Cloud Computing Revision No 3

Which cloud word means “you can add or remove IT resources quickly when demand changes”?

• Multi-tenancy

• Elasticity

• Chargeback

• Cold aisle

“Pay-as-you-grow” mainly affects a company’s costs by turning big upfront bills into:

• Monthly running fees

• Staff bonuses

• Insurance costs

• Tax fines

A cloud you build only for your own business—even if it sits in a supplier’s data-centre—is called a:

• Public cloud

• Private cloud

• Hybrid cloud

• Community cloud

Using both a private cloud for payroll and a public cloud for advertising emails is an example of a:

• Community model

• Hybrid model

• Start-up model

• Outsourced model

The main job of resource pooling is to let many customers share the same:

• Legal contract

• Physical hardware

• Colour scheme

• Office furniture

Which characteristic of cloud helps new companies avoid buying servers on day one?

• Rapid deployment

• Lock-in

• Hot aisle

• Shadow IT

A public cloud normally needs only two key things on the customer side: internet access and _____.

• A forklift

• A client device

• A diesel generator

• A cooling fan

Why might a hospital avoid a public cloud for patient records?

• Too many staff

• Strict data privacy rules

• Lack of computers

• Extra parking costs

Who keeps an eye on dashboards 24 / 7 and raises alerts if a virtual server goes down?

• Marketing staff

• Network Operations Centre (NOC)

• HR team

• Receptionists

A capacity planner mostly works with which two things?

• Music playlists and lighting

• Budgets and usage graphs

• Elevators and carpets

• Company cars