This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Microsoft Cloud Services”.
1. Which of the following service creates an application hosting environment?
a) EBS
b) Azure AppFabric
c) ESW
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: AppFabric is a cloud-enabled version of the .NET Framework.
2. Point out the wrong statement.
a) Microsoft’s approach is to view cloud applications as software plus service
b) Microsoft calls their cloud operating system the Windows Platform
c) Azure is a combination of virtualized infrastructure to which the .NET Framework has been added as a set of .NET Services
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: In SaaS model, the cloud is another platform and applications can run locally and access cloud services or run entirely in the cloud and be accessed by browsers using standard Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) protocols.
3. Which of the following is also known as Compute?
a) set of virtual machine instances
b) set of replicas
c) set of commodity servers
d) all of the mentioned
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Explanation: Azure and its related services were built to allow developers to extend their applications into the cloud.
4. Database marketplace based on SQL Azure Database is code-named ________
a) Akamai
b) Dallas
c) Denali
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Azure is a virtualized infrastructure to which a set of additional enterprise services has been layered on top.
5. Point out the correct statement.
a) The Windows Azure service itself is a hosted environment of virtual machines enabled by a fabric called Windows Azure ApplicationFab
b) Windows Azure service is a Compliance as a Service offering
c) Windows Live Services is a collection of applications and services that run on the Web
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Some of these applications called Windows Live Essentials are add-ons to Windows and downloadable as applications.
6. ________ Live Services can be used in applications that run in the Azure cloud.
a) Microsoft
b) Windows
c) Yahoo
d) Ruby
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Explanation: Windows Live Services is a collection of services that runs on Windows Live.
7. Which of the following is based on Microsoft Dynamics?
a) Static CRM
b) Social CRM
c) Dynamics CRM
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Dynamics CRM is an xRM (Anything Relations Management) service.
8. Which of the following is based on Microsoft Sharepoint?
a) Sharepoint Services
b) .NET Services
c) Windows Services
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: A document and collaboration service based on SharePoint is called SharePoint Service.
9. Azure is Microsoft’s ___________ as a Service Web hosting service.
a) Platform
b) Software
c) Infrastructure
d) All of the mentioned
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Explanation: Windows Azure Platform is a competitor to Google’s App Engine.
10. Which of the following is a pure infrastructure play from Microsoft?
a) Azure
b) Google App Engine
c) AWS
d) None of the mentioned
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Explanation: Microsoft has a very different vision for cloud services (named Azure) than either Amazon (AWS) or Google (GCP) does.
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