Computer Fundamentals Questions and Answers – Cloud Computing

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

1. ________________ is a paradigm of distributed computing to provide the customers on-demand, utility based computing service.
a) Remote Sensing
b) Remote Invocation
c) Cloud Computing
d) Private Computing
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Answer: c
Explanation: Cloud computing is a paradigm of distributed computing to provide the customers with on-demand, utility based computing services. Cloud users can provide more reliable, available and updated services to their clients in turn.

2. Cloud providers provide cloud services to the cloud users.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: The statement is true. There are three types of users often called as cloud stakeholders.

3. Which of the following is not a cloud stakeholder?
a) Cloud providers
b) Clients
c) End users
d) Cloud users
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Answer: b
Explanation: There are three types of stakeholders cloud providers, cloud users and the end users.
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4. These cloud services are of the form of utility computing i.e. the _________ uses these services pay-as-you-go model.
a) Cloud providers
b) Clients
c) End users
d) Cloud users
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Answer: d
Explanation: The cloud users use these services pay-as-you-go model. The cloud users develop their product using these services and deliver the product to the end users.

5. Which of the following is not a type of cloud?
a) Private
b) Public
c) Protected
d) Hybrid
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Answer: c
Explanation: There is no protected cloud. There are three types of cloud-private, public and hybrid.
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6. In this type of cloud, an organization rents cloud services from cloud providers on-demand basis.
a) Private
b) Public
c) Protected
d) Hybrid
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Answer: b
Explanation: This happens in public cloud. Services are provided to the users using utility computing model.

7. In this type of cloud, the cloud is composed of multiple internal or external cloud.
a) Private
b) Public
c) Protected
d) Hybrid
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Answer: d
Explanation: The hybrid cloud is composed of multiple internal or external clouds. This is the scenario when an organization moves to public cloud computing domain from its internal private cloud.
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8. _____________ enables the migration of the virtual image from one physical machine to another.
a) visualization
b) virtualization
c) migration
d) virtual transfer
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Answer: b
Explanation: Virtualization enables the migration of the virtual image from one physical machine to another. This feature is useful for cloud as by data locality lots of optimization is possible.

9. Most of the cloud architectures are built on this type of architecture.
a) skeleton
b) grid
c) linear
d) template
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Answer: b
Explanation: Most of the cloud architectures are built on Grid architecture. Grid is a type of distributed computing architecture where organizations owning data centers collaborate with each other to have common benefits.
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10. Saas stands for?
a) Software as a service
b) System Software and services
c) Software as a system
d) System as a service
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Answer: a
Explanation: SAAS is Software as a service. It delivers a single application through the web browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture.

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