Cloud Computing MCQs with Answers
Practice important Cloud Computing MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q31: In which year was Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched?
- A: 1995
- B: 2000
- C: 2002
- D: 2005
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C
Q32: When did the term "cloud computing" emerge, allowing organizations to lease computing capacity?
- A: 1990
- B: 1995
- C: 2002
- D: 2006
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D
Q33: What was the primary purpose of grid computing in the 1990s?
- A: To enable cloud computing
- B: To use idle processing power
- C: To provide software services
- D: To replace mainframe computers
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B
Q34: Which of the following is NOT related to the history of cloud computing?
- A: John McCarthy's concept in 1961
- B: Grid computing in the 1990s
- C: AWS launch in 2006
- D: Mainframe leasing in the 1960s
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C
Q35: In 2006, cloud computing allowed organizations to lease ______ from providers.
- A: hardware only
- B: computing capacity
- C: physical machines
- D: software applications
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B
Q36: In the 1960s and 1970s, giant powerful computers known as ______ were leased out by manufacturers.
- A: microcomputers
- B: mainframes
- C: personal computers
- D: workstations
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B
Q37: A computer cluster is a collection of ________ that cooperate to work as a single resource pool of computing resources.
- A: interconnected stand-alone computers
- B: networked servers
- C: virtual machines
- D: centralized processors
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A
Q38: In which decade did clusters become popular for high-performance computing (HPC)?
- A: 1980s
- B: 1990s
- C: 2000s
- D: 2010s
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B
Q39: What percentage of the top 500 supercomputers in 2010 were computer clusters built with homogeneous nodes?
- A: 0.85
- B: 0.9
- C: 0.95
- D: 0.75
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A
Q40: Cluster computing has laid the foundation for modern-day _______.
- A: Artificial Intelligence
- B: Data mining
- C: Supercomputers, computational grids, and cloud computing
- D: Personal computing
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C