CTO Cloud Strategy & Architecture 2

Question 1

A CTO is evaluating cloud providers for a latency-sensitive trading platform. Which architecture pattern best addresses sub-millisecond latency requirements?

Accepted Answer

Edge computing with colocation near financial exchanges

Answer

Edge computing with colocation near financial exchanges minimizes network hops and achieves sub-millisecond latency critical for high-frequency trading.

Question 2

An organization's cloud spend has grown 300% in 18 months without proportional business value. As CTO, which FinOps practice should be prioritized first?

Accepted Answer

Establish tagging standards and cost allocation by business unit

Answer

Tagging standards and cost allocation by business unit provide visibility and accountability, which is the prerequisite for any effective cost optimization.

Question 3

Which cloud architecture pattern is most appropriate for a retail company that experiences 10x traffic spikes during holiday seasons?

Accepted Answer

Burst-to-cloud hybrid architecture

Answer

Burst-to-cloud hybrid architecture allows on-premises baseline capacity to overflow into the cloud during peak demand, providing cost-effective elasticity.

Question 4

A CTO must choose between a microservices architecture and a modular monolith for a new SaaS product with a 10-person engineering team. What is the primary consideration?

Accepted Answer

Team cognitive overhead and operational complexity relative to team size

Answer

Small teams often lack the operational maturity to manage distributed microservices effectively, making a well-structured modular monolith a more pragmatic starting point.

Question 5

What does the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) prescribe as the correct sequence when an enterprise begins cloud adoption?

Accepted Answer

Envision → Align → Launch → Scale

Answer

AWS CAF prescribes Envision, Align, Launch, and Scale as the four iterative phases guiding enterprise cloud adoption.

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CTO Cloud Strategy & Architecture 2