of the following statements is false?

1. Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is a small aspect of cloud computing.

2. Cloud computing does not have an impact on Software licensing.
3. Cloud computing present new opportunities to users and developers.
4. All of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: The answer will be the C because it is based on the paradigm of a shared multi-
tenant utility.

18) Which one of the following is a special attribute of cloud computing?

1. utility type of delivery

2. elasticity
3. low barrier to entry
4. all of the mentioned

Answer: C

Explanation: These attributes change how applications are created, priced, and delivered.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers –

Hypervisors – 1
This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
“Hypervisors – 1”.

1. Which type of Hypervisor is shown in the following figure?

a) Type 1
b) Type 2
c) Type 3
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: A hypervisor running on bare metal is a Type 1 VM or native VM.

2. Point out the wrong statement.

a) Load balancing virtualizes systems and resources by mapping a logical address to a physical
address
b) Multiple instances of various Google applications are running on different hosts
c) Google uses hardware virtualization
d) All of the mentioned
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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 the system virtual machine?
a) hardware virtual machine
b) software virtual machine
c) real machine
d) none of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Some virtual machines are designed to run only a single application or process and
are referred to as process virtual machines.
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4. Which of the following provide system resource access to virtual machines?

a) VMM
b) VMC
c) VNM
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
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
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
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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.
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6. An operating system running on a Type ______ VM is full virtualization.

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Because it is a complete simulation of the hardware that it is running on.

7. Which of the following is Type 1 Hypervisor?

a) Wind River Simics
b) Virtual Server 2005 R2
c) KVM
d) LynxSecure
View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: Type 1 VMs have no host operating system because they are installed on a bare
system.

8. Which of the following is Type 2 VM?

a) VirtualLogix VLX
b) VMware ESX
c) Xen
d) LynxSecure
View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: Xen is used by Amazon Web Services to provide Amazon Machine Instances
(AMIs).

9. Which of the following will be the host operating system for Windows Server?
a) VirtualLogix VLX
b) Microsoft Hyper-V
c) Xen
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Type 2 virtual machines are installed over a host operating system.

10. Which of the following should be placed in second lowermost layer for the following figure?

a) Host Operating System

b) Software
c) VM
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: Examples of Type 2 Virtual Machine Monitors are Containers, KVM, Microsoft
Hyper V and Parallels Desktop for Mac.

Creating more logical IT resources, within one physical system is called ________.
(a) Load balancing
1. (b) Hypervisor
(c) Virtualization
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (c)
What is most commonly used for managing the resources for every virtual system?
(a) Load balancer
2. (b) Hypervisor
(c) Router
(d) Cloud

Answer:

Option (b)
Which is not a benefit of virtualization?
(a) Flexible and efficient allocation of resources
3. (b) Lowers the cost of IT infrastructure
(c) Remote access and rapid scalability
(d) Run on single operating system
Answer:

Option (d)

4. It helps a user to have remote access to an application from a server.

(a) Application virtualization
(b) Network virtualization
(c) Desktop virtualization
 (d) Storage virtualization

Answer:

Option (a)
It is an array of servers that are managed by a virtual storage system.
(a) Application virtualization
5. (b) Network virtualization
(c) Desktop virtualization
(d) Storage virtualization
Answer:

Option (d)
It has the ability to run multiple virtual networks with each has a separate control and data
plan.
(a) Application virtualization
6.
(b) Network virtualization
(c) Desktop virtualization
(d) Storage virtualization
Answer:

Option (b)
Identify the correct option: The main benefits of it are user mobility, portability, and easy
management of software installation, updates, and patches.
(a) Application virtualization
7.
(b) Network virtualization
(c) Desktop virtualization
(d) Storage virtualization
Answer:

Option (c)
Which is the correct type of full virtualization?
(a) Software assisted
8. (b) IoT assisted
(c) Hardware-assisted
(d) Software assisted and Hardware-assisted both

Answer:

Option (d)
9. Identify virtualizations: It emulates the hardware using the software instruction sets.
(a) Software assisted full virtualizations
 (b) IoT assisted full virtualizations
(c) Hardware-assisted full virtualizations
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (a)
Identify virtualizations: Due to binary translation, it often criticized for performance issues.
(a) Software assisted full virtualizations
10. (b) IoT assisted full virtualizations
(c) Hardware-assisted full virtualizations
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (a)

11. Identify
virtualizations: Guest OS’s instructions might allow a virtual context to execute
privileged instructions directly on the processor, even though it is virtualized.
(a) Software assisted full virtualizations
(b) IoT assisted full virtualizations
(c) Hardware-assisted full virtualizations
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option
(c)
________refers to the use of a remote computer from a local computer where the actual
computer user is located.
(a) Virtual machine
12.
(b) Virtual computing
(c) Virtual cloud
(d) Virtual OS
Answer:

Option (b)
________is an operating system or application environment that is installed on software,
13. which reproduces dedicated hardware virtually.
(a)
Virtual
machine
(b) Virtual computing
(c) Virtual
cloud
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (a)

In computing, ________ improves the distribution of workloads across multiple

computing resources, such as computers, a computer cluster, network links, central
14.
processing units, or disk drives.
(a)
Virtual
machine
(b) Virtual computing

(c) Virtual

cloud
(d) Load balancer

Answer:

Option (d)
15. What is the need for load balancing in
cloud computing?
(a) Increased scalability
Ability to handle sudden traffic
(b)
spikes
(c) A and B both
(d) None of these

Answer:

Option (c)
16. Which of these network resources can be load
balanced?
(a) Servers
(b) Routing mechanism
 (c) A and B both
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (c)
The _________ is what controls and allocates what portion of hardware resources
each operating system should get, in order every one of them to get what they need
17. and not to disrupt each other.
(a) hypervisor
(b)
virtual
machine
(c) virtual

cloud
None of
(d)
these

Answer:

Option (a)
A ___________ makes a copy or a clone of the entire computer system
18. inside a single file.
(a)
virtualization
(b) machine imaging
(c) parallel processing
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (b)
Full form of AMI
(a) Amazon Memory Image
19. (b) Amazon Memory Instance
(c) Amazon Machine Instance
(d) Amazon Machine Image

Answer:

Option (d)
20. Which of these is an example of a
cloud marketplace?
(a) AWS marketplace
(b) Oracle marketplace
(c) Microsoft Windows Azure marketplace
(d) All of these
Answer:

Option (d)

Point out the wrong statement.

21.
(a) Abstraction enables the key benefit of
cloud
computing:
shared,
ubiquitous
access
Virtualization assigns a logical name for a physical resource and then
(b)
provides a pointer to that physical resource when a request is made
All cloud computing applications combine their resources into pools that
(c)
can be assigned on demand to users
(d) All of the mentioned
Answer:

Option
(c)
Point out the correct statement.
A client can request access to a
22. (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
workload
(d) All of the
 mentioned

Answer:

Option (d)
Point out the wrong statement.
Load balancing virtualizes systems and resources by mapping a
(a)
logical address to a physical address
23.
Multiple instances of various Google applications are running
(b)
on different hosts
(c) Google uses hardware
virtualization
(d) All of these
Answer:

Option (c)

24. Which of the following provide system resource access to

virtual machines?
(a) VMM
(b) VMC
(c) VNM
(d) All of these

Answer:

Option (a)
25. An operating system running on a Type ______
VM is full virtualization.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) All of these

Answer:

Option (a)
26. In _______ the
virtual machine simulates hardware, so it can be independent of the underlying system
hardware.
(a) paravirtualization

(b) full

virtualization
(c) emulation
(d) None of these
Answer:

Option (c)
Which of the following operating system support operating system virtualization?
(a) Windows NT
27. (b) Sun Solaris
(c) Windows XP
(d) Compliance
Answer:

Option (b)

8) The Foce.com and windows Azure are examples of which of the following? 1. IaaS 2. PaaS 3.
SaaS 4.Both A and B Answer: B Explanation: Both Force.com and Windows Azure are
examples of the Platform as a service 9) Which of the following is one of the backend's built-in
components of cloud computing? 1. Security 2. Application 3. Storage 4. Service Answer: A
Explanation: Security is one of the back-end's built-in components of cloud computing. 10)
Which of the following provides the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interaction with the cloud?
1. Client 2.Client Infrastructure 3. Application 4. Server Answer: B Explanation: The Client
Infrastructure is one of the front-end components that provide the way of communication in the
form of a Graphic User Interface to communicate with the Cloud.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) Based on the "Technologies" used in the Cloud Computing.
1) Which one of the following a technology works behind the cloud computing platform? 1.
Virtualization 2. SOA 3.Grid Computing
4.All of the above Answer: D Explanation: Several technologies work behind the Cloud
Computing platforms, which provide features like Flexibility, reliability, and usability to cloud
computing. 2) Which one of the following is a kind of technique that allows sharing the single
physical instance of an application or the resources among multiple organizations/customers? 1.
Virtualization 2.Service-Oriented Architecture 3.Grid Computing 4.Utility Computing Answer:
A Explanation: Virtualization is a kind of technique that allows us to share the single physical
instance of a resource or application between several organizations/users. 3) Which one of the
following statement is true about the Virtualization? 1.It provides a logical name for a physical
resource, and on-demand provides an indicator of that physical resource. 2.In Virtualization, we
analyze the strategy related problems that customers may face. 3.In Virtualization, it is necessary
to compile the Multitenant properly. 4.All of the above Answer: A Explanation: It provides a
logical name to the physical resource when the demand is correct regarding virtualization and
provides an indicator of that physical resource. 4) In Virtualization, which architecture provides
the virtual isolation between the several tenants? 1.IT Architecture 2. Multitenant 3. Deployment
4.Business Architecture Answer: B

4. SOA Answer: B 9) Which one of the following refers to the Distributed Computing, in which
several sets of computers distributed on multiple geographical locations and are connected with
each other to achieve a common goal?
1. Virtualization 2. SOA 3.Grid Computing 4.Utility Computing Answer: C 10) Which one of
the following statement is true about Grid Computing? 1.Pieces combine small tasks into
complex tasks 2.The subscription tier plays an important role in grid computing. 3.Breaks
complex tasks into small operations 4.Both A and C Answer: C Multiple Choice Questions
(MCQ's) based on the "Hypervisors" used in the Cloud Computing. 1) Which one of the
following given programs provides the isolation (abstraction) and partitioning? 1.System
hypervisor 2.Software hypervisor 3.Hardware hypervisor 4.Virtualization hypervisor Answer: D
2) On which one of the following hypervisor runs directly on the underlying host system, it is
also known as ? 1.Bare metal hypervisor 2.Hosted Hypervisor 3.Native Hypervisor 4.Both A and
C Answer: D 3) Which of the following behaves like the monitor's entry point and reroutes the
instructions of the virtual machine? 1. Dispatcher 2. Allocator 3. Interpreter 4.Both A and B
Answer: A 4) Which one of the following is also known as a Hypervisor? 1. VMA 2. VMM 3.
VMS 4. VMR Answer: B 5) How many kinds of Hypervisor are there? 1. 4 2. 3 3. 2 4. 5

What are the 4 general types of virtualization?

What are the different types of virtualization?

 Server virtualization. Server virtualization is a process that partitions a physical server

into multiple virtual servers. ...
 Storage virtualization. ...
 Network virtualization. ...
 Data virtualization. ...
 Application virtualization. ...
 Desktop virtualization.

What is server virtualization mcq?

Server virtualization is used to mask server resources from server users. This can include the
number and identity of operating systems, processors, and individual physical servers.
What is Type 1 and Type 2 virtualization and container virtualization?

Type 1 hypervisors directly access underlying machine resources. They can implement their own
custom resource allocation strategies to service their VMs. Type 2 hypervisors negotiate resource
allocation with the operating system, which makes the process slower and less efficient.

What are the three layers of virtualization?

In a virtualized environment there are three major components: guest, host, and virtualization
layer. The guest represents the system component that interacts with the virtualization layer
rather than with the host, as would normally happen

What are the 5 levels of virtualization?

There are different levels of virtualization including application layer, library/programming

level, operating system level, hardware abstraction layer level, and instruction set
architecture level. Each level has advantages and disadvantages in terms of performance,
compatibility, and complexity.Feb 28, 2023

What are virtualization modes?

2 Virtualization modes

Virtualization is a technology that provides a way for a machine (VM Host Server) to run
another operating system (VM Guest) on top of the host operating system. There are two basic
modes of hosting VM Guests on virtual machines—full virtualization mode and paravirtual
mode.

Which type of service is used in virtualization?

Service virtualization is associated with service-oriented architecture (SOA). An SOA is
fundamentally a collection of services that connect through some means and then communicate
with one another.

What is virtualization in firewall?

A virtual firewall, also known as a cloud firewall, is a virtual appliance designed to provide
the same security and inspection capabilities as a physical next-generation firewall
(NGFW) appliance.

What is the difference between PC and server virtualization?

Desktop virtualization is a response to increasing numbers of employees working remotely and
from multiple devices, whereas server virtualization is an answer for companies that need to
diversify workloads and maximize server efficiency.Jul

Is Hyper-V type 1 or 2?

Hyper-V features a Type 1 hypervisor-based architecture.

What are the two major types of storage virtualization?

There are two commonly available implementations of network-based storage virtualization,
appliance-based and switch-based. Both models can provide the same services, disk
management, metadata lookup, data migration and replication. Both models also require some
processing hardware to provide these services.

Is VMware Type 2 virtualization?

VM resources are scheduled against a host operating system, which is then executed against the
hardware. A type 2 hypervisor is better for individual users who want to run multiple operating
systems on a personal computer. VMware Workstation and Oracle VirtualBox are examples
of a type 2 hypervisor.Jan 3, 2023

What is the difference between hypervisor and paravirtualization?

The Type 1 hypervisor itself effectively acts as the host OS. Where paravirtualization
attempts to implement a virtualization layer below a modified host OS, Type 2 (guest)
virtualization simply adds a hypervisor as an ordinary application installed above a standard
unmodified OS.Mar 11, 2024

What is the difference between hypervisor and paravirtualization?

The Type 1 hypervisor itself effectively acts as the host OS. Where paravirtualization
attempts to implement a virtualization layer below a modified host OS, Type 2 (guest)
virtualization simply adds a hypervisor as an ordinary application installed above a standard
unmodified OS.Mar 11, 2024

Is KVM type 1 or type 2?

Type-1 hypervisor
In addition, KVM is an example of a Type-1 hypervisor, meaning that it runs directly on the
underlying hardware rather than on a host operating system. This feature makes it more efficient
than Type-2 hypervisors, which run on top of a host operating system.

What is virtualization in CPU?

CPU virtualization

Central processing unit (CPU) virtualization is the fundamental technology that makes
hypervisors, virtual machines, and operating systems possible. It allows a single CPU to be
divided into multiple virtual CPUs for use by multiple VMs.

What are the three characteristics of virtualization?

Characteristics of Virtualization

 Load balancing. Besides listing requirements, cloud providers maintain the VMs and
other resources, so users are not obliged to think of the hardware or the setup. ...
  Resource Allotment. ...
 Resource Isolation. ...
 Load balancing. ...
 Portability.

What is the basic of virtualization?

Virtualization allows sharing of a single physical instance of a resource or an application among
multiple customers and organizations at one time. It does this by assigning a logical name to
physical storage and providing a pointer to that physical resource on demand.Mar 13, 20

What are the three main components of network virtualization?

Network virtualization typically encompasses the following components: a network

hypervisor; controller software; host protocols, such as Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN);

What are the two major virtualization techniques?

1 Virtualization Technologies. Depending on the location of the virtualization layer (hypervisor),
there are two main hardware virtualization architectures: the bare-metal (Type 1) and the
hosted (Type 2) architecture [73]. In the bare-metal architecture, the hypervisor is installed
directly on the hardware.

What is a virtualization structure?

A virtualization architecture is a conceptual model of a virtual infrastructure that is most
frequently applied in cloud computing. Virtualization itself is the process of creating and
delivering a virtual rather than a physical version of something.

Which are the three main Virtualisation mechanisms?

Virtualization can be applied to servers, desktops, applications, networks, and storage to improve
utilization, security, and manageability. There are three main virtual machine architectures:
hypervisor/VMM architecture, host-based virtualization, and para-virtualization.Nov 4, 2

What are the three types of storage virtualization?

There are a few ways that storage can be applied to a virtual environment: host-based,
array-based, and network-based.
  Host-based. Most often used in HCI systems and cloud storage, host-based virtualization
relies on software to direct traffic. ...
 Array-based. ...
 Network-based.

What are the 3 types of hardware virtualization?

There are mainly three types of Hardware Virtualization:

 Full virtualization. It is underlying Hardware that is fully simulated. ...

 Emulation Virtualization. In this type of Virtualization, the virtual machine simulates the
Hardware, hence becoming independent of it. ...
 Para-virtualization.

Is virtualization a SAAS or Paas?

IAAS gives access to the resources like virtual machines and virtual storage. PAAS gives access
to run time environment to deployment and development tools for application. SAAS gives
access to the end user. It is a service model that provides virtualized computing resources over
the internet.

What is the purpose of virtualization?

Virtualization relies on software to simulate hardware functionality and create a virtual
computer system. This enables IT organizations to run more than one virtual system – and
multiple operating systems and applications – on a single server. The resulting benefits include
economies of scale and greater efficiency.