Cloud Computing MCQs with Answers
Practice important Cloud Computing MCQs with answers and explanations.
Chapter: 32
Q1461:
Service resiliency is typically measured over which phases?
A. Design, Operational, and Recovery
B. Design, Implementation, and Testing
C. Operational, Testing, and Development
D. Planning, Testing, and Operational
Correct Answer:
A
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Q1462:
What is the purpose of SLA documentation?
A. To outline pricing details
B. To define penalties and guarantees
C. To monitor performance
D. To increase server capacity
Correct Answer:
B
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Q1463:
Which metric is used to measure cloud storage usage?
A. Storage Capacity
B. VM Usage
C. I/O Operations
D. Network Traffic
Correct Answer:
A
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Q1464:
The _______ metric measures the time required to switch over to a replicated instance after a failure.
A. Mean-Time System Recovery
B. Mean-Time to Switchover
C. Recovery Time Objective
D. Service Availability
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 32
Q1465:
Which metric refers to the bandwidth or throughput in bits per second?
A. Network Capacity
B. Storage Capacity
C. VM Capacity
D. Service Availability
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 32
Q1466:
What is typically included in a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis?
A. Software and hardware acquisition
B. Only hardware maintenance
C. Cloud service monitoring
D. Employee training
Correct Answer:
A
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Q1467:
Which of the following is NOT a common cloud cost metric?
A. Upfront Costs
B. Ongoing Costs
C. Integration Costs
D. Migration Costs
Correct Answer:
D
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Q1468:
What does the acronym SLA stand for in cloud computing?
A. Service Level Agreement
B. Software License Agreement
C. System Level Access
D. Secure Logical Access
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 32
Q1469:
Which of the following is an example of cloud service reliability metric?
A. Service Scalability
B. Mean-Time Between Failures
C. Service Performance
D. Storage Capacity
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 32
Q1470:
The _______ metric measures the time for a system to recover after a failure.
A. Mean-Time System Recovery
B. Network Throughput
C. VM Capacity
D. Storage Scalability
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 32
Q1471:
Which phase involves measuring the difference in service levels before, during, and after a downtime event?
A. Design
B. Recovery
C. Operational
D. Testing
Correct Answer:
C
Chapter: 33
Q1472:
What is CloudSim primarily used for?
A. Testing Cloud services in real data centers
B. Testing new procedures and hypotheses in Cloud computing
C. Pricing management in Cloud services
D. Configuring Cloud services on actual machines
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 33
Q1473:
What kind of users can use CloudSim to tune performance bottlenecks?
A. SaaS users
B. PaaS users
C. DaaS users
D. XaaS users
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 33
Q1474:
What is the name of the workload unit in CloudSim?
A. VM
B. Cloudlet
C. Host
D. Broker
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 33
Q1475:
Which object in CloudSim is responsible for executing Cloudlets?
A. Host
B. VM
C. Broker
D. CIS
Correct Answer:
C
Chapter: 33
Q1476:
The Cloud Information Service (CIS) contains a registry of what?
A. Cloudlets
B. VMs
C. Hosts
D. Data centers
Correct Answer:
D
Chapter: 33
Q1477:
What policy is used by the data center to allocate VMs to hosts?
A. VM-allocation policy
B. VM-scheduler policy
C. Cloudlet-scheduler policy
D. Broker policy
Correct Answer:
A
Chapter: 33
Q1478:
What policy is used by hosts for resource allocation?
A. VM-allocation policy
B. VM-scheduler policy
C. Cloudlet-scheduler policy
D. Broker policy
Correct Answer:
B
Chapter: 33
Q1479:
CloudSim is compatible with which version of Java?
A. Java 6
B. Java 7
C. Java 8 or newer
D. Java 5
Correct Answer:
C
Chapter: 33
Q1480:
How can CloudSim users understand its architecture?
A. Through code examples provided in the setup
B. By reading research papers
C. By using other simulators
D. By experimenting on actual Cloud services
Correct Answer:
A