CLOUDF EXIN Cloud Computing Foundation Questions and Answers

Mobile devices are cheaper than personal computers.

Mobile devices provide location independence.

Mobile devices uniquely identify the user approaching the application

Mobile devises are more secure than personal computers.

load balanced databases

multiple backend application servers

responding to client requests

supporting the client requests

because the Ethernet standard was fastest

because the Ethernet standard was released for general use

because the Ethernet standard was suitable for mainframes

because the Ethernet standard was used by the largest vendor

An internal audit mechanism

An external audit mechanism

An internal and external audit mechanism

No audit mechanisms

Good Human Resource vetting procedures

Good SLA structures including Cloud provider compliance audits

Proper testing methods

Strong authentication and access control

Access to suspicious web sites can be locked.

Access to web applications can easily be restricted.

Users can login from any location they want.

Users cannot install unauthorized or risky software.

In certain cases the TCO is intentionally shortened by lack of vision on future developments.

In certain cases the TCO is just not the right measure for calculating relevant costs and expenditures.

In some cases customers have not acted upon a good business case.

In some cases only the distribution of different components that add up to the TCO may change.

Multiple applications can be used by a single user.

Multiple computers can be connected to a single network.

Multiple operating systems can be used on a single hardware platform

Multiple users can be active on a single network.

It distributes content to users.

It is a management system for distributed computer environments.

It provides the possibility to connect to multiple web-sites without using a password.

It reduces repetitive duplicate input.

formatting a hard disk to allow for very big files

keeping data from one Cloud user on a single hard disk

keeping data from one Cloud user safe from other users

splitting data into small parts so they fit more easily on a solid state disk

A virus infection in one operating system will not infect the other operating systems.

One virus scanner on a client operating system will protect all other operating systems.

The client operating systems are virtual and cannot be infected from outside.

The client operating systems can be protected by the virus scanner of the host operating system.

The total annual costs of ownership including hardware support plus some amortization costs

The total annual costs of ownership including all platform costs, staffing and other internal costs

The total costs of ownership including hardware support plus some amortization costs

The total costs of ownership including software, hardware and services

A commercial organization that asks the community for feedback on their Cloud offerings.

A group of users that create a special group to discuss cloud solutions.

Facebook is a perfect example of a Community Cloud.

Several independent companies that agree to share resources through a cloud solution to reduce total license costs.