WGU D338: CLOUD PLATFORM SOLUTIONS | WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY |
100% VERIFIED OBJECTIVE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST
2026/2027 VERSION (PASS GUARANTEE)
1. Which cloud deployment model provides dedicated resources exclusively for a
single organization and is hosted either on-premises or by a third-party provider?
A. Public cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Private cloud
D. Community cloud
ANSWER : C. Private cloud
2. A company wants to leverage both on-premises infrastructure and public cloud
resources, allowing data and applications to move between the two. Which
deployment model should they adopt?
A. Private cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Multi-cloud
ANSWER : B. Hybrid cloud
3. In cloud computing, which service model provides virtualized computing
resources such as virtual machines, storage, and networking over the internet?
A. Software as a Service (SaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
D. Function as a Service (FaaS)
ANSWER : C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
,4. Which cloud service model allows developers to build, run, and manage
applications without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, including
servers and operating systems?
A. IaaS
B. SaaS
C. PaaS
D. DaaS
ANSWER : C. PaaS
5. A company subscribes to Microsoft Office 365 for its email and productivity
needs. Which cloud service model does this represent?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. NaaS
ANSWER : C. SaaS
6. Which of the following is a key characteristic of cloud computing that enables
resources to be provisioned and released with minimal management effort or
service provider interaction?
A. Broad network access
B. Measured service
C. On-demand self-service
D. Resource pooling
ANSWER : C. On-demand self-service
7. A cloud provider automatically monitors, controls, and reports resource usage,
providing transparency for both the provider and consumer. This characteristic is
known as:
A. Rapid elasticity
B. On-demand self-service
C. Measured service
, D. Resource pooling
ANSWER : C. Measured service
8. Which NIST essential characteristic of cloud computing allows resources to be
elastically provisioned and released, in some cases automatically, to scale rapidly
outward and inward?
A. Measured service
B. Rapid elasticity
C. Resource pooling
D. On-demand self-service
ANSWER : B. Rapid elasticity
9. Which AWS service is the primary object storage solution that provides
industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance?
A. Amazon EBS
B. Amazon EFS
C. Amazon S3
D. Amazon Glacier
ANSWER : C. Amazon S3
10. An organization needs a relational database service in AWS that automates
administrative tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and
backups. Which service should they use?
A. Amazon DynamoDB
B. Amazon RDS
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon ElastiCache
ANSWER : B. Amazon RDS
11. Which AWS compute service allows you to run code without provisioning or
managing servers, paying only for the compute time consumed?
A. Amazon EC2
, B. Amazon ECS
C. AWS Lambda
D. AWS Fargate
ANSWER : C. AWS Lambda
12. In AWS, which service provides a virtual network dedicated to your AWS
account, logically isolated from other virtual networks in the AWS Cloud?
A. AWS Direct Connect
B. Amazon VPC
C. Amazon Route 53
D. AWS Transit Gateway
ANSWER : B. Amazon VPC
13. Which AWS service acts as a global content delivery network (CDN) that
securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with
low latency?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. AWS Global Accelerator
C. Amazon CloudFront
D. AWS Direct Connect
ANSWER : C. Amazon CloudFront
14. A solutions architect needs to distribute incoming application traffic across
multiple EC2 instances. Which AWS service should they use?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. AWS Auto Scaling
C. Elastic Load Balancing
D. Amazon CloudFront
ANSWER : C. Elastic Load Balancing
15. Which AWS service provides a managed NoSQL database that delivers single-
digit millisecond performance at any scale?
100% VERIFIED OBJECTIVE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | LATEST
2026/2027 VERSION (PASS GUARANTEE)
1. Which cloud deployment model provides dedicated resources exclusively for a
single organization and is hosted either on-premises or by a third-party provider?
A. Public cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Private cloud
D. Community cloud
ANSWER : C. Private cloud
2. A company wants to leverage both on-premises infrastructure and public cloud
resources, allowing data and applications to move between the two. Which
deployment model should they adopt?
A. Private cloud
B. Hybrid cloud
C. Community cloud
D. Multi-cloud
ANSWER : B. Hybrid cloud
3. In cloud computing, which service model provides virtualized computing
resources such as virtual machines, storage, and networking over the internet?
A. Software as a Service (SaaS)
B. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
D. Function as a Service (FaaS)
ANSWER : C. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
,4. Which cloud service model allows developers to build, run, and manage
applications without worrying about the underlying infrastructure, including
servers and operating systems?
A. IaaS
B. SaaS
C. PaaS
D. DaaS
ANSWER : C. PaaS
5. A company subscribes to Microsoft Office 365 for its email and productivity
needs. Which cloud service model does this represent?
A. IaaS
B. PaaS
C. SaaS
D. NaaS
ANSWER : C. SaaS
6. Which of the following is a key characteristic of cloud computing that enables
resources to be provisioned and released with minimal management effort or
service provider interaction?
A. Broad network access
B. Measured service
C. On-demand self-service
D. Resource pooling
ANSWER : C. On-demand self-service
7. A cloud provider automatically monitors, controls, and reports resource usage,
providing transparency for both the provider and consumer. This characteristic is
known as:
A. Rapid elasticity
B. On-demand self-service
C. Measured service
, D. Resource pooling
ANSWER : C. Measured service
8. Which NIST essential characteristic of cloud computing allows resources to be
elastically provisioned and released, in some cases automatically, to scale rapidly
outward and inward?
A. Measured service
B. Rapid elasticity
C. Resource pooling
D. On-demand self-service
ANSWER : B. Rapid elasticity
9. Which AWS service is the primary object storage solution that provides
industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance?
A. Amazon EBS
B. Amazon EFS
C. Amazon S3
D. Amazon Glacier
ANSWER : C. Amazon S3
10. An organization needs a relational database service in AWS that automates
administrative tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and
backups. Which service should they use?
A. Amazon DynamoDB
B. Amazon RDS
C. Amazon Redshift
D. Amazon ElastiCache
ANSWER : B. Amazon RDS
11. Which AWS compute service allows you to run code without provisioning or
managing servers, paying only for the compute time consumed?
A. Amazon EC2
, B. Amazon ECS
C. AWS Lambda
D. AWS Fargate
ANSWER : C. AWS Lambda
12. In AWS, which service provides a virtual network dedicated to your AWS
account, logically isolated from other virtual networks in the AWS Cloud?
A. AWS Direct Connect
B. Amazon VPC
C. Amazon Route 53
D. AWS Transit Gateway
ANSWER : B. Amazon VPC
13. Which AWS service acts as a global content delivery network (CDN) that
securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with
low latency?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. AWS Global Accelerator
C. Amazon CloudFront
D. AWS Direct Connect
ANSWER : C. Amazon CloudFront
14. A solutions architect needs to distribute incoming application traffic across
multiple EC2 instances. Which AWS service should they use?
A. Amazon Route 53
B. AWS Auto Scaling
C. Elastic Load Balancing
D. Amazon CloudFront
ANSWER : C. Elastic Load Balancing
15. Which AWS service provides a managed NoSQL database that delivers single-
digit millisecond performance at any scale?
