What are the ideal goals of cloud system deployment from the perspective of the user? Name three.

1. Reduce your it costs by not having to maintain on site servers.

2. Ability to "Pay-as-you-grow", avoiding prohibitive up front costs when you're first starting out.

3. Ability to access applications/software without necessarily having it locally installed.

Which type of document details baseline performance measurements for cloud resource performance?

A. BIA

B. BCP

C. DRP

D. SLA

Answer: D. SLA

Which of the following statement regarding cloud computing is correct?

A. Infrastructure provisioning time is increased.

B. IT capital expenditures are increased.

C. Infrastructure provisioning time is decreased.

D. Application provisioning is increased

Answer: C. Infrastructure provisioning time is decreased.

Storing huge number of files in the cloud for a variety of projects makes it difficult to locate files related to a single project. Which solution involves the least amount of administrative effort?

A. Add project name metadata to cloud-stored files.

B. Configure each project in its own cloud tenancy.

C. Enable file auto-scaling

D. Enable departmental chargeback

Answer: A. Add project name metadata to cloud-stored files

A public website experiences unpredictable usage spikes for the past few months and had slowed down the application to unacceptable levels. What should be configured to ensure performance is optimal during usage spikes?

A. Faster Internet connection from on premises to the cloud

B. Auto-scaling

C. Reduced virtual machine logging

D. Content delivery network

Answer: B. Auto-scaling

Which of the following is a cloud computing characteristic?

A. Tracking the amount of hours a virtual machine has been running

B. Running virtual machines on a hypervisor

C. Centralized patch management

D. Automatic backup

Answer: A. Tracking the amount of hours a virtual machine has been running