Cloud Computing Questions and Answers – IDaaS – 2

This set of Cloud Computing Interview Questions and Answers for experienced people focuses on “IDaaS – 2”

1. Any software application that complies with the standard accepts a _______ that is authenticated by a trusted provider.
a) OpenID
b) OpenUser
c) OpenSSD
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: When an identity is created in an OpenID system, that information is stored in the system of any OpenID service provider and translated into a unique identifier.

2. Point out the wrong statement.
a) XML checks the ID request against its policies and either allows or denies the request
b) SPML in most instances operates as a reply/request mechanism
c) User centric authentication takes place usually in the form of knowledge cards
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: In SAML, a service provider passes a statement or set of statements (called assertions) to an identity provider that must be evaluated.

3. Which of the following allows a distributed ID system to write and enforce custom policy expressions?
a) XACML
b) XML
c) SOAP
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: This is a general-purpose authorization policy language.

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4. _________ is a standard of OASIS’s PSTC that conforms to the SOA architecture.
a) XACML
b) SPML
c) SML
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: SPML is an XML request/response language that is used to integrate and interoperate service provisioning requests.

5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Distributed transaction systems such as 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 the authentication type of data object
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: OpenID is a developing industry standard for authenticating “end users” by storing their digital identity in a common format.

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6. Which of the following standard is concerned with the exchange and control of identity information?
a) IGK
b) IDF
c) IGF
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: The Identity Governance Framework (IGF) is a standards initiative of the Liberty Alliance.

7. _______ is a Microsoft software client that is part of the company’s Identity Metasystem and built into the Web Services Protocol Stack.
a) IHA
b) EHA
c) CardSpace
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: CardSpace was introduced with .NET Frameworks 3.0 and can be installed on Windows XP, Server 2003, and later.

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8. The _______ Open Source Identity Framework is used to create a vendor-neutral cloud-based authentication service.
a) Higgins
b) Hughes
c) Hinges
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: The Higgins Open Source Identity Framework uses an i-Card metaphor.

9. Which of the following is authorization markup language?
a) eXtensible Access Control Markup Language
b) intrinsic Access Control Markup Language
c) hypertext Access Control Markup Language
d) all of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: A policy in XACML describes a subject element that requests an action from a resource.

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10. Which of the following should come in place of question mark for the following figure?
Policy Decision Point diagram
a) Policy Enforcement Point
b) Policy Decision Point
c) Policy Insertion Point
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: SAML integrates with XACML to implement a policy engine in a Service Oriented Architecture to support identity services authorization.

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