Hosting Web Hosting Challenge 4

Question 1

A growing app needs to scale by adding more identical servers behind a single entry point. What component distributes the incoming traffic?

Accepted Answer

Load balancer

Answer

A load balancer spreads incoming requests across multiple backend servers.

Question 2

What is the key difference between managed and unmanaged hosting?

Accepted Answer

Managed includes provider handling of updates and security

Answer

Managed hosting offloads server maintenance, patching, and security to the provider.

Question 3

Which backup strategy best protects against accidental data loss on a hosting account?

Accepted Answer

Automated offsite daily backups

Answer

Automated offsite daily backups ensure recoverable copies separate from the live server.

Question 4

A static marketing site has no server-side code. Which hosting is most cost-efficient?

Accepted Answer

Static/object storage hosting like S3 or a static host

Answer

Static sites can be served cheaply from object storage or dedicated static hosts.

Question 5

Which DNS record identifies the authoritative name servers for a domain?

Accepted Answer

NS record

Answer

NS records delegate a domain to its authoritative name servers.

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