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COMPTIA CLOUD+ GUIDE TO CLOUD COMPUTING
2ND EDITION
MOD 01: INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING
1. Instead of outsourcing the infrastructure to a third -party provider, Craig wants to establish a computer
infrastructure that would enable developers within his organization to build apps on a platform that is mostly
hosted internally. He does, however, desire simple access to AWS goods. Craig might utilize which of the
following to do this.
a. Patchouli
b. Lavender
c. Eucalyptus
d. Basil
ANSWER: c
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. Patchouli is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
b. Incorrect. Lavender is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
c. Correct. Eucalyptus is the Elastic Utility Computing Architecture for Linking
Your Programs to Useful Systems. It is a partially open-source private cloud
platform that is designed to interact with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
d. Incorrect. Basil is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: PaaS and IaaS Providers
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
2. Bonnie has been charged with doing an investigation of the firewall infrastructure at her workplace. The
company employs a lot of employees who work remotely from their homes in addition to having several office
sites spread out around the United States. She discovers that a large number of the current firewalls are no
,longer maintained by the manufacturer and has persuaded the corporation to set aside some funds to acquire a
replacement. Which of the following options may she suggest in their place?
a. FWaaS
b. FAT
c. CRM
d. FCoE
ANSWER: a
FEEDBACK: a. Correct. Firewall as a service is a cloud service that allows administrators to
automate much of the maintenance and upkeep as well as provide service to
many locations simultaneously.
b. Incorrect. FAT is a type of filesystem that was used in computer systems
many years ago. It is typically considered a legacy filesystem having been
replaced by ones that provide more security and features.
c. Incorrect. A CRM is a customer relationship management system or a content
management system. Neither of these is used as part of deploying a firewall.
d. Incorrect. Fiber channel over Ethernet is a method of connectivity and is not a
type of firewall that Bonnie could deploy.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.3 - Compare cloud service models.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: Common Cloud Service Models
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
3. Aaron's manager is aware that businesses can build their own clouds inside of their current data centers. He
has been entrusted with looking at technologies that could retain their data on-premises and make better use of
the technology in their data centers. Which of the following items would Aaron suggest?
a. FlexStack
b. OSS
c. OpenStack
, d. OwnStack
ANSWER: c
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. FlexStack is a Cisco technology for stacking switches. It is not
specifically a product that will create private clouds within a data center.
b. Incorrect. OSS is an acronym for open-source software. There is a lot of
open-source software out there - including OpenStack.
c. Correct. OpenStack is an open-source software that allows administrators to
create their own private cloud on their own hardware.
d. Incorrect. There is currently no OwnStack product that allows organizations to
create their own private cloud using their own hardware within their data
centers.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: PaaS and IaaS Providers
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
4. Alejandro wants to set up a few more virtual machines to use the DHCP services that their cloud service
provider offers. The CSP's site offers a number of higher-level categories in which to divide up their products.
When configuring this service for his company's use, where should he most likely look?
a. Compute components
b. Storage components
c. Application components
d. Network components
ANSWER: d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. Compute components typically refer to virtual machines or
applications in the cloud that process data in some way. DHCP settings would
not be classified as computing components.
b. Incorrect. Storage components refer to the ability to store or preserve data.
DHCP settings would not be classified as a storage component.
, c. Incorrect. Application components might include tools to create or test
microservices, templates, e-commerce tools, machine learning, and more.
DHCP settings would not be classified as a compute component.
d. Correct. DHCP is classified under the network components group.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: Common Cloud Services
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
5. Creative Co. needs a new private cloud setup. However, they want their field workers who operate remotely
to have access to the private cloud's resources. Which of the following solutions may Creative Co. put into
practice to enable users to establish secure connections from their PCs across the Internet into the private cloud?
a. CMS
b. WAN
c. VLAN
d. VPN
ANSWER: d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. A CMS is a Content Management System that typically is deployed as SaaS
(Software as a Service) that allows users to create and modify their own content. It does not
provide secure connections across the Internet into a local network.
b. Incorrect. A WAN is a wide area network such as the Internet itself. Creative Co would not be
creating a WAN, but rather a secure tunnel through an existing WAN.
c. Incorrect. A Virtual Local Area Network, or VLAN, is a way to segment a network within a LAN
so that certain types of traffic are kept separate from one another.
d. Correct. Users could establish a VPN connection to the company's network, which would treat
their computer as if it was actually on the local area network, or LAN.
COMPTIA CLOUD+ GUIDE TO CLOUD COMPUTING
2ND EDITION
MOD 01: INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING
1. Instead of outsourcing the infrastructure to a third -party provider, Craig wants to establish a computer
infrastructure that would enable developers within his organization to build apps on a platform that is mostly
hosted internally. He does, however, desire simple access to AWS goods. Craig might utilize which of the
following to do this.
a. Patchouli
b. Lavender
c. Eucalyptus
d. Basil
ANSWER: c
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. Patchouli is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
b. Incorrect. Lavender is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
c. Correct. Eucalyptus is the Elastic Utility Computing Architecture for Linking
Your Programs to Useful Systems. It is a partially open-source private cloud
platform that is designed to interact with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
d. Incorrect. Basil is a type of plant, not a cloud platform.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: PaaS and IaaS Providers
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
2. Bonnie has been charged with doing an investigation of the firewall infrastructure at her workplace. The
company employs a lot of employees who work remotely from their homes in addition to having several office
sites spread out around the United States. She discovers that a large number of the current firewalls are no
,longer maintained by the manufacturer and has persuaded the corporation to set aside some funds to acquire a
replacement. Which of the following options may she suggest in their place?
a. FWaaS
b. FAT
c. CRM
d. FCoE
ANSWER: a
FEEDBACK: a. Correct. Firewall as a service is a cloud service that allows administrators to
automate much of the maintenance and upkeep as well as provide service to
many locations simultaneously.
b. Incorrect. FAT is a type of filesystem that was used in computer systems
many years ago. It is typically considered a legacy filesystem having been
replaced by ones that provide more security and features.
c. Incorrect. A CRM is a customer relationship management system or a content
management system. Neither of these is used as part of deploying a firewall.
d. Incorrect. Fiber channel over Ethernet is a method of connectivity and is not a
type of firewall that Bonnie could deploy.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.3 - Compare cloud service models.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: Common Cloud Service Models
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Apply
3. Aaron's manager is aware that businesses can build their own clouds inside of their current data centers. He
has been entrusted with looking at technologies that could retain their data on-premises and make better use of
the technology in their data centers. Which of the following items would Aaron suggest?
a. FlexStack
b. OSS
c. OpenStack
, d. OwnStack
ANSWER: c
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. FlexStack is a Cisco technology for stacking switches. It is not
specifically a product that will create private clouds within a data center.
b. Incorrect. OSS is an acronym for open-source software. There is a lot of
open-source software out there - including OpenStack.
c. Correct. OpenStack is an open-source software that allows administrators to
create their own private cloud on their own hardware.
d. Incorrect. There is currently no OwnStack product that allows organizations to
create their own private cloud using their own hardware within their data
centers.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: PaaS and IaaS Providers
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
4. Alejandro wants to set up a few more virtual machines to use the DHCP services that their cloud service
provider offers. The CSP's site offers a number of higher-level categories in which to divide up their products.
When configuring this service for his company's use, where should he most likely look?
a. Compute components
b. Storage components
c. Application components
d. Network components
ANSWER: d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. Compute components typically refer to virtual machines or
applications in the cloud that process data in some way. DHCP settings would
not be classified as computing components.
b. Incorrect. Storage components refer to the ability to store or preserve data.
DHCP settings would not be classified as a storage component.
, c. Incorrect. Application components might include tools to create or test
microservices, templates, e-commerce tools, machine learning, and more.
DHCP settings would not be classified as a compute component.
d. Correct. DHCP is classified under the network components group.
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: West.Cloud+.24.1.4 - Identify popular cloud service providers.
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: West.CVO-003.24.1.1 - Compare and contrast the different types of cloud models.
TOPICS: Common Cloud Services
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analyze
5. Creative Co. needs a new private cloud setup. However, they want their field workers who operate remotely
to have access to the private cloud's resources. Which of the following solutions may Creative Co. put into
practice to enable users to establish secure connections from their PCs across the Internet into the private cloud?
a. CMS
b. WAN
c. VLAN
d. VPN
ANSWER: d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. A CMS is a Content Management System that typically is deployed as SaaS
(Software as a Service) that allows users to create and modify their own content. It does not
provide secure connections across the Internet into a local network.
b. Incorrect. A WAN is a wide area network such as the Internet itself. Creative Co would not be
creating a WAN, but rather a secure tunnel through an existing WAN.
c. Incorrect. A Virtual Local Area Network, or VLAN, is a way to segment a network within a LAN
so that certain types of traffic are kept separate from one another.
d. Correct. Users could establish a VPN connection to the company's network, which would treat
their computer as if it was actually on the local area network, or LAN.
