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  1. What is the primary benefit of cloud computing's 'elasticity'?

    Answer: Resources scale up or down to match demand

    Elasticity lets you automatically add or remove resources to match changing workload demand.

  2. Which cloud model gives you the MOST control over the underlying operating system?

    Answer: IaaS

    Infrastructure as a Service provides virtual machines where you manage the OS yourself.

  3. What does 'CapEx' refer to in cloud economics?

    Answer: Upfront capital spending on physical assets

    CapEx is the upfront capital expenditure on physical infrastructure like servers and data centers.

  4. Moving from CapEx to OpEx is a key financial advantage of which approach?

    Answer: Cloud computing

    Cloud computing shifts spending from upfront capital to consumption-based operating expenses.

  5. Which characteristic describes the ability to quickly provision resources on demand?

    Answer: Agility

    Agility is the ability to rapidly provision and deprovision cloud resources as needed.

  6. In the shared responsibility model for IaaS, who is responsible for the physical datacenter security?

    Answer: The cloud provider

    The cloud provider is always responsible for physical security of datacenters.

  7. What is a key benefit of cloud 'high availability'?

    Answer: Applications stay accessible despite failures

    High availability keeps applications running and accessible even when components fail.