Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
Practice Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) PLUS
RATIONALES 2025
Domain 1: Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design (15 questions)
1. Which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of cloud
computing?
a) On-premises infrastructure
b) Rapid elasticity
c) Manual provisioning
d) Fixed capacity
Answer: b) Rapid elasticity
Rationale: Rapid elasticity allows cloud resources to be elastically
provisioned and released to scale quickly.
2. What cloud service model provides the consumer with the ability to
deploy applications onto the cloud infrastructure but does not manage
the underlying infrastructure?
, a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
b) Software as a Service (SaaS)
c) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
d) Network as a Service (NaaS)
Answer: c) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Rationale: PaaS allows customers to deploy applications without managing
infrastructure.
3. Which deployment model provides cloud services to a limited number of
customers, usually within an organization?
a) Public cloud
b) Private cloud
c) Community cloud
d) Hybrid cloud
Answer: b) Private cloud
Rationale: Private clouds are used by a single organization, providing
greater control and security.
4. Which cloud characteristic ensures that users pay only for the resources
they consume?
a) Measured service
b) Resource pooling
c) Broad network access
d) Rapid elasticity
Answer: a) Measured service
Rationale: Measured service enables metering of resource use, ensuring
pay-as-you-go pricing.
, 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the five essential cloud
characteristics defined by NIST?
a) On-demand self-service
b) Resource pooling
c) Fixed cost model
d) Broad network access
Answer: c) Fixed cost model
Rationale: Cloud models use variable costs based on resource consumption,
not fixed costs.
6. In a multi-tenant cloud environment, which is the primary security
concern?
a) Data sovereignty
b) Physical security
c) Data isolation
d) Vendor lock-in
Answer: c) Data isolation
Rationale: Data isolation ensures tenant data privacy and security in shared
environments.
7. Which cloud service model is responsible for the management of
everything including applications, runtime, OS, and virtualization?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) On-premises
Answer: a) SaaS
Practice Exam 2 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) PLUS
RATIONALES 2025
Domain 1: Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design (15 questions)
1. Which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of cloud
computing?
a) On-premises infrastructure
b) Rapid elasticity
c) Manual provisioning
d) Fixed capacity
Answer: b) Rapid elasticity
Rationale: Rapid elasticity allows cloud resources to be elastically
provisioned and released to scale quickly.
2. What cloud service model provides the consumer with the ability to
deploy applications onto the cloud infrastructure but does not manage
the underlying infrastructure?
, a) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
b) Software as a Service (SaaS)
c) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
d) Network as a Service (NaaS)
Answer: c) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Rationale: PaaS allows customers to deploy applications without managing
infrastructure.
3. Which deployment model provides cloud services to a limited number of
customers, usually within an organization?
a) Public cloud
b) Private cloud
c) Community cloud
d) Hybrid cloud
Answer: b) Private cloud
Rationale: Private clouds are used by a single organization, providing
greater control and security.
4. Which cloud characteristic ensures that users pay only for the resources
they consume?
a) Measured service
b) Resource pooling
c) Broad network access
d) Rapid elasticity
Answer: a) Measured service
Rationale: Measured service enables metering of resource use, ensuring
pay-as-you-go pricing.
, 5. Which of the following is NOT one of the five essential cloud
characteristics defined by NIST?
a) On-demand self-service
b) Resource pooling
c) Fixed cost model
d) Broad network access
Answer: c) Fixed cost model
Rationale: Cloud models use variable costs based on resource consumption,
not fixed costs.
6. In a multi-tenant cloud environment, which is the primary security
concern?
a) Data sovereignty
b) Physical security
c) Data isolation
d) Vendor lock-in
Answer: c) Data isolation
Rationale: Data isolation ensures tenant data privacy and security in shared
environments.
7. Which cloud service model is responsible for the management of
everything including applications, runtime, OS, and virtualization?
a) SaaS
b) PaaS
c) IaaS
d) On-premises
Answer: a) SaaS
