CCSP - Certified Cloud Security
Professional
1. What is a body of rights, obligations, and remedies that sets out reliefs for
persons suffering harm as a result of the wrongful acts of others?
● A) Criminal Law
● B) Tort Law
● C) Corporate Governance
● D) Enterprise Risk Management
Answer: B) Tort Law
2. What is a body of rules and statutes that defines conduct prohibited by the
government to protect public safety and well-being?
● A) Tort Law
● B) Criminal Law
● C) Sarbanes Oxley Act
● D) HIPAA
Answer: B) Criminal Law
3. What is a broad and developing concept addressing the management of
various network components to provide a control plane at an abstract level?
● A) Traditional networking model
● B) Converged networking model
● C) Software Defined Networking (SDN)
● D) Quality of Service (QoS)
Answer: C) Software Defined Networking (SDN)
4. What combines public cloud storage and private cloud storage where some
critical data resides in the enterprise's private cloud?
● A) Community Cloud Storage
, ● B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● C) Personal Cloud Storage
● D) Mobile Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
5. What is a company that purchases hosting services from a cloud provider and
then re-sells them to its own customers?
● A) Cloud Provider
● B) Cloud Services Broker (CSB)
● C) Cloud Computing Reseller
● D) Cloud Backup Service Provider
Answer: C) Cloud Computing Reseller
6. What is a data structure or collection of information that must be retained by
an organization for legal, regulatory or business reasons?
● A) Personal Data
● B) Record
● C) PII
● D) Metadata
Answer: B) Record
7. What is a database accessible to clients from the cloud and delivered to users
on demand via the Internet?
● A) Database as a Service
● B) Cloud Database
● C) Storage Cloud
● D) Object Storage
Answer: B) Cloud Database
,8. What is a database security technology for monitoring and analyzing database
activity that operates independently of the DBMS?
● A) SIEM
● B) DLP
● C) Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
● D) HIDS
Answer: C) Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
9. What is a device that can safely store and manage encryption keys?
● A) Encryption Key
● B) Hardware Security Module (HSM)
● C) Key Management
● D) Tokenization
Answer: B) Hardware Security Module (HSM)
10. What is a distributed model where software applications are hosted by a
vendor and made available to customers over network resources?
● A) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
● B) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
● C) Software as a Service (SaaS)
● D) Desktop-as-a-Service
Answer: C) Software as a Service (SaaS)
11. What is a form of cloud storage that applies to storing an individual's data in
the cloud with access from anywhere?
● A) Public Cloud Storage
● B) Personal Cloud Storage
● C) Private Cloud Storage
● D) Mobile Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Personal Cloud Storage
, 12. What is a form of cloud storage that applies to storing an individual's mobile
device data in the cloud?
● A) Personal Cloud Storage
● B) Mobile Cloud Storage
● C) Public Cloud Storage
● D) Hybrid Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Mobile Cloud Storage
13. What is a form of cloud storage where the enterprise and storage service
provider are separate and data is stored outside the enterprise's data center?
● A) Private Cloud Storage
● B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● C) Public Cloud Storage
● D) Community Cloud Storage
Answer: C) Public Cloud Storage
14. What is a form of cloud storage where enterprise data and cloud storage
resources both reside within the enterprise's data center behind the firewall?
● A) Public Cloud Storage
● B) Private Cloud Storage
● C) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● D) Personal Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Private Cloud Storage
15. What is a form of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that is outsourced and
handled by a third party?
● A) Cloud OS
● B) Application Virtualization
● C) Desktop-as-a-Service
Professional
1. What is a body of rights, obligations, and remedies that sets out reliefs for
persons suffering harm as a result of the wrongful acts of others?
● A) Criminal Law
● B) Tort Law
● C) Corporate Governance
● D) Enterprise Risk Management
Answer: B) Tort Law
2. What is a body of rules and statutes that defines conduct prohibited by the
government to protect public safety and well-being?
● A) Tort Law
● B) Criminal Law
● C) Sarbanes Oxley Act
● D) HIPAA
Answer: B) Criminal Law
3. What is a broad and developing concept addressing the management of
various network components to provide a control plane at an abstract level?
● A) Traditional networking model
● B) Converged networking model
● C) Software Defined Networking (SDN)
● D) Quality of Service (QoS)
Answer: C) Software Defined Networking (SDN)
4. What combines public cloud storage and private cloud storage where some
critical data resides in the enterprise's private cloud?
● A) Community Cloud Storage
, ● B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● C) Personal Cloud Storage
● D) Mobile Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
5. What is a company that purchases hosting services from a cloud provider and
then re-sells them to its own customers?
● A) Cloud Provider
● B) Cloud Services Broker (CSB)
● C) Cloud Computing Reseller
● D) Cloud Backup Service Provider
Answer: C) Cloud Computing Reseller
6. What is a data structure or collection of information that must be retained by
an organization for legal, regulatory or business reasons?
● A) Personal Data
● B) Record
● C) PII
● D) Metadata
Answer: B) Record
7. What is a database accessible to clients from the cloud and delivered to users
on demand via the Internet?
● A) Database as a Service
● B) Cloud Database
● C) Storage Cloud
● D) Object Storage
Answer: B) Cloud Database
,8. What is a database security technology for monitoring and analyzing database
activity that operates independently of the DBMS?
● A) SIEM
● B) DLP
● C) Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
● D) HIDS
Answer: C) Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)
9. What is a device that can safely store and manage encryption keys?
● A) Encryption Key
● B) Hardware Security Module (HSM)
● C) Key Management
● D) Tokenization
Answer: B) Hardware Security Module (HSM)
10. What is a distributed model where software applications are hosted by a
vendor and made available to customers over network resources?
● A) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
● B) Platform as a Service (PaaS)
● C) Software as a Service (SaaS)
● D) Desktop-as-a-Service
Answer: C) Software as a Service (SaaS)
11. What is a form of cloud storage that applies to storing an individual's data in
the cloud with access from anywhere?
● A) Public Cloud Storage
● B) Personal Cloud Storage
● C) Private Cloud Storage
● D) Mobile Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Personal Cloud Storage
, 12. What is a form of cloud storage that applies to storing an individual's mobile
device data in the cloud?
● A) Personal Cloud Storage
● B) Mobile Cloud Storage
● C) Public Cloud Storage
● D) Hybrid Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Mobile Cloud Storage
13. What is a form of cloud storage where the enterprise and storage service
provider are separate and data is stored outside the enterprise's data center?
● A) Private Cloud Storage
● B) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● C) Public Cloud Storage
● D) Community Cloud Storage
Answer: C) Public Cloud Storage
14. What is a form of cloud storage where enterprise data and cloud storage
resources both reside within the enterprise's data center behind the firewall?
● A) Public Cloud Storage
● B) Private Cloud Storage
● C) Hybrid Cloud Storage
● D) Personal Cloud Storage
Answer: B) Private Cloud Storage
15. What is a form of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that is outsourced and
handled by a third party?
● A) Cloud OS
● B) Application Virtualization
● C) Desktop-as-a-Service
