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Question 1

Which change in the security processes is introduced by cloud computing?

Options:

A.

Increased security of accessing credit card information

B.

Regulations need to be updated more frequently

C.

Storing passwords in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

D.

Working with multiple providers of user identities

Question 2

Which of the following correctly identifies a key difference between cloud computing and IT outsourcing?

Options:

A.

Typically, industry definitions state that cloud computing and IT outsourcing are synonymous terms with the same meaning.

B.

Cloud computing only works when there is satisfactory Internet connectivity whereas outsourcing requires dedicated WAN links.

C.

Cloud computing generally allows for on-demand utilization, whereas outsourcing is typically defined by contract terms.

D.

Cloud computing provides only external IT equipment to a company whereas outsourcing involves external only resources managing internal company equipment.

Question 3

Which of the following assets have risks related to a cloud provider going out of business?

Options:

A.

Data stored at the provider

B.

Cloud management tools housed at the provider

C.

Investment in servers at the provider

D.

Machine capacity at the provider

Question 4

Which of the following are strategic exit options?

Options:

A.

Change the system applications

B.

Change the cloud provider

C.

Re-host in-house

D.

All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following companies would BEST benefit from moving to a cloud service?

Options:

A.

A retail company that has a history of peaks and troughs throughout the year with its online shopping application.

B.

A family business that does not have any IT applications, but runs off manual processes and good customer service.

C.

A financial services company that is having a number of security issues with its customer internet banking platform.

D.

An insurance company that has a mature, low cost and efficient IT infrastructure that does not have significant change.

Question 6

Which of the following is a relevant component of the cloud ecosystem?

Options:

A.

Hypervisors

B.

Image factory

C.

Security procedures

D.

Trained IT staff

Question 7

A cloud usage metering scheme allows for which of the following customer chargeback alternatives?

Options:

A.

Cost allocation

B.

Cost amortization

C.

Shared cost

D.

Direct cost

Question 8

Which of the following is included in a compliance audit?

Options:

A.

Analyzing chargeback agreements

B.

Analyzing cloud provider Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

C.

Analyzing identity management and access controls

D.

Analyzing the provider release calendar

Question 9

Which of the following is the MOST important service management consequence of elastic capacity?

Options:

A.

The need for better application development

B.

The need for better security management

C.

The need for good performance monitoring and management

D.

The need to improve the fulfillment and provisioning process

Question 10

Which of the following is a differentiating characteristic of private cloud solutions compared to public cloud solutions?

Options:

A.

Private cloud solutions are dedicated for use by a single organization.

B.

Private cloud solutions are never accessible via the public Internet.

C.

Private cloud solutions do not provide incremental scalability.

D.

Private cloud solutions save considerably more money than a public cloud solution.

Question 11

In the Service Strategy model when considering a cloud solution, which of the following BEST demonstrates the Analyze phase?

Options:

A.

Service Portfolio Authorization

B.

Communication Resource Allocation

C.

Value Proposition Prioritization

D.

Inventories Business Case

Question 12

Which of the following can be deployed by a cloud provider to reduce storage costs?

Options:

A.

Journaling file systems

B.

Two-factor authentication

C.

Data de-duplication

D.

Data encryption

Question 13

Cloud computing brings new challenges to ___________ management, because traditional licensing models do not fit well with scalable resources.

Options:

A.

commercial

B.

financial

C.

legal

D.

service

Question 14

Cloud computing can BEST reduce costs for a business by:

Options:

A.

Utilizing services as needed.

B.

Increasing available data storage.

C.

Utilizing local resources.

D.

Increasing sales potential.

Question 15

Which of the following BEST describes the properly of cloud computing that allows changes in transaction volume without major changes to the system?

Options:

A.

Scalability

B.

Reliability

C.

Integrity

D.

Availability

Question 16

Why does cloud computing shift capital cost to variable cost?

Options:

A.

Cloud computing is more cost-efficient

B.

IT assets are not owned by the customer

C.

Servers are better utilized

D.

Staff is no longer hired by the customer

Question 17

Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud computing?

Options:

A.

Cloud computing is typically based on open Internet technology

B.

Cloud computing is typically based on web technology

C.

Cloud computing is cheaper compared to virtualization

D.

Cloud computing typically uses XML or JSON technologies

Question 18

Which of the following is the MOST significant difference between SaaS and IaaS?

Options:

A.

IaaS can test network configurations.

B.

SaaS is accessible anywhere.

C.

SaaS is used for only public clouds.

D.

IaaS can be secured and encrypted.

Question 19

Which of the following is an important skill for an organization wanting to adopt an IaaS strategy?

Options:

A.

Visualization technology

B.

Application service procurement

C.

Customer relations

D.

Security and risk management

Question 20

Which of the following is the MOST important factor to define before designing a monitoring solution for cloud-based applications?

Options:

A.

Preferred monitoring application

B.

The Application Programming Interface

C.

Service Level Agreements

D.

Application list

Question 21

How can cloud computing help reduce integrity risks?

Options:

A.

Cloud computing makes it easier to have a backup available.

B.

Cloud computing makes it easier to monitor access and usage of data.

C.

Cloud computing makes it easier to give people access to data in the cloud.

D.

Cloud computing makes it easier to have redundancy capabilities.

Question 22

Which of the following cloud computing risks is compliance related?

Options:

A.

Access rights that are handled by a cloud provider

B.

Capacity management that is handled by a cloud provider

C.

Cross-charging policies that are handled by both clients

D.

Provider reputation

Question 23

An application development company is considering implementing a cloud solution to help improve time to market with new software upgrades. The existing application has been in use by customers for several years and contains a large amount of code. Which of the following types of clouds would be BEST for this company to implement?

Options:

A.

IaaS

B.

XaaS

C.

PaaS

D.

SaaS

Question 24

As part of a critical SaaS application, one of the contractual statements by the cloud provider is a requirement to perform scheduled maintenance. This has a direct impact on which of the following?

Options:

A.

Service strategy

B.

Service transition

C.

Service operation

D.

Service design

Question 25

Which of the following is the BEST example of maintaining 'strategic flexibility'?

Options:

A.

Cloud provisioning models have a risk of not maintaining flexibility once services have been migrated.

B.

When choosing services to migrate into the cloud, there should be a focus on ensuring that future migration between different cloud providers can be facilitated.

C.

Cloud providers need to provide countermeasures to any consequences of not maintaining flexibility of services in a strategic manner.

D.

When choosing services to migrate into the cloud, it should be ensured that the cloud provider can change underlying hardware platforms in case the customer needs change.

Question 26

Which of the following factors of service must be managed effectively by a SaaS provider in a cloud computing environment?

Options:

A.

Application access levels

B.

Client background checks

C.

Availability

D.

User acceptance

Question 27

A provider supplies storage, processing, memory, and network bandwidth to multiple tenants, using physical and virtual resources. This is an example of which of the following cloud characteristics?

Options:

A.

On-demand self-service

B.

Measured service

C.

Resource pooling

D.

Rapid elasticity

Question 28

A company wants to implement an internal virtualized infrastructure to provide its employees with on demand storage which will be accessible through a web interface over the public Internet. This is an example of which of the following?

Options:

A.

Public cloud

B.

Community cloud

C.

Hybrid cloud

D.

Private cloud

Question 29

Which of the following is improved by choosing cloud computing versus traditional IT infrastructure outsourcing?

Options:

A.

Resource spending

B.

Legal requirements

C.

Employee morale

D.

Controllable response time

Question 30

A company houses all its networking equipment in a third-party data center, but uses its technicians to support the networking equipment. Of which of the following types of clouds is this an example?

Options:

A.

PaaS

B.

XaaS

C.

IaaS

D.

SaaS

Question 31

Cloud computing _____________capital cost to variable cost.

Options:

A.

increases

B.

reduces

C.

shifts

D.

equates

Question 32

Which of the following statements represents the correct definition of the terms 'cost allocation' and 'chargeback'?

Options:

A.

'Cost allocation' focuses on recovering costs from consumers of cloud-delivered services whereas 'chargeback' relates to identifying costs and assigning them to specific cost categories.

B.

'Cost allocation' and 'chargeback' are synonymous terms that relate to allocating costs of cloud services and ensuring that billing occurs for the services being delivered.

C.

'Cost allocation' relates to identifying costs and assigning them to specific cost categories. 'Chargeback' is focused on recovering costs from consumers of the cloud-delivered services.

D.

'Cost allocation' and 'chargeback' relate to ensuring that cloud computing delivery services are a profit center instead of a cost center. This leads to a positive return on investment for both cloud provider and cloud consumer.

Question 33

Which of the following indicates the BEST method for maintaining Strategic Flexibility?

Options:

A.

Single datacenter location

B.

Single cloud vendor

C.

Multiple cloud vendors who are geographically separated

D.

Multiple cloud vendors who are geographically co-located

Question 34

Which of the following is an important factor for maintaining strategic flexibility?

Options:

A.

Return on investment

B.

Integrity

C.

Elasticity

D.

Vendor lock-in

Question 35

Which of the following is the FIRST item of consideration when a company wants to implement a cloud network by following the ITIL standard?

Options:

A.

Cost of implementation

B.

Current productivity

C.

Use of current skills

D.

Business needs

Question 36

Company A uses an outside vendor for support of its internal network. Company B’s networking equipment is housed in a datacenter in another country. Company C has an internal network infrastructure, but its software runs from an on-demand self-service third-party datacenter. Company D uses its own IT staff to support an internal network. Which of the following companies MUST be using cloud computing?

Options:

A.

Company A

B.

Company B

C.

Company C

D.

Company D

Question 37

Which of the following are essential steps to take when creating a virtual server?

Options:

A.

Select a machine image to run, select an application set to run, select security credentials.

B.

Select a machine image to run, select an application set to run, select the size of the virtual machine.

C.

Select a machine image to run, select security credentials, select the size of the virtual machine.

D.

Select an application set to run, select security credentials, select the size of the virtual machine.

Question 38

A critical internal IT server provisioning process is under review and the IT manager is considering moving the process to the cloud. The IT staff has selected the cloud provider and must now migrate the process. Which of the following MUST the IT staff do to ensure the transition meets the IT manager's requirements?

Options:

A.

Pilot the process using cloud resources and perform a comprehensive test.

B.

Survey the business users and implement the solution that received the most positive feedback.

C.

Ask the server administrator to sign off and approve the implementation plan.

D.

Shift the current process to the cloud since the SLA will guarantee 99.999% availability.

Question 39

A cloud subscriber may come under certain security constraints when hosting sensitive data in the cloud due to government regulations. Which of the following is the BEST mitigating control that could be implemented by the cloud provider?

Options:

A.

Offer multi-tenancy software as a service with segregated physical infrastructure.

B.

Offer a single-tenancy software service with segregated virtualized infrastructure.

C.

Offer multi-tenancy software as a service with logically segregated infrastructure.

D.

Offer a single-tenancy software service with monitored intrusion detection systems.

Question 40

Which of the following can influence the monthly service fee Company A pays for Company B to host their cloud, such that Company A might pay more per month as their company grows?

Options:

A.

Amount of data stored

B.

Connectivity speed

C.

Confidentiality of the data

D.

Uptime requirements

Question 41

A new Chief Information Officer (CIO) has been hired to develop competitive advantage strategies for the company, which is falling behind the competition. The CIO is looking at cloud computing to give the company a competitive edge. Which of the following is the CIO MOST interested in?

Options:

A.

Increasing the company carbon footprint

B.

Upgrading the company datacenter

C.

Implementing new IT strategies

D.

Increasing the MTTR after an incident

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