Cloud Computing Questions and Answers – Cloud Commons and SMI

This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Cloud Commons and SMI”.

1. Which of the following is a core management feature offered by most cloud management service products?
a) Support of different cloud types
b) Creation and provisioning of different types of cloud resources, such as machine instances, storage, or staged applications
c) Performance reporting including availability and uptime, response time, resource quota usage, and other characteristics
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Automated deployment on IaaS systems represents one class of cloud management services.

2. Point out the correct statement.
a) Eucalyptus and Rackspace both use Amazon EC2 and S3 services
b) The RightScale user interface provides real-time measurements of individual server instances
c) RightScale server templates and the Rightscript technology are highly configurable and can be run under batch control
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: d
Explanation: Eucalyptus is open source and portable.

3. Which of the following is an industry organization that develops industry system management standards for platform interoperability?
a) DMTF
b) DMS
c) EBS
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: DMTF stands for Distributed Management Task Force.

4. Which of the following is used to extend CIM to virtual computer system management?
a) OVF
b) VMAN
c) OCSI
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: VMAN has resulted in the creation of the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), which describes a standard method for creating, packaging, and provisioning virtual appliances.

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5. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Cloudkick’s Insight module is powerful and particularly easy to use
b) Both Cloudkick and RightScale are known to be easy to use with Window virtual servers and less so with Linux instances
c) All of the service models support monitoring solutions
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Cloudkick and RightScale are known to be easy to use with Linux virtual servers and less so with Windows instances.

6. Which of the following initiative tries to provide a way of measuring cloud computing services along dimension like cost?
a) CCE
b) OCCI
c) SMI
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: c
Explanation: SMI stands for Service Measurement Index.

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7. Which of the following figure correctly describes products by CA technologies?
a) Find the CA technologies from the given diagram
b) Find the basis for CA’s Cloud from the given diagram
c) Find the Connected Management Suite from the given diagram
d) None of the mentioned
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Answer: b
Explanation: Taken together, these products form the basis for CA’s Cloud Connected Management Suite.

8. Which of the following is open and both hypervisor and processor-architecture-agnostic?
a) Dell Scalent
b) CloudKick
c) Elastra
d) All of the mentioned
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Answer: a
Explanation: OVF is essentially a container and a file format.

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9. Which of the following is a workflow control and policy based automation service by CA?
a) CA Cloud Optimize
b) CA Cloud Orchestrate
c) CA Cloud Insight
d) CA Cloud Compose
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Answer: b
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.

10. 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 services and the SMI standard.

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