CLOUD SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Name one example of a cloud service.
Answer: Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or
Microsoft Azure.
●● What is the first essential characteristic of cloud computing?
Answer: Broad Network Access - Cloud services are available over the
Internet and can be accessed from various devices.
●● What does rapid elasticity in cloud computing mean?
Answer: Resources can quickly expand or shrink based on demand.
●● What is measured service in cloud computing?
Answer: Cloud providers measure resource usage, allowing customers to
pay only for what they use.
●● What does on-demand self-service allow customers to do?
Answer: Customers can create resources whenever needed without
contacting the provider.
,●● What is resource pooling in cloud computing?
Answer: Cloud providers share hardware among many customers,
dynamically assigning resources based on demand.
●● What are the three cloud service models defined by NIST?
Answer: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
●● What does SaaS provide?
Answer: Software hosted by the provider, where the provider manages
servers, storage, updates, maintenance, and security.
●● What is the main benefit of PaaS?
Answer: It provides a platform for developers to build and deploy
applications, while the provider manages the underlying infrastructure.
●● What does IaaS offer to customers?
Answer: Virtual hardware, allowing customers to control the operating
system, installed software, applications, and data.
●● What is the responsibility comparison in traditional IT?
Answer: The customer manages everything in traditional IT (on-
premises).
, ●● What is a public cloud?
Answer: A cloud model available to anyone over the Internet, offering
low cost and high scalability.
●● What are the advantages of a private cloud?
Answer: Better security, more control, and better privacy, but at a higher
cost.
●● What is a community cloud?
Answer: A cloud shared among organizations with similar requirements,
offering shared costs and better compliance.
●● What is a hybrid cloud?
Answer: A cloud that combines two or more cloud types, usually public
and private.
●● What does the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
describe?
Answer: It explains cloud roles and what cloud services provide, not
how to build them.
●● Who is a Cloud Service Consumer (CSC)?
Answer: The customer who uses cloud services.
PLAN EXAM PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Name one example of a cloud service.
Answer: Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or
Microsoft Azure.
●● What is the first essential characteristic of cloud computing?
Answer: Broad Network Access - Cloud services are available over the
Internet and can be accessed from various devices.
●● What does rapid elasticity in cloud computing mean?
Answer: Resources can quickly expand or shrink based on demand.
●● What is measured service in cloud computing?
Answer: Cloud providers measure resource usage, allowing customers to
pay only for what they use.
●● What does on-demand self-service allow customers to do?
Answer: Customers can create resources whenever needed without
contacting the provider.
,●● What is resource pooling in cloud computing?
Answer: Cloud providers share hardware among many customers,
dynamically assigning resources based on demand.
●● What are the three cloud service models defined by NIST?
Answer: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
●● What does SaaS provide?
Answer: Software hosted by the provider, where the provider manages
servers, storage, updates, maintenance, and security.
●● What is the main benefit of PaaS?
Answer: It provides a platform for developers to build and deploy
applications, while the provider manages the underlying infrastructure.
●● What does IaaS offer to customers?
Answer: Virtual hardware, allowing customers to control the operating
system, installed software, applications, and data.
●● What is the responsibility comparison in traditional IT?
Answer: The customer manages everything in traditional IT (on-
premises).
, ●● What is a public cloud?
Answer: A cloud model available to anyone over the Internet, offering
low cost and high scalability.
●● What are the advantages of a private cloud?
Answer: Better security, more control, and better privacy, but at a higher
cost.
●● What is a community cloud?
Answer: A cloud shared among organizations with similar requirements,
offering shared costs and better compliance.
●● What is a hybrid cloud?
Answer: A cloud that combines two or more cloud types, usually public
and private.
●● What does the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
describe?
Answer: It explains cloud roles and what cloud services provide, not
how to build them.
●● Who is a Cloud Service Consumer (CSC)?
Answer: The customer who uses cloud services.
