Hosting Web Hosting Challenge 5

Question 1

A site under a DDoS attack stays online thanks to which protective service?

Accepted Answer

A CDN with DDoS mitigation

Answer

CDNs with DDoS mitigation absorb and filter malicious traffic at the edge.

Question 2

Which file commonly controls URL rewrites and access rules on an Apache shared host?

Accepted Answer

.htaccess

Answer

Apache reads per-directory .htaccess files for rewrites and access control.

Question 3

A database-driven site needs more memory for concurrent users. Which resource is most relevant to upgrade?

Accepted Answer

RAM

Answer

More RAM lets the server handle more concurrent processes and caching.

Question 4

What does a wildcard SSL certificate cover?

Accepted Answer

A domain and all its first-level subdomains

Answer

A wildcard certificate secures a domain plus all of its first-level subdomains.

Question 5

Which hosting model spreads a website across many networked servers for high availability and elastic scaling?

Accepted Answer

Cloud hosting

Answer

Cloud hosting distributes resources across clustered servers for elasticity and redundancy.

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