Why is standardization of data formats important?
A. It facilitates movement from one provider to another.
B. It helps encourage innovation.
C. It leads to a more mature stage of the cloud computing landscape
D. It leads to more efficient machine utilization.
Which of the following is a characteristic of cloud computing?
A. Cloud computing is typically based on open Internet technology
B. Cloud computing is typically based on web technology
C. Cloud computing is cheaper compared to virtualization
D. Cloud computing typically uses XML or JSON technologies
A company is adopting a public SaaS cloud based computing system to migrate a mission critical application. Which of the following capabilities will be MOST likely lost?
A. Centralized management of user access to the application.
B. Aversion of the software that will be accessed in the cloud.
C. The ability to perform fine grained customizations to the software.
D. The ability to access the application from the internal company network.
A technology manager is explaining the company's latest move toward cloud computing. Which of the following statements would NOT be an example of cloud computing?
A. The company is moving their email to a third party web application.
B. The company is consolidating their 10 web servers to one physical server located in the datacenter.
C. The company is going to leverage hosted servers to handle any additional processing power needed for the application developers.
D. The employees will now access their hosted finance application via their web browser.
Which of the following is a benefit of implementing cloud computing via the ITIL guideline?
A. Increased costs
B. Larger knowledge base
C. Increased free hard drive space
D. Improved service level
A company has decided to implement a third-party hosted service so that they have access to as many virtual instances as needed, for exclusive use. Which of the following types of services would this represent?
A. VPN
B. Public cloud
C. Private cloud
D. VTP
From a risk assessment perspective, which of the following is MOST important to acquire and review before a business integrates cloud computing into its existing environment?
A. Cloud provider DRP and COOP
B. The time to market expectation
C. The total cost of ownership
D. The company original RFP
Which of the following describes disk tiering?
A. Moving the least accessed data to a flash disk
B. Moving the least accessed data to SSD
C. Moving the most accessed data to capacity disk
D. Moving the most accessed data to performance disk
Which of the following ITL process would manage the datacenter in a public cloud environment?
A. Technology management
B. Information security management
C. Applications management
D. Facilities management
Which of the following enables an organization to maintain its strategic flexibility when implementing a SaaS solution?
A. Implementing SaaS before the competitors
B. Customizing the solution by placing logos
C. Monitoring and enforcing SLA
D. Planning an exit strategy
