AZ-900 Basic 2

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Resources scale up or down to match demand

Answer

Data is stored on physical tapes

Answer

Servers never need patching

Answer

Networking is disabled by default

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

IaaS

Answer

SaaS

Answer

PaaS

Answer

FaaS

Question 3

What does 'CapEx' refer to in cloud economics?

Accepted Answer

Upfront capital spending on physical assets

Answer

Ongoing pay-as-you-go operating costs

Answer

A type of Azure virtual network

Answer

A compliance certification

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Cloud computing

Answer

On-premises datacenters

Answer

Mainframe hosting

Answer

Tape backup

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Agility

Answer

High latency

Answer

Vendor lock-in

Answer

Manual procurement

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

The cloud provider

Answer

The customer

Answer

A third-party auditor

Answer

The end user

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Applications stay accessible despite failures

Answer

Lower internet bandwidth

Answer

No need for backups

Answer

Free software licenses