Why is it important to consider the cloud ecosystem when developing applications?
A. Cloud providers will do application development.
B. The development process needs to change.
C. The role of the IT department will change.
D. This can speed up the development process.
Which of the following does IT outsourcing and cloud computing typically have in common?
A. Pay as you go agreements
B. Short-term financial commitment
C. Tailor-made applications based on client needs
D. Vendor lock-in potential
Why do management tools introduce a risk?
A. The management tools present a vendor lock-in
B. The management tools are indispensible above a specific scale of operation
C. The migration may not be successful
D. Too many software licenses are needed
Which of the following refers to providing a combination of servers, networking components, hosting, provisioning, and basic services needed to run a cloud?
A. PaaS
B. CaaS
C. SaaS
D. IaaS
Which of the following are the appropriate steps to migrating a backwards compatible application into the cloud?
A. Assess, proof of concept, migrate data, migrate application, automation/scaling, and optimizing
B. Migrate the data and rebuild the application using APIs
C. Purchase service from cloud provider, migrate the user accounts, and disable the internal infrastructure
D. Decommission the internal infrastructure, purchase service from the cloud provider, and enable for business users
Which of the following is the BEST example of a cloud vendor's monthly hosting fee changing based on cost allocations?
A. The company's fee varies based on the projected quarterly revenue of the client's company.
B. The company's fee varies based on the number of their IT staff required to support the infrastructure.
C. The company's fee varies based on the number of servers needed to house data in the datacenter.
D. The company's fee varies based on the energy consumption of each server in the datacenter.
Which of the following describes what is meant by the ITIL Service Strategy component?
A. Defining processes required to manage the solution.
B. Designing the solution to the ITIL specifications.
C. Ensuring changes are designed to meet customer expectations.
D. Understanding the intended customer and what services are required.
Which of the following virtualization characteristics allows the use of different types of physical servers?
A. Security
B. Hardware independence
C. Scalability
D. Variable costs
When using SaaS, the cloud computing vendor is responsible to maintain which of the following?
A. Client infrastructure
B. Client firewall
C. Updates and licenses
D. Workstation OS version
Company A uses an outside vendor for support of its internal network. Company B's networking equipment is housed in a datacenter in another country. Company C has an internal network infrastructure, but its software runs from an on- demand self-service third-party datacenter. Company D uses its own IT staff to support an internal network. Which of the following companies MUST be using cloud computing?
A. Company A
B. Company B
C. Company C
D. Company D