Wednesday 16 June 2021

This set of the following Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's) focuses on the Cloud Computing Architecture.

 1) Cloud computing architecture is a combination of?

  1. service-oriented architecture and grid computing
  2. Utility computing and event-driven architecture.
  3. Service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.
  4. Virtualization and event-driven architecture.
 

Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud computing architecture is a combination of service-oriented architecture and event-driven architecture.


2) In how many parts we can broadly divide the architecture of the Cloud?

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 2
  4. 5
 

Answer: C

Explanation: The architecture of the Cloud can broadly be divided into two main parts that are Back-end and Front-end.


3) Which one of the following refers to the user's part of the Cloud Computing system?

  1. back End
  2. Management
  3. Infrastructure
  4. Front End
 

Answer: D

Explanation: It is the front-end that refers to the user's part of the cloud computing system. It includes many applications and interfaces that are required to access or use the cloud computing platform.


4) Which one of the following can be considered as the example of the Front-end?

  1. Web Browser
  2. Google Compute Engine
  3. Cisco Metapod
  4. Amazon Web Services
 

Answer: A

Explanation: From the following given options, we can consider the Web-browser as the perfect example of the Front-end.


25) By whom is the backend commonly used?

  1. Client
  2. User
  3. Stockholders
  4. service provider
 

Answer: D

Explanation: It is commonly used by the service provider in order to manage all resources required to provide the Cloud Computing Services.


6) Through which, the backend and front-end are connected with each other?

  1. Browser
  2. Database
  3. Network
  4. Both A and B
 

Answer: C

Explanation: Typically using an internet connection, both the front and back end are connected to the others through a network.


7) How many types of services are there those are offered by the Cloud Computing to the users?

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 3
  4. 5
 

Answer: C

Explanation: Usually, Cloud Computing offers three types of services to the users that are Platform as a service (or PaaS), Application as a service (or AssS), and Software as a service (or SaaS).


8) The Foce.com and windows Azure are examples of which of the following?

  1. IaaS
  2. PaaS
  3. SaaS
  4. Both A and B
 

Answer: B

Explanation: Both Force.com and Windows Azure are examples of the Platform as a service


9) Which of the following is one of the backend's built-in components of cloud computing?

  1. Security
  2. Application
  3. Storage
  4. Service
 

Answer: A

Explanation: Security is one of the back-end's built-in components of cloud computing.


10) Which of the following provides the Graphic User Interface (GUI) for interaction with the cloud?

  1. Client
  2. Client Infrastructure
  3. Application
  4. Server
 

Answer: B

Explanation: The Client Infrastructure is one of the front-end components that provide the way of communication in the form of a Graphic User Interface to communicate with the Cloud.

Questions and Answers based on the "Planning"

 1) In the Planning Phase, Which of the following is the correct step for performing the analysis?

  1. Cloud Computing Value Proposition
  2. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
  3. Both A and B
  4. Business Architecture Development
 

Answer: C

Explanation: In the planning phase, we actually analyze the strategy related problems which customers might face. There are usually two steps to perform the analysis: Cloud Computing Planning and Cloud Computing Value Proposition.


12) In which one of the following, a strategy record or Document is created respectively to the events, conditions a user may face while applying cloud computing mode.

  1. Cloud Computing Value Proposition
  2. Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
  3. Planning Phase
  4. Business Architecture Development
 

Answer: B

Explanation: Cloud Computing Strategy Planning: The establishment of the strategy is based on the above step's analysis result. In this phase, a strategy document is prepared according to the conditions faced by the customer while implementing the cloud computing mode


3) What is Business Architecture Development?

  1. We recognize the risks that might be caused by cloud computing application from a business perspective.
  2. We identify the applications that support the business processes and the technologies required to support enterprise applications and data systems.
  3. We formulate all kinds of plans that are required to transform the current business to cloud computing modes.
  4. None of the above
 

Answer: A

Explanation: Business Architecture Development: In this phase, we identify the risks that can be caused by a cloud computing application from a business point of view.


4) Which one of the following refers to the non-functional requirements like disaster recovery, security, reliability, etc.

  1. Service Development
  2. Quality of service
  3. Plan Development
  4. Technical Service
 

Answer: B

Explanation: Quality of service refers to the non-functional requirements such as reliability, security, disaster recovery, etc.


5) Which one of the following is a phase of the Deployment process?

  1. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
  2. IT Architecture Development
  3. Business Architecture Development
  4. Transformation Plan Development
 

Answer: D

Explanation: Deployment phase: This phase focuses on both steps. It consists of the following two steps: Selecting a cloud computing provider, maintenance and technical service.


6) This phase involves selecting a cloud provider based on the Service Level Agreement (SLA), which defines the level of service the provider receives.

  1. Maintenance and Technical Service
  2. Selecting Cloud Computing Provider
  3. Both A and B
  4. None of the above
 

Answer: B

Explanation: This phase involves selecting a cloud provider based on the Service Level Agreement (SLA), that defines the level of service the provider receives.


7) In which one of the following phases, IT Architecture Development came?

  1. Strategy Phase
  2. Planning Phase
  3. Deployment Phase
  4. Development Phase
 

Answer: B

Explanation: IT Architecture Development steps in Planning Phase


8) Which of the model involves the special types of services that users can access on a Cloud Computing platform?

  1. Service
  2. Planning
  3. Deployment
  4. Application
 

Answer: A

Explanation: The service model contains the specials types of services that users can access on a cloud computing platform.


9) Which one of the following is related to the services provided by Cloud?

  1. Sourcing
  2. Ownership
  3. Reliability
  4. PaaS
 

Answer: A

Explanation: Insourced or Outsourced means whether the service is provided by the customer or the service provider.


10) How many phases are present in Cloud Computing Planning?

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
 

Answer: B

Explanation: In Cloud Computing Planning, there are usually three phases that are Strategy Phase, Planning Phase, and Deployment Phase.

MCQ's based on the Basics of Cloud Computing

1) What type of computing technology refers to services and applications that typically run on a distributed network through virtualized resources?

  1. Distributed Computing
  2. Cloud Computing
  3. Soft Computing
  4. Parallel Computing

 

Answer: B

Explanation: Cloud computing is a computing technique in which applications are accessed by common internet protocols and networking standards.


2) Which one of the following options can be considered as the Cloud?

  1. Hadoop
  2. Intranet
  3. Web Applications
  4. All of the mentioned

 

Answer: A

Explanation: Whenever any intranet becomes large enough in size that a diagram is not able to differentiate the individual physical system, so at that stage intranet also becomes known as a cloud. Hadoop can be considered as a cloud.


3) Cloud computing is a kind of abstraction which is based on the notion of combining physical resources and represents them as _______resources to users.

  1. Real
  2. Cloud
  3. Virtual
  4. none of the mentioned

 

Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud Computing is a kind of new model for providing resources for applications such as staging applications, platform-independent user access to services.


4) Which of the following has many features of that is now known as cloud computing?

  1. Web Service
  2. Softwares
  3. All of the mentioned
  4. Internet

 

Answer: D

Explanation: Internet provides the abstraction, runs through the same set of protocols and standards, and uses the same operating system and applications.


5) Which one of the following cloud concepts is related to sharing and pooling the resources?

  1. Polymorphism
  2. Virtualization
  3. Abstraction
  4. None of the mentioned

 

Answer: B

Explanation: The application runs on physical systems that are not specified in real. The information stored in the locations that are also not specified or unknown, administration of the systems are outsourced to others and can be accessed by the user.


6) Which one of the following statements is not true?

  1. The popularization of the Internet actually enabled most cloud computing systems.
  2. Cloud computing makes the long-held dream of utility as a payment possible for you, with an infinitely scalable, universally available system, pay what you use.
  3. Soft computing addresses a real paradigm in the way in which the system is deployed.
  4. All of the mentioned

 

Answer: C

Explanation: Cloud computing is distinguished by the notion that resources are virtual and infinite and describe the physical systems on which software runs in the abstracted manner from the user.


7) Which one of the following can be considered as a utility is a dream that dates from the beginning of the computing industry itself?

  1. Computing
  2. Model
  3. Software
  4. All of the mentioned

 

Answer: A

Explanation: Cloud computing takes the technology, services, and applications that are similar to those on the Internet and turns them into a self-service utility.


8) Which of the following is an essential concept related to Cloud?

  1. Reliability
  2. Abstraction
  3. Productivity
  4. All of the mentioned

 

Answer: B

Explanation: Cloud computing hides all the detail of system implementation from users and developers.


9) Which one of the following is Cloud Platform by Amazon?

  1. Azure
  2. AWS
  3. Cloudera
  4. All of the mentioned

 

Answer: B

Explanation: Amazon web service is one of the most successful cloud-based businesses, which offers infrastructure as a service and lets you rent virtual computers on its own infrastructure.


10) Which of the following statement is not true?

  1. Through cloud computing, one can begin with very small and become big in a rapid manner.
  2. All applications benefit from deployment in the Cloud.
  3. Cloud computing is revolutionary, even though the technology it is built on is evolutionary.
  4. None of the mentioned

 

Answer: B

Explanation: A variety of issues, such as issues with latency, security, and regulatory compliance, all are subject to concern. AWS is one of the most successful cloud-based businesses, which is a type of infrastructure as a service and lets you rent virtual computers on its own infrastructure.