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Heres list of Questions & Answers on Cloud Computing Subject covering

100+ topics:
1. Cloud Computing Basics
The section contains questions and answers on cloud computing basics, cloud computing types and
attributes, advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing.
Introduction to Cloud Computing
Cloud Types-1
Cloud Types-2

Cloud Types-3
Benefits and Drawbacks of Cloud Computing
Attributes of Cloud Computing

2. Value Proposition of Cloud


The section contains questions and answers on getting connected to the cloud, cloudonomics laws,
costs of cloud computing and challenges and barriers to cloud computing.
Laws of Cloudonomics
Challenges and Obstacles to Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Costs-1

Cloud Computing Costs-2


Connecting to the Cloud

3. Cloud Architecture, Services and Applications Basics


The section contains questions and answers on cloud computing stack, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, IDaaS
and CaaS.
Cloud Computing Stack-1
Cloud Computing Stack-2
IaaS-1
IaaS-2
PaaS

SaaS
IDaaS-1
IDaaS-2
CaaS

4. Abstraction and Virtualization Layer and Capacity Planning


The section contains questions and answers on hypervisors, virtualization techniques, types of
servers and instances, resource ceilings, baseline measurements, network capacity and capacity
planning, imaging of machines and porting applications.

Virtualization Technologies
Hypervisors-1
Hypervisors-2
Machine Imaging
Porting Applications

Capacity Planning
Baseline Measurements
Resource Ceilings
Server and Instance types
Network Capacity

5. PaaS Platform as a Service and Google Web Services


The section contains questions and answers on application frameworks of PaaS and google web
services, application portfolio and toolkit.
PaaS Application Frameworks-1
PaaS Application Frameworks-2
Google Web Services

Google Application Portfolio


Google Toolkit

6. AWS Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Cloud Services


The section contains questions and answers on web services of amazon and their components,
machine images, storage systems and elastic block store of amazon, cloud services of microsoft,
azure platform, azure appfabric and azure content delivery network of windows.
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Service Components and Services
Amazon Machine Images
Amazon Storage Systems
Amazon Elastic Block Store
Microsoft Cloud Services

Windows Azure Platform


Windows Azure AppFabric
Azure Content Delivery Network
Windows Live-1
Windows Live-2

7. Cloud Management and Security


The section contains questions and answers on cloud administration, cloud security and
management, cloud commons and SMI, data security, service boundary security and identity
protocol standards.
Administrating the Clouds
Cloud Management Products
Cloud Commons and SMI
Cloud Security

8. Service Oriented Architecture

Security Service Boundry


Securing Data
Identity Protocol Standards

The section contains questions and answers on service oriented architecture(SOA), SOA
communication, SOA monitoring, management tools and security, enterprise service bus and event
driven SOA, business process modelling and open cloud consortium.
Service Oriented Architecture
Event-Driven SOA or SOA 2.0
The Enterprise Service Bus
SOA Communications
Business Process Modeling-1

Business Process Modeling-2


Managing and Monitoring SOA
SOA Security
The Open Cloud Consortium

9. Moving Applications to the Cloud


The section contains questions and answers on cloud and application APIs, cloud and application
attributes and applications in the clouds.
Applications in the Clouds
Application Attributes

Cloud Service Attributes


Applications and Cloud APIs

10. Cloud-Based Storage


The section contains questions and answers on storage of cloud in the digital world, cloud backup
types and their features and solutions, provisioning cloud storage, open cloud computing and data
management interface and virtual storage containers.
Cloud Storage in the Digital Universe
Provisioning Cloud Storage-1
Provisioning Cloud Storage-2
Virtual Storage Containers
Cloud Backup Solutions

Backup Types
Cloud Backup Features
Cloud Data Management Interface
Open Cloud Computing Interface

11. Productivity Software and Webmail Services


The section contains questions and answers on online office systems and cloud mail and
syndication services.
Online Office Systems-1
Online Office Systems-2
Online Office Systems-3

Cloud Mail Services-1


Cloud Mail Services-2
Syndication Services

12. Cloud Communication, Media and Streaming

The section contains questions and answers on communicating with cloud, video and media
streaming, VoIP applications and collaboration technologies.
Communicating with the Cloud-1
Communicating with the Cloud-2
Collaboration Technologies-1
Collaboration Technologies-2
Media and Streaming-1

Media and Streaming-2


VoIP Applications
Video Streaming-1
Video Streaming-2

13. Mobile Cloud and Mobile Web Services


The section contains questions and answers on mobile cloud and their applications, service types
and discoveries, MEMS and mobile web services, context aware and push services and
synchronization.
Mobile Cloud
Mobile Cloud Applications-1
Mobile Cloud Applications-2
Mobile Web Services
Service Types

Service Discovery
MEMS
Synchronization
Context-Aware Services
Push Services

If you would like to learn Cloud Computing thoroughly, you should attempt to work on the complete
set of questions and answers mentioned above. It will immensely help anyone trying to crack an
exam or an interview.

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Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Introduction to


Cloud Computing
This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
Introduction to Cloud Computing.
1. _________ computing refers to applications and services that run on a distributed
network using virtualized resources.
a) Distributed
b) Cloud
c) Soft
d) Parallel
View Answer

Answer:b
Explanation:Cloud Computing applications are accessed by common Internet protocols and
networking standards.

2. Point out the wrong statement :


a) The massive scale of cloud computing systems was enabled by the popularization of the
Internet
b) Soft computing represents a real paradigm shift in the way in which systems are
deployed
c) Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility computing possible with a pay-asyou-go, infinitely scalable, universally available system
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:Cloud Computing is distinguished by the notion that resources are virtual and limitless
and that details of the physical systems on which software runs are abstracted from the user.

3. ________ as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry
itself.
a) Model
b) Computing
c) Software
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:Cloud computing takes the technology, services, and applications that are similar to
those on the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility.

4. Which of the following is essential concept related to Cloud ?


a) Reliability
b) Productivity
c) Abstraction
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Cloud computing abstracts the details of system implementation from users and
developers.

5. Point out the wrong statement :


a) All applications benefit from deployment in the cloud

b) With cloud computing, you can start very small and become big very fast
c) Cloud computing is revolutionary, even if the technology it is built on is evolutionary
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Issues with latency, transaction control, and in particular security and regulatory
compliance are of particular concern.
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6. Which of the following cloud concept is related to pooling and sharing of resources ?
a) Polymorphism
b) Abstraction
c) Virtualization
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Applications run on physical systems that arent specified, data is stored in locations
that are unknown, administration of systems is outsourced to others, and access by users is
ubiquitous.

7. ________ has many of the characteristics of what is now being called cloud computing.
a) Internet
b) Softwares
c) Web Service
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:The Internet offers abstraction, runs using the same set of protocols and standards, and
uses the same applications and operating systems.

8. Which of the following can be identified as cloud ?


a) Web Applications
b) Intranet
c) Hadoop
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:When an intranet becomes large enough that a diagram no longer wishes to
differentiate between individual physical systems, the intranet too becomes identified as a cloud.

9. Cloud computing is an abstraction based on the notion of pooling physical resources and
presenting them as a ________ resource.
a) real
b) virtual
c) cloud
d) None of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:Cloud Computing is a new model for provisioning resources, for staging applications,
and for platform-independent user access to services.

10. Which of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon ?


a) Azure
b) AWS
c) Cloudera
d) All of the mentioned
View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:One of the most successful cloud-based businesses is Amazon Web Services, which is
an Infrastructure as a Service offering that lets you rent virtual computers on Amazons own
infrastructure.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Cloud Types-1


This set of Cloud Computing Interview Questions and Answers focuses on Cloud Types
1. _________ model consists of the particular types of services that you can access on a
cloud

computing

platform.

a)

Service

b)

Deployment

c)

Application

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Service models describe the type of service that the service provider is offering.

2.

Point

out

the

correct

statement

a) The use of the word cloud makes reference to the two essential concepts
b)

Cloud

computing

abstracts

systems

by

pooling

and

sharing

resources

c)

cloud

computing

d)

is

nothing

All

more

of

than

the

Internet

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:Abstraction and Virtualization are the two essential concepts.

3. ________ refers to the location and management of the clouds infrastructure.


a)

Service

b)

Deployment

c)

Application

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:The deployment model tells you where the cloud is located and for what purpose.

4.

Which

of

the

following

is

deployment

model

a)

public

b)

private

c)

hybrid

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:Public, private, community, and hybrid clouds are deployment models.

5.
a)

Point
Cloud

out
Computing

the
has

wrong
two

statement

distinct

sets

of

models

b) Amazon has built a worldwide network of datacenters to service its search engine
c)

Azure

enables

d)

.NET

Framework

None

applications

of

to

run

over

the

the

Internet

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:Google has built mega data centres for its search engine.
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6.

Which

of

the

following

is

best

known

service

model

a)

SaaS

b)

IaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:The best-known service models are Software as a Service, Platform as a Service, and
Infrastructure as a Servicethe SPI model.

7. The __________ model originally did not require a cloud to use virtualization to pool
resources.
a)

NEFT

b)

NIST

c)

NIT

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology.

8. _______ model attempts to categorize a cloud network based on four dimensional


factors.
a)

Cloud

Square

b)

Cloud

Service

c)

Cloud

d)

All

Cube

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Cloud Cube model is mainly used for secure collaboration.

9.

How

many

types

of

dimensions

exists

in

Cloud

Cube

Model

a)

b)

c)

d)

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:There are four types of dimensions in Cloud Cube.

10. Which of the following dimension is related to organizations boundaries ?


a)

Physical

location

b)
c)

of

data
Ownership

Security

boundary

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Internal (I) / External (E) determines your organizations boundaries.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Cloud Types-2


This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
Cloud Types-2.
1. How many types of security boundary values exist in Cloud Cube model ?
a)

b)

c)

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:There are two types depending upon network firewall.

2.

Point

out

the

correct

statement

a) A deployment model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is
located
b) Service model defines the purpose of the cloud and the nature of how the cloud is
located
c) Cloud Square Model is meant to show is that the traditional notion of a network boundary
being

the

d)

networks
All

firewall

no

longer

of

applies
the

in

cloud

computing
mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Four types of deployment models exist.

3. Which of the following is provided by ownership dimension of Cloud Cube Model ?


a)

Proprietary

b)

Owner

c)

d)
View Answer

All

of

the

mentioned

Answer:b
Explanation:P stands for Proprietary ownership.

4. __________is a measure of whether the operation is inside or outside the security


boundary

or

network

firewall.

a)

Per

b)

c)

Pre

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:Per stands for Perimeterised.

5.

Point

out

the

wrong

statement

a) Public cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third party


b) A community cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third party
c)

Private

d)

clouds

may

None

be

either

of

on-

or

off-premises

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:The public cloud infrastructure is available for public use alternatively for a large industry
group.
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6.

Which

of

the

following

is

related

to

service

provided

by

Cloud

a)

Sourcing

b)

Ownership

c)

Reliability

d)

AaaS

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Insourced or Outsourced means whether the service is provided by the customer or the
service provider.

7. ________ dimension corresponds to two different states in the eight possible cloud
forms.
a)

Physical

location

b)
c)

of

data
Ownership

Security

boundary

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:The sourcing dimension addresses the deliverer of the service.

8. The ________ cloud infrastructure is operated for the exclusive use of an organization.
a)

Public

b)

Private

c)

Community

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:The cloud may be managed by that organization or a third party.

9. __________ cloud is one where the cloud has been organized to serve a common
function

or

purpose.

a)

Public

b)

Private

c)

Community

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:A community cloud may be managed by the constituent organization(s) or by a third
party.

10. A hybrid cloud combines multiple clouds where those clouds retain their unique
identities,

but

are

bound

together

as

unit.

a)

Public

b)

Private

c)

Community

d)

Hybrid

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:A hybrid cloud may offer standardized or proprietary access to data and applications, as
well as application portability.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Cloud Types-3

This set of Cloud Computing Questions & Answers for entrance exams focuses on Cloud
Types.
1. Which of the following is owned by an organization selling cloud services ?
a)

Public

b)

Private

c)

Community

d)

Hybrid

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:The public cloud infrastructure is available for public use alternatively for a large industry
group.

2.

Point

out

the

wrong

statement

a) Everything from the application down to the infrastructure is the vendors responsibility
b) In the deployment model, different cloud types are an expression of the manner in which
infrastructure

is

deployed

c) AaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, applications, services, development


frameworks,
d)

transactions,
All

and
of

control
the

structures
mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:PaaS provides virtual machines, operating systems, applications, services, development
frameworks, transactions, and control structures.

3. _______ provides virtual machines, virtual storage, virtual infrastructure, and other
hardware

assets

a)

IaaS

b)

SaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:The IaaS service provider manages all the infrastructure, while the client is responsible
for all other aspects of the deployment.

4. Which of the following provides development frameworks and control structures ?


a)

IaaS

b)

SaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing that provides virtualized
computing resources over the Internet.

5.

Point

out

the

wrong

statement

a) A PaaS service adds integration features, middleware, and other orchestration and
choreography

services

to

the

IaaS

model

b) XaaS or anything as a service is the delivery of IT as a Service through hybrid Cloud


computing
c) Monitoring as a Service (MaaS) is at present still an emerging piece of the Cloud jigsaw
d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:Monitoring as a Service provides the option to offload a large majority of those costs by
having it run as a service as opposed to a fully invested in house tool.
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6. _______ is a complete operating environment with applications, management, and the


user

interface.

a)

IaaS

b)

SaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:In the SaaS model, the application is provided to the client through a thin client
interface.

7.

How

many

types

of

service

model

are

mainly

present

in

Cloud

a)

b)

c)

d)

View Answer

Answer:c
Explanation:Three types of Service model exist.

8. The three different service models is together known as the _____ model of cloud
computing.
a)

SPI

b)

SIP

c)

CPI

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Many other service models are also present.

9.

CaaS

stands

for

_____________

as

service.

a)

Compliance

b)

Computer

c)

Community

d)

Communication

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:Communication as a Service (CaaS), enables the consumer to utilize Enterprise level
VoIP, VPNs, PBX and Unified Communications without the costly investment of purchasing, hosting
and managing the infrastructure.

10.

Which

of

the

following

is

IaaS

service

provider

a)

EC2

b)

EC1

c)

EC10

d)

Hybrid

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:On Amazon EC2, a client would provision a computer in the form of a virtual machine
image.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Benefits and


Drawbacks of Cloud Computing
This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
Benefits and Drawbacks of Cloud Computing.

1. Which of the following was one of the top 5 cloud applications in 2010 ?
a)

Cloud

backup

b)

Web

applications

c)

Business

applications

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:Cloud computing has shifted the economics of software delivery in a manner similar to
the way that music downloads have shifted the delivery of commercial music.

2.
a)

Point
Googles

out
cloud

the

includes

perhaps

correct
some

10

statement
datacenters

:
worldwide

b) Flipkart.coms infrastructure was built to support elastic demand so the system could
accommodate
c)

Datacenters

d)

peak
have

been

All

sited

to
of

traffic

optimize

the

overall

system

the

latency

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Datacenter can Keep land costs modest and occupation unobtrusive.

3. Which of the following benefit is related to creates resources that are pooled together in a
system

that

supports

a)

On-demand

b)

Broad

c)
d)

multi-tenant
network

of

?
self-service

Resource
All

usage

access
pooling:

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:A cloud service provider creates resources that are pooled together in a system that
supports multi-tenant usage.

4. The _____ is something that you can obtain under contract from your vendor.
a)

PoS

b)

QoS

c)

SoS

d)
View Answer

All

of

the

mentioned

Answer:b
Explanation:Depending upon the type of service being offered, you may find that you do not require
hardware or software licenses to implement your service.

5.
a)

Point
Internet

out

consumes

roughly

the
1

wrong
percent

of

statement
the

worlds

total

power

b) The cost advantages of cloud computing have enabled new software vendors to create
productivity

applications

c) A client can provision computer resources without the need for interaction with cloud
service
d)

provider
None

of

personnel
the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Datacenters have been sited to have access to low cost power.
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6. All cloud computing applications suffer from the inherent _______ that is intrinsic in their
WAN

connectivity.

a)

propagation

b)

latency

c)

noise

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:While cloud computing applications excel at large-scale processing tasks, if your
application needs large amounts of data transfer, cloud computing may not be the best model for
you.

7. Cloud computing is a _______ system and it is necessarily unidirectional in nature.


a)

stateless

b)

stateful

c)

reliable

d)

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Cloud computing is a stateless system, as is the Internet in general.

8. Which of the following is most important area of concern in cloud computing ?


a)

Security

b)

Storage

c)
d)

Scalability
All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:When your data travels over and rests on systems that are no longer under your control,
you have increased risk due to the interception and malfeasance of others.

9. You cant count on a cloud provider maintaining your _____ in the face of government
actions.
a)

scalability

b)

reliability

c)

privacy

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Cloud computing industry continues to address security concerns.

10. Which of the following architectural standards is working with cloud computing
industry

a)

Service-oriented

b)

Standardized

c)
d)

architecture
Web

services

Web-application
All

of

frameworks
the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:These standards help to enable different business models that cloud computing vendors
can support, most notably Software as a Service (SaaS), Web 2.0 applications, and utility
computing.

Cloud Computing Questions and Answers Attributes of Cloud


Computing
This set of Cloud Computing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on
Attributes of Cloud Computing.
1. Which of the following is one of the unique attribute of Cloud Computing ?
a)

utility

type

of

delivery

b)
c)

elasticity
low

barrier

to

entry

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:d
Explanation:These attributes change how applications are created, priced, and delivered.

2.

Point

a)

Service

b)

Cloud

c)

out

Level

Agreements

computing

Cloud

computing

d)

does
presents

All

the

correct

(SLAs)

is

small

aspect

not

have

new

opportunities

of

statement

impact

of

on
to

cloud

computing

software

licensing

users

and

developers

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:Because it is based on the paradigm of a shared multi-tenant utility.

3. Applications that work with cloud computing that have low margins and usually low risk
are

a)

high

touch

b)

low

touch

c)

moderate

touch

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:b
Explanation:The high touch applications that come with high margins require committed resources
and pose more of a risk.

4. A service that concentrates on hardware follows the _________ as a Service model.


a)

IaaS

b)

CaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Amazon web service follows PaaS model.

5.

Point

out

the

wrong

statement

a) A cloud is defined as the combination of the infrastructure of a datacenter with the ability
to
b)
c)

provision
High
The

touch

hardware
applications

Google

App

are

and
best
Engine

software

done
follows

on-premises
IaaS

d)

None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:The Google App Engine follows PaaS.
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6. When you add a software stack, such as an operating system and applications to the
service,

the

model

shifts

to

_____

model.

a)

SaaS

b)

PaaS

c)

IaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:Microsofts Windows Azure Platform is best described as currently using SaaS model.

7.

Which

of

the

following

is

most

refined

and

restrictive

service

model

a)

IaaS

b)

CaaS

c)

PaaS

d)

All

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:C
Explanation:When the service requires the client to use a complete hardware/software/application
stack, it is using the most refined and restrictive service model.

8. _______ is a pay-as-you-go model matches resources to need on an ongoing basis.


a)

Utility

b)

Elasticity

c)

Low

d)

All

barrier
of

to
the

entry
mentioned

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:This eliminates waste and has the added benefit of shifting risk from the client.

9. _______ feature allows you to optimize your system and capture all possible
transactions.
a)

scalability

b)

reliability

c)
d)

elasticity
None

of

the

mentioned

View Answer
Answer:c
Explanation:You have the ability to right-size resources as required.

10. _______ enables batch processing, which greatly speeds up high-processing


applications.
a)

Scalability

b)

Reliability

c)

Elasticity

d)

Utility

View Answer
Answer:a
Explanation:This feature obviates the need for planning and provisioning.

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