Cloud Computing & Data Centers Quiz

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Which cloud infrastructure component stores files and data remotely rather than on a customer's local hardware?
- A. Cloud storage
- B. Hypervisor
- C. Cooling tower
- D. Firewall rule
What does server virtualization divide a single physical server into?
- A. Multiple physical buildings
- B. Multiple isolated virtual servers
- C. Multiple fiber-optic cables
- D. Multiple cooling towers
Which AWS infrastructure option is designed to place cloud services at the edge of telecommunications carriers' 5G networks?
- A. Outposts
- B. Local Zones
- C. Wavelength Zones
- D. Snowball Edge
In which year did Microsoft first publicly unveil Windows Azure?
- A. 2006
- B. 2007
- C. 2008
- D. 2010
Compared with virtual machines, what do containers primarily virtualize?
- A. The physical building
- B. The electrical grid
- C. The network carrier
- D. The operating system
What term is commonly used for especially large cloud data centers operated by major providers?
- A. Microcenter
- B. Colocation rack
- C. Hyperscale data center
- D. Edge kiosk
According to NIST, how many essential characteristics define the cloud computing model?
- A. Three
- B. Five
- C. Four
- D. Seven
What type of model did Google researchers use to predict data-center PUE from operational sensor data?
- A. Decision tree only
- B. Neural network
- C. Mechanical calculator
- D. Spreadsheet macro
Which technology does NIST identify as a key enabler of cloud computing because it allows commodity hardware resources to be abstracted efficiently?
- A. Virtualization
- B. Optical discs
- C. Dot-matrix printing
- D. Analog switching
In which year did Google launch App Engine?
- A. 2008
- B. 2010
- C. 2012
- D. 2014
What is the main resiliency benefit of Azure Availability Zones?
- A. They eliminate software bugs
- B. They prevent all cyberattacks
- C. They help protect against individual data-center failures
- D. They remove the need for backups
Which Microsoft technology underpins many private-cloud and virtualization solutions by virtualizing Windows Server workloads?
- A. Hyper-V
- B. Active Directory
- C. Power BI
- D. SharePoint
How many deployment models are included in the NIST definition of cloud computing?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Which term describes the ability of a cloud system to add or remove resources automatically in response to changing demand?
- A. Colocation
- B. Archiving
- C. Batching
- D. Autoscaling
Which NIST cloud characteristic relies on metering resource usage for monitoring, control, and reporting?
- A. Resource pooling
- B. Measured service
- C. On-demand self-service
- D. Broad network access
What is the name of Microsoft's cloud platform?
- A. iCloud
- B. Azure
- C. Google Cloud
- D. AWS
What does Google Cloud call a resource that is redundantly deployed across multiple zones within one region?
- A. Regional resource
- B. Global resource
- C. Edge resource
- D. Local-only resource
How many availability zones does Google Cloud state it intends to offer at minimum in every general-purpose region?
- A. One
- B. Two
- C. Four
- D. Three
According to Google's data-center research, approximately what fleet-wide PUE had it achieved by 2013?
- A. 1.5
- B. 1.3
- C. 1.21
- D. 1.12
What does an Azure Availability Zone consist of?
- A. A software subscription
- B. One or more data centers with independent power, cooling, and networking
- C. A single user account
- D. A global content-delivery network only

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Which cloud infrastructure component stores files and data remotely rather than on a customer's local hardware?

What does server virtualization divide a single physical server into?

Which AWS infrastructure option is designed to place cloud services at the edge of telecommunications carriers' 5G networks?

In which year did Microsoft first publicly unveil Windows Azure?

Compared with virtual machines, what do containers primarily virtualize?

What term is commonly used for especially large cloud data centers operated by major providers?

According to NIST, how many essential characteristics define the cloud computing model?

What type of model did Google researchers use to predict data-center PUE from operational sensor data?

Which technology does NIST identify as a key enabler of cloud computing because it allows commodity hardware resources to be abstracted efficiently?

In which year did Google launch App Engine?

What is the main resiliency benefit of Azure Availability Zones?

Which Microsoft technology underpins many private-cloud and virtualization solutions by virtualizing Windows Server workloads?

How many deployment models are included in the NIST definition of cloud computing?

Which term describes the ability of a cloud system to add or remove resources automatically in response to changing demand?

Which NIST cloud characteristic relies on metering resource usage for monitoring, control, and reporting?

What is the name of Microsoft's cloud platform?

What does Google Cloud call a resource that is redundantly deployed across multiple zones within one region?

How many availability zones does Google Cloud state it intends to offer at minimum in every general-purpose region?

According to Google's data-center research, approximately what fleet-wide PUE had it achieved by 2013?

What does an Azure Availability Zone consist of?