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Question 1

Which cloud hosting model provides virtualized computing resources over the internet on demand?

Accepted Answer

IaaS

Answer

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provides virtualized computing resources like VMs, storage, and networking over the internet on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Question 2

What is the purpose of a load balancer in a cloud hosting setup?

Accepted Answer

To distribute incoming traffic evenly across multiple servers

Answer

A load balancer distributes incoming web traffic across multiple servers to prevent any single server from becoming overwhelmed and to improve availability.

Question 3

What is 'object storage' in cloud hosting (e.g., AWS S3)?

Accepted Answer

A scalable service for storing unstructured files like images and backups

Answer

Object storage like AWS S3 is a scalable service designed to store and retrieve any amount of unstructured data such as images, videos, and backups.

Question 4

What does 'auto-scaling' mean in cloud hosting?

Accepted Answer

Automatically adjusting the number of server instances based on traffic load

Answer

Auto-scaling automatically adds or removes server instances based on real-time traffic load, ensuring performance during peaks and cost savings during low traffic.

Question 5

Which US cloud provider region is commonly labeled 'us-east-1'?

Accepted Answer

Northern Virginia

Answer

us-east-1 is the AWS region identifier for Northern Virginia (N. Virginia), which was the first AWS region and remains the default for many services.

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